The social determinants of health workstream is raising the bar: past, present… future
Professor Gavin Giovannoni, consultant neurologist, chair of the Raising the Bar steering committee and co-lead for the social determinants of health (SDoH) workstream, gave us a quick soundbite of what his team has accomplished so far, and where they are headed in the future. Past: Social determinants of health refers to the conditions in which […]
Social determinants of health – raising the bar for MS during COVID-19
A huge wealth of information has come out of the COVID-19 pandemic, with the MS Register team analysing The impact of COVID-19 in patients with MS, the hidden cost of MS and future plans for an MS pregnancy study, and other patterns across COVID-19 and social determinants of health, lower income, mental health difficulties and […]
Social determinants of health – workstream update
The social determinants of health (SDoH) are life-enhancing resources (fig 1): Their distribution across populations effectively determines length and quality of life. It is critical that we address these elements if we are to ‘raise the bar’ for everyone with MS, irrespective of their background, circumstances, education or income. Our starting point is to gather […]
Workstream D: Social determinants of health – Get involved
Dr Helen Ford, Consultant Neurologist at Leeds Teaching Hospitals, and Prof Gavin Giovannoni, Professor of Neurology at Barts and The London led the initial discussions for this workstream. They invite other MS Academy members to join as lead representatives to help take the projects forward. Objectives: To review how the social determinants of health affect […]
Focus on the workstreams: Social determinants of health
How can we as healthcare professionals address social determinants of health? Gavin Giovannoni, Professor of Neurology at Barts and The London is the chair for the national ‘Raising the bar’ steering group and the lead for this workstream. Dr Helen Ford, consultant neurologist and MSologist at Leeds Teaching Hospital, will co-chair the workstream. ‘The social […]
Raising the bar for MS: Social determinants of health
Professor Gavin Giovannoni talks to us about the social determinants of health, and why this MS workstream will help tackle variance and raise the bar for people with MS. Gavin is the lead for this workstream – find out more about the workstream itself here or learn more about the background to this work. Why […]