North and South:
Regional Health Inequalities in England
Regional Health Inequalities in England
North and South: Regional Health Inequalities in England
A definitive study of the ‘North-South health divide’ and regional health inequalities in England.
This five-year project aims to deliver a transformative change in our understanding of health inequalities.
The work is funded by a Wellcome Trust grant and delivered by a team from Newcastle University, led by Professor Clare Bambra.
This work package will use historical and social epidemiology approaches to examine continuity and change in regional health inequalities over time - providing a 'long view' of the extent, experience and representation of the 'north-south health divide'.
This work package will draw on social, epidemiological, geographical, sociological and social policy approaches to explain regional inequalities in health - providing empirical and conceptual insights into the aetiology of the north