KnowFife: Know Health Inequality _____ Using the KnowFife Dataset to address health inequality in Fife Chris Brown NHS Fife & Fife Council Friday 7 th November 2014 Faculty of Public Health Annual Conference
What is the KnowFife Dataset?
Developed on behalf of Fife Partnership Scottish Enterprise Fife Council NHS Fife Fife College St Andrews University Police Scotland Partners include: Scottish Fire & Rescue Service Fife Voluntary Action Skills Development Scotland Scottish Government South East Scotland Transport Partnership (SEStran)
KnowFife Dataset can be used to….
Quick Profiles Thematic Maps Data Picker View data and extract data in various ways
What data does it hold?
populationeducationdeprivationeconomy Health & Wellbeing
Determinants of Health Low weight births Smoking during pregnancy Immunisations School Attainment Breastfeeding at review Child poverty Job Seekers Allowance Proximity to derelict land And many more…..
Determinants of Health Low weight births Smoking during pregnancy Immunisations School Attainment Breastfeeding at review Child poverty Job Seekers Allowance Proximity to derelict land And many more…..
Flexibility of Fife’s Geographies
Area committees Fife Geographies unique to KnowFife Dataset Fife’s SIMD Quintiles Blue = least deprived Red = most deprived Datazones
Who is using KnowFife Dataset? Public Health Nurses Local Learning & Development Staff Getting it Right in Fife (GIR) Area Safer Communities Groups Community Education Workers Housing Officers Third Sector Organisations Health Intelligence
What can all this help us to do in Fife?
Highlight inequalities within Fife for example....
20% most deprived by population (Fife) 20% least deprived population (Fife) % mothers who smoke during pregnancy ( ) Fife’s SIMD12 quintiles 38.4% 6.7%
Premature Deaths (DSR) (under 75 years) Fife’s Area Committees
Premature Deaths (DSR) (under 75 years) Fife’s Area Committees Cowdenbeath Area Committee North East Fife Area Committee Fife
The bigger picture…
Quantitative Qualitative Working with families and individuals Understand what services work Knowledge of communities and best suited action Strategic understanding Data and figures Identify areas of concern or risk
Quantitative Qualitative Working with families and individuals Understand what services work Knowledge of communities and best suited action Strategic understanding Data and figures Identify areas of concern or risk
Assist in the delivery of Fife’s Health and Wellbeing Plan Aiming to reduce health inequalities in Fife
Thank You.