New data released by the Obesity Health Alliance (OHA) – a coalition of different health-related groups such as charities, pressure groups and academic bodies – sheds further light on health related obesity inequalities (previously featured on this resource here). Based on existing trends, the OHA models likely obesity rates by 2020 and reveals[…]
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A quick piece here on an excellent dataviz created by University of Manchester researchers. Dr Kingsley Purdam and his team mapped female and male life expectancy and IMD deciles across different areas of Greater Manchester to Metrolink tram stops. The result demonstrates striking disparities over relatively short distances – for example between[…]
Read More »A short piece here to highlight an interview with Sarah Hanness from charity Inclusion Ventures on how Jaywick’s status as the most deprived area in England has helped her organisation secure vital funding from Big Lottery and the local council. Inclusion Ventures provide out of school activities for young people[…]
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This study models the development of the 2011 London riots and interaction between police and rioters through ‘probability of arrest’ which alters depending on ratios of police to rioters at a scene. The authors use deprivation as part of spatial analysis to shed light on why some areas were more affected[…]
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