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Foundation Micro-learning · EL-108 Equality & inclusion

Health Inequalities.

Avoidable health inequalities are, by definition, unfair and socially unjust.

Fifteen minutes One chapter, no prior knowledge required
01 Why it matters

Where you are born shapes how long you live

A person’s chance of enjoying good health and a longer life is determined by the social and economic conditions in which they are born, grow, work, live and age. These conditions also affect the way in which people look after their own health and use services throughout their life. Addressing such avoidable inequalities and moving towards a fairer distribution of good health requires a life course approach and action to be taken across the whole of society.

This micro-learning course is related to our e-Learning course, An Introduction to The Law of Equality. Both e-Learning courses serve as a pre-requisite to the instructor-led course, The Law of Equality.

02 What topics will you cover?

Three topics, fifteen minutes

A single chapter with subtitles, produced by the Consultation Institute. Stop and return if you need to.

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The duties and causes of health inequalityWhat the law requires, and what produces the gap in the first place: the duties on NHS bodies under the Health and Care Act and the Equality Act, and the pattern beneath them of avoidable, unfair differences in health between one population and another.
02
The Wider Determinants of HealthThe conditions outside healthcare that decide most health outcomes: housing, income, work, education, transport and environment, and why a service change consulted on in isolation from them tends to miss what is actually driving demand.
03
Inclusion Health GroupsThe populations standard engagement most often misses: people experiencing homelessness, Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities, sex workers, people in contact with the justice system and those with substance dependence, and what it takes to reach them at all.
What will you achieve? An understanding of…
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The duty to reduce health inequalities

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The wider determinants of health and sources of information

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How to build health inequalities into your EHIA

03 Who is this course for?

NHS and public health bodies.

NHS or public health bodies who have a duty to reduce health inequalities in England or anyone who has an interest in this area.

05Before you enrol

Common questions

Anything not covered here, ask us. We answer the same day.

01

How long does it take?

Approximately 15 minutes, in a single chapter. Subtitles are available, and your place is remembered if you stop part way.
02

Is it really free?

Yes. There is nothing to pay and no membership required. You do need to be logged in to a tCI account to enrol, and you can create one as you go.
03

How many CPD points does it carry?

None. The free modules carry no CPD points. Paid e-learning carries five, except the Law of Consultation which carries ten. You still get a tCI certificate of completion.
04

What is an EHIA?

An Equality and Health Inequalities Impact Assessment. The course shows where the duty belongs in one, and An Introduction to the Law of Equality covers Equality Impact Assessments more broadly.
05

What comes after this course?

This course and An Introduction to The Law of Equality are both required before The Law of Equality, which is instructor-led. The intermediate workshop Applying the Equality Duty, CE-205, applies the duty to your own project.
06

Can we put a whole team through it?

Yes, and there is nothing to pay. Send the link round, or speak to us and we will set the team up.

Fifteen minutes on the duty to reduce health inequalities

Free, one chapter, and a certificate at the end.

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