Sensing spatial inequality of socio-economic factors for deploying permanent deacons in the UK.

ABSTRACT: Integrating spatial inequality perspectives in strategic decision-making can ensure positive impacts on resource distribution for public welfare and sustainable development. This study aims to apply evidence-based approaches in deploying permanent deacons. The empirical case study has been conducted at the St Helens denary of the Liverpool archdiocese, UK. Assisting with charitable works is one of three served areas by the Roman Catholic Church facilitated by deacons. The deployment of permanent deacons could benefit from being evidence-based so that a deacon can serve to ease the socio-economic (e.g., population density, long-term health conditions, housing system, employment status, education level, social status) inequality in the most deprived area. We used geographic information syste

SUBMITTER: Islam MT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11565288 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature