Community Challenges
Health Inequalities
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Where you live in Birmingham should not decide how long you live.
Context
What is happening.
Life expectancy and healthy life expectancy vary sharply across the city. East Birmingham carries a disproportionate burden of long-term conditions, mental health pressures and preventable illness.
Challenges
What we face.
- Higher rates of diabetes, cardiovascular disease and certain cancers
- Mental health stigma and underuse of services
- Health literacy and language barriers
- Pressure on local primary care
Opportunities
What we can build on.
- Trusted faith and community institutions as health partners
- Successful precedents in vaccine and cancer-awareness work
- Strong Heartlands Hospital relationship
Solutions
Practical, community-led steps forward.
- —Community-led prevention and early-diagnosis campaigns
- —Culturally competent mental health services
- —Sustained investment in primary care capacity
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