New CDHN Study Sheds Light on Cruci
Health Ineq
On Friday (16 June 2023), the Community Development & Health Network (CDHN)
launched their new research report 'Our Lives, Our Meds, Our Health: Exploring
Medication Safety through a Social Lens'. This exploratory study was the first of its kind
in Northern Ireland (NI) to improve the understanding of how people's social and
personal circumstances can influence how they take their medications safely. The
report highlights that medication safety is a health inequality issue, often underreported
in health research, policy, and practice.
In late 2021, the Department of Health (DoH) Strategic Planning and Performance Group
(SPPG) commissioned the cross-sectoral, collaborative research with people in
communities as part of the Transforming Medication Safety in Northern Ireland (TMSNI)
plan.
The research report is available to download on www.cdhn.org, click here.
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