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Multiple long-term conditions
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Alleviating health conditions and financial difficulty
This summary report is about how to alleviate, or reduce the risk of, financial difficulty among people at risk of developing multiple long-term health conditions.
There is extensive evidence of a strong correlation between deprivation, low income, and almost all forms of poor health. People living in deprived local areas are likely to develop multiple long-term conditions 13 years earlier than people living in the most affluent areas. Nearly half of those in problem debt have a mental health condition, according to the National Survey of Health and Wellbeing. The reasons why there is such a strong link between financial difficulty and poor health are complex and multi-faceted:
The scale of these problems can make them feel intractable. However, this research suggests there is real potential for interventions that can end this cycle of poor health and financial difficulty. This research is designed to inform a potential trial or pilot to evaluate whether improving the financial health of individuals or a population can improve their health outcomes, for example by reducing the likelihood of moving from a single to multiple long-term health conditions.
Our goal is to identify the intervention most likely to improve the financial health of this target population. Our hypothesis is that by improving the financial health of those at risk of developing multiple long-term health conditions, we can reduce the proportion who do. In particular we look at the needs of those diagnosed with diabetes, coronary heart disease and depression, as research has shown these are the people most likely to progress to multiple health conditions. We have worked with experts to establish theories of change that explain why financial interventions may work to improve people’s health outcomes.
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Review of interventions for people with multiple long-term conditions in Lambeth and Southwark