Developing a model for health determinants research within local government: lessons from a large, urban local authority.

ABSTRACT: Background: Socio-economic, cultural and environmental conditions strongly affect health across the life course. Local government plays a key role in influencing these wider determinants of health and levels of inequality within their communities. However, they lack the research infrastructure and culture that would enable them to develop an evidence-based approach to tackling the complex drivers of those conditions. Methods: We undertook a scoping project using some research methods and some descriptive summaries to explore the potential for, and what would be needed to develop a local authority research system for the City of Bradford, UK. This included identifying the current research landscape and any barriers and enablers to research activity within the local authority u

SUBMITTER: West J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9277198 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature