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Levelling Up: Securing health improvement by promoting social inclusion – a cross border action plan for the North West

Levelling Up: Securing health improvement by promoting social inclusion – a cross border action plan for the North West of Ireland. August 2008 Helen McAvoy and Karen Meehan. Overview .

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Levelling Up: Securing health improvement by promoting social inclusion – a cross border action plan for the North West

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  1. Levelling Up: Securing health improvement by promoting social inclusion – a cross border action plan for the North West of Ireland August 2008 Helen McAvoy and Karen Meehan

  2. Overview • This report presents a cross-border action plan to tackle health inequalities in the North West, as developed by Derry Well Woman and the Cross-Border Women’s Health Network with a range of statutory and voluntary partners. • The report also includes a contextual piece with locally relevant data and discussion on social inclusion and health inequalities in the North West.

  3. Priority action areas : health inequalities in the North West • Mental health – suicide, Traveller women, postnatal depression and domestic violence. • Cancer – cross border planning of curative services and palliative care. • Education – cross border planning and working on social inclusion, literacy and early school leaving.

  4. Priority action areas : health inequalities in the North West • Local government – integrated cross border planning of transport, water and waste, childcare and play facilities. • Specific actions for vulnerable groups: • Women living with domestic violence • New mothers and their babies • Lone parent families • Older women • Women and children with disabilities • Traveller women

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