South West UK Partners Good practice Case Studies

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South West UK PartnersGood practice Case Studies

• Julia Verne SWPHO
• Nicola Bowtell SWPHO
• Katie Kelsey NIACE

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5.1 million inhabitants
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Special areas of focus Case studies

• Primary health care gateway services
• Mental health
• Public Health/Health promotion
• Domestic violence
• Maternity services
• Asylum services
• Trafficked women
• ESOL(English for Speakers of Other Languages)

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Primary health care gateway services
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Mental health

• No nationally available data 
• Higher rate of mental health illness
• Palmer 2007 looked at causes and symptoms
• Sleeping problems
• Nightmares
• Lethargy
• Forgetfulness
• Loss of appetite
• Extreme anxiety

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Mental health services

• Recent research
• 12 months contact with mental health services
• Higher suicide rate for south Asian women 25-39
  than for the same age white
• Mental health services traditionally not flexible
• Research has shown a need for culturally
  sensitive diagnostic and counselling services

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Ethnically Sensitive Health Promotion

• Lower levels of awareness and poor access to
  services, including screening
• National programme for breast screening
• No ethnicity data collected
• Some small scale studies specific ethnic groups
• show lower uptake of screening
• Cancer taboo
• Talking about their own health and particularly
  personal matters taboo
• Need for culturally sensitive health promotion
  activities

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Breast Cancer Screening Health Champions
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Health Trainers Award Ceremony
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