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Social and Environmental Determinants of Health
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The Social and Environmental Determinants of Health Driver programme will establish national infrastructure and methods to link localised social and environmental health-related data to existing, longitudinal administrative records from healthcare services, surveys, and recruited cohorts.
Our current and future health is strongly influenced by our social and physical environments. Changes in family structure, work patterns, income, housing, and environmental exposures are linked to persisting health inequalities. Understanding how these factors affect people’s health creates an opportunity for evidence-based interventions.
It will enhance the UK’s capabilities to tackle health inequalities by generating powerful, linked data resources to guide policy, public health and services.