HEALTH COURSE

Health Inequalities Case Studies

Health Inequalities Case Studies

In the last three decades, there has been an increasing epidemiological confirmation of a divergence in health results between people from various groups in a community. Health inequalities have shifted from being an extreme area under discussion to a conventional part of the opinionated setting (Abbott & Davidson, 2000, p.204). Health inequalities can be described as potentially remediable and systematic differences in one or more features of health across population groups or populations defined economically, socially, geographically or demographically (Abbott & Davidson, 2000, p.204). The mainstream of the work around health inequalities connect to differences in health associated with socio-economic ranking.

Case Study 1: Bromley By Bow Centre

Background Context

Located in East London, the Bromley by Bow Centre is a pioneering community organisation working for one of the most underprivileged and rundown wards in the United Kingdom (Cavill, 2006, p.22). This organisation supports adults, young people, families and people belonging to all age groups to learn innovative skills, perk up their wellbeing and health, find jobs and build up the confidence to accomplish their objectives and make over their lives.

Bromley By Bow Centre was founded in the year 1984 at the time when Reverend Andrew Mawson turned out to be the United Reformed Church Minister. He came across a deteriorating, old aged congregation and found out that if the church was to endure it required to take on a diverse approach. He convinced his congregation to unlock the building for the local district. Local artists turned out to be involved and decided to educate their skills in response for workshops which are free of rent, the church initiated a nursery and was employed for different occasions, from May Day and Eid celebrations to a harvest supper and the Chinese New Year (Cavill, 2006, p.24). Consequently, the building turned out to be a hub and meeting place for the whole district, laying the establishments for the subsequent development of the centre. While it grew away from the church, the Bromley by Bow Centre expanded as a secular establishment in its own right and turned out to be a listed and enrolled charity in the year 1994. It then developed speedily, with the most prominent change taking place in the year 1997 with the launch of the health centre. The whole location kept developing, with latest buildings founded with the ones already present and the park reinstated as an positive feature for the entire society.

At present, the Bromley by Bow Centre is a system with revenue of over £3.5m annually and over and above hundred staff. It is the 3rd biggest provider of adult learning in the Borough of Tower Hamlets and has introduced a number of offshoot and development businesses. These centres operate with two thousand people every week, together with young people, families, elderly and the weak and helpless adults (Helakorpi, 2000, p.223). A GP affiliation lies at the core of the centre offering a fundamental service to the local ...