Health behaviour report
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The people of Herefordshire chose ‘Public Health’ as a topic for Healthwatch to explore in 2017/18. We focused our work on what people did to stay healthy (physically and mentally), where people go to for information and support on staying healthy, and awareness of Public Health Campaigns. These three areas formed the basis of our questions and discussions with people about Public Health.
A public survey was carried out with 55 people making comments. The survey was also carried out with 180 people from groups that have protected characteristics within the meaning of the Equalities Act 2010. In total 235 people took part in our survey.
The protected characteristic of the groups of people we surveyed are: Young people, People with disabilities (physical and mental health), People from ethnic backgrounds (eastern European and Gypsy/Roma) More young people took part in our group work (40%) than in the public survey (4%).
The recommendations within the report include themes around digital, information providing and service reviews.