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Born in Bradford: Health, Ethnicity and Inequalities

Born in Bradford: Health, Ethnicity and Inequalities. Why Bradford?. High infant mortality High rates of disability High rates of asthma Impending diabetes epidemic Childhood obesity Health inequality. The Born In Bradford Study. Birth Cohort Study 13,500 babies since 2006

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Born in Bradford: Health, Ethnicity and Inequalities

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  1. Born in Bradford: Health, Ethnicity and Inequalities

  2. Why Bradford? • High infant mortality • High rates of disability • High rates of asthma • Impending diabetes epidemic • Childhood obesity • Health inequality

  3. The Born In Bradford Study • Birth Cohort Study • 13,500 babies since 2006 • Spotlight on Bradford • Aims to make a difference!

  4. Suspicious minds • Trust among individuals • in an unequal society • Noortje Uphoff, PhD student, University of York, Born in Bradford cohort study

  5. Trust & equality Eric Uslaner: The key to trust is a socially equal society. Robert Putnam: Ethnic diversity (initially) reduces trust.

  6. Trust within the population • Where do people trust? Holme Wood (4%)- 81.3% White British - High levels of deprivation - Low community cohesion People can be trusted MSOA level excluded < 15% 15-30 > 30% > 90% White British - Low levels of deprivation Manningham (26%)- 11.7% White British - High levels of deprivation

  7. Implications • Bottom-up approaches to create healthy, trustful communities are based on the illusion that trust can be build in an unequal society. • Building trust requires starting with the foundation: social equality.

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