Health Improvement and Inequalities

The major strands of health improvement work shown below, emphasise the breadth of work and approaches undertaken by NHS Forth Valley and partners.

The Forth Valley Health Improvement and Health Inequalities Group takes an overview of this work in Forth Valley.

Population Health

A brief overview of how 'health' and 'wellbeing' might be seen and applied within the context of NHS Forth Valley.

'Determinants of Health' / Life Circumstances 

An outline of the approaches taken by each council in the Forth Valley area, to address the determinants of health.

Risk Factors & Health 

An exploration of the main behavioural and clinical risk factors to health, and some of the work undertaken by NHS Forth Valley and partners.

Long Term Conditions & Self Care

Health improvement and long term conditions work come together through self care. Explore the framework used in Forth Valley and the toolkit for self care.

Health Promoting Health Service

The Health Promoting Health Service (HPHS) concept is that "every healthcare contact is a health improvement opportunity". Perhaps even simply arriving at this web page will help to improve the health of individuals?

Anticipatory & Person-Centred Care

One of the principles of anticipatory care is that it is person-centred. This section outlines the Forth Valley approach to identifying risk factors and addressing them.

Community & Joint Health Improvement Planning

Each local area in Forth Valley has a community planning partnership. See what each of the partnerships is currently planning.

Mental Wellbeing

Find out what activity around mental health wellbeing is being planned in Forth Valley.

Public Health Methods

A listing of the public health methods employed by NHS Forth Valley.

Please note that NHS Forth Valley Public Health Directorate takes no responsibility for the accuracy or quality of external websites linked to from this page. If you have a query, please contact the Health Improvement & Health Inequalities Team.