Working with vulnerable families in deprived areas

Working with vulnerable families in deprived areas.

Challenges of Physicians Working Long in Deprived Areas in Iran

Background and Aim: Implementation of a program to support physicians’ working long in deprived areas is one of the most important programs of the Health System Transformation Plan in response to the challenge of the shortage of expert staff, particularly physicians. Numerous factors affect the persistence of physicians in different regions, especially in deprived ones. This study aims to expla...

Deprived areas: deprived of training?

Health inequalities are a UK-wide health priority, but previous studies prior to expansion in GP training showed a deficit in training numbers in deprived areas. This study set out to examine whether this is still the case, using 2009 training practice data and the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation. Training practices were found to be significantly less deprived and significantly larger wh...

Working with schools in deprived areas to raise aspirations for medicine and other healthcare science careers.

Educational attainment is inversely related to socio-economic status. The achievement gap widens as children progress through the system. Take up of science options is particularly poor and difficulties are compounded by lack of relevant science-based work experience in deprived areas. The interaction of these factors is examined in some detail in an area of socio-economic deprivation. High att...

Working in partnership with vulnerable families: the experience of child and family health practitioners.

Family circumstances in infancy are persistent and powerful determinants of children's physical and mental health, influencing inequalities that trace from childhood through to adulthood. While the social factors that perpetuate patterns of inequality are more complex than can be addressed through single interventions, child and family health (CFH) services represent crucial sites where traject...