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OUR DORSET HEALTH INEQUALITIES<\/p>\n

Dorset’s health inequalities group is a multi-agency group which oversees our work on health inequalities, supporting our approach to reducing health inequalities through raising awareness, creating learning and development opportunities and supporting services to think differently to create new ways of delivery.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Overview of health inequalities<\/h3>

Statistics in life expectancy and population from Dorset\u2019s Integrated Care System (ICS) for a broader overview on how the health inequalities compares in the Dorset region.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Understanding health inequalities<\/h3>

Here you will find resources for the health equity assessment tool and health inequality reports, which provide data on health disparities across the region.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Tackling health inequalities<\/h3>

Health inequalities are systematic, unfair, and avoidable differences in health across the population and between different groups in society, influenced by a range of factors.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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