Wondering what certain words or phrases mean? Our handy jargon buster provides explanations of the most common words and phrases used throughout our site.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic – defined as all ethnic groups except White ethnic groups. It does not relate to country origin or affiliation.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
CCG stands for clinical commissioning group. These are made up of groups of GPs, who work together in their local area to commission the best services for their patients and the population they work in. CCGs are responsible for about 60 per cent of the NHS budget. However, they are being abolished from July 2022 and their functions will be delivered by the new integrated care boards.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
CoP stands for community of practice – A group of people who share a common concern, a set of problems, or an interest in a topic and who come together to fulfil both individual and group goals.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
The Did not Attend (DNA) project<\/a>\u00a0set out to build a better understanding of who in Dorset is more likely to miss their healthcare appointments, the barriers and challenges they face that cause them to do so and what they think can be done to address those barriers.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div> The group leading the health inequalities programme for the Dorset ICS is made up of focused, committed individuals who are setting out to create conditions in all our services to improve access, reduce gaps and develop new solutions to support health equity.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div> EDI stands for equality, diversity and inclusion – ensures\u00a0fair treatment and opportunity for all.\u00a0\u00a0It aims to eradicate prejudice and discrimination\u00a0on the basis\u00a0of an individual or group of individual’s\u00a0protected characteristics.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div> Being equal in status, rights, or opportunities.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div> Distinct from equality, equity acknowledges that people do not all start from the same position, and therefore makes adjustments to imbalances.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div> Geodata is<\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0information about geographic locations that is stored in a format that can be used with a geographic information system (GIS).<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div> Health disparities are inequitable and are directly related to the historical and current unequal distribution of social, political, economic, and environmental resources.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div> Health inequalities are avoidable and unfair differences in access to health, and experiences and outcomes of health. Things that sometimes impact health inequalities include:<\/p>\n Health literacy is a person\u2019s ability to read and understand basic health information and the services available to help them make decisions about their health. Health literacy is essential for both those working in healthcare and the patients who need care for several reasons.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div> Health Numeracy is an important part of health literacy. It is the degree to which individuals have the capacity to access, process, interpret, communicate and act on numerical, quantitative, graphical, statistical and probability information needed to make effective health decisions. Numeracy is important because it allows people to make sense of health information that uses numbers. Health-related tasks that involve numeracy skills include:<\/p>\n These are campaigns to help improve everyone\u2019s health and reduce health inequalities. Health promotion aims to help people take control of their own health and make it better, examples include breastfeeding support, exercise programmes and nutrition help.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div> HEAT stands for health equity assessment tool \u2013 HEAT<\/abbr><\/a>\u00a0is the main tool for professionals across the public health and healthcare landscape to:<\/p>\n HIG stands for health inequalities group – aims to ensure that achieving health equity for all remains a key area of policy and practice.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div> The act or practice of including and accommodating people who have historically been excluded due to their race, gender, sexuality, or ability.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div> Inclusion health has been used to define a number of groups of people who are not usually well provided for by healthcare services, and have poorer access, experiences and health outcomes. The definition covers people who are:<\/p>\n Traditionally, some health and care organisations have tended to work independently, but patients often have lots of different needs. Integrated care is a way of getting health and care organisations including hospitals, GPs, councils and voluntary organisations, to work together in a way that helps patients. It has been happening successfully in some areas for a long time but the health and care bill makes it official.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div> A statutory NHS organisation which is responsible for developing a plan for meeting the health needs of the population, managing the NHS budget and arranging for the provision of health services in a geographical area. They aim to:<\/p>\n<\/i><\/i><\/span>Dorset Health Inequalities group<\/span><\/a><\/h2><\/div>
<\/i><\/i><\/span>EDI<\/span><\/a><\/h2><\/div>
<\/i><\/i><\/span>Equality<\/span><\/a><\/h2><\/div>
<\/i><\/i><\/span>Equity<\/span><\/a><\/h2><\/div>
<\/i><\/i><\/span>Geodata<\/span><\/a><\/h2><\/div>
<\/i><\/i><\/span>Health disparities<\/span><\/a><\/h2><\/div>
<\/i><\/i><\/span>Health inequalities<\/span><\/a><\/h2><\/div>
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<\/i><\/i><\/span>Health literacy<\/span><\/a><\/h2><\/div>
<\/i><\/i><\/span>Health numeracy<\/span><\/a><\/h2><\/div>
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<\/i><\/i><\/span>Health promotion<\/span><\/a><\/h2><\/div>
<\/i><\/i><\/span>HEAT<\/span><\/a><\/h2><\/div>
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<\/i><\/i><\/span>HIG<\/span><\/a><\/h2><\/div>
<\/i><\/i><\/span>Inclusion<\/span><\/a><\/h2><\/div>
<\/i><\/i><\/span>Inclusion health group<\/span><\/a><\/h2><\/div>
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<\/i><\/i><\/span>Integrated care<\/span><\/a><\/h2><\/div>
<\/i><\/i><\/span>Integrated care board (ICB)<\/span><\/a><\/h2><\/div>
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