Scotland’s health promotion agency is aiming to work with poverty groups to establish evidence of the causes of the nation’s health problems
21 February 2018
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Health bosses have pledged to work closely with anti-poverty groups to help Scotland shake off its sick man of Europe tag.
NHS Health Scotland – the country’s health promotion agency – has traditionally engaged with organisations that are focused on specific areas of health, such as alcohol or tobacco prevention.
However in a bid to further tackle health inequalities across the country, the group is looking to extend its work with broader third sector organisations, such as the Poverty Alliance and Joseph Rowntree Foundation, to look at why people are living unhealthy lifestyles in a wider context.