Health Improvement
The main aims of health improvement are to prevent ill health, protect good health and promote better health in an integrated way.
To improve health it is necessary to tackle the underlying problems (economic, cultural and social circumstances) that create inequality.
Health Improvement planning and delivery in Clackmannanshire is taken forward through a number of partnership groups. Community Planning is the framework which ensures organisations work together and communities are engaged in planning to improve outcomes for people.
The Clackmannanshire Integrated Health Improvement Team, made up of officers from the NHS and Clackmannanshire Council, provides leadership and co-ordination of health improvement.
The team has responsibility to develop, report on and monitor the Clackmannanshire Joint Health Improvement Plan (JHIP) on behalf of the Clackmannanshire Community Health Partnership (CHP) and the Clackmannanshire Alliance.
Figures show that life circumstances are improving in Clackmannanshire but there remain inequalities across the area.
The Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD) shows that Clackmannanshire is now ranked 17th out of the 32 local authority areas in terms of overall deprivation, an improvement from 15th in 2006 and 14th in 2004.
There remain inequalities in health and the following points are taken from the 2008 community profile.
- The expected years of life in good health is significantly lower than the Scotland averages.
- The proportion of people rating their own health as 'not good' is greater than the Scottish average as is the prevalence of a limiting long-term illness.
- Smoking prevalence is 9% higher than the Scottish average.
- The percentage of mothers smoking during pregnancy (33.7%) is the second highest of the 40 CHPs in Scotland.
- The percentage of primary 1 children who are obese (13.1%) is significantly worse than average.
- Fewer than 21% of babies are exclusively breastfed at 6-8 weeks (Scotland 27.1%).
- Prescriptions of drugs for anxiety, depression or psychosis are lower than average.
- The alcohol-related death rate is not significantly different to the Scotland average, and the proportion of the population hospitalised for alcohol related and attributable causes is amongst the lowest of any CHP.
Although life expectancy in Clackmannanshire is not significantly different to the Scottish average, the all-cause mortality rate is significantly higher than the Scotland average.
People in Clackmannanshire can access a range of services offered by the NHS, Clackmannanshire Council and the community and voluntary sector that will help them improve their own health. Initiatives such as Clackmannanshire Healthier Lives and Tullibody Healthy Living offer support to people to tackle problems and make changes in their lives.
Key publications
- Scottish Government documents:
Further Information
For more information, you can visit NHS Forth Valley's page about Clackmannanshire CHP.
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Contact information
For further information about this page please contact:
Health Policy & Planning Officer, Strategy & Customer Services
Greenfield House, Tullibody Road, Alloa, FK10 2AD
Tel: 01259 452294 / 450000
Email: customerservice@clacks.gov.uk
Or use the on-line contact form
