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Afiya translates as ‘good health' or ‘wellbeing' in several African, Arabic and South Asian languages. This is at the heart of how we work to look at the need of the individual to develop a holistic approach that fits into the community as a whole.
There are several reasons for the continuing health inequalities experienced by
racialised communities in the UK. They include individual and community factors
such as cultural behaviours, social deprivation and exclusion. Also there is the
compelling evidence that racism, racial harassment and discrimination can affect
a person’s and community’s health and wellbeing.
We have a number of initiatives that will build on this approach, highlight
positive developments and champion good practice.
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Achieving Equality in Health and Social Care: A Framework for Action, published in the Spring 2010, is one part of Afiya’s strategic action plan and work programme for Andrew Lansley, Eric Pickles and their respective teams at the Department of Health and the Department of Communities and Local Government. Our framework for action is based on a detailed peer review and consultation process that attracted 500 responses from service users, practitioners and carers on the inequalities in health and social care for racialised communities in England.
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Backchat
Ideas . Debate . Progress
Backchat is The Afiya Trust’s new social networking portal to facilitate national and regional debate, news and campaigns primarily driven by community groups, service users and survivors. This online interactive forum will form part of our presence on Facebook and Twitter, will inform our future campaigns and events and enable community groups to have an online presence beyond their locality.
Participants will be asked to register as organisations or individuals to access and contribute to the various pages.
Join in the debate: Backchat
The portal covers:
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