Insight into Inequality
Part of the Insight into Inequality Collection
Wakefield District Primary Care Trust
Released July 2008
Released July 2008
Annual Report 2009 on film for the Wakefield District Primary Care Trust
Running time: 22:15 minsOriginal Format: MiniDV
Tags:
wakefield health illness Primary Care Trust smoking employment dance Public Health Annual Report Dr. Mike Robinson fitness funding Sycamore Children's Centre Circle of Friends Food for Thought Fundamental sex education housing drugs anti-social behaviour Sahara Women's Group Warwick Women's Health mental health Northern College asylum seekers poverty debt Featherstone finance Hemsworth Older People's Enabling Forum HOPE Drinking bereavement counselling alcohol NHS Chelsie Morris Laura Ogilbie Jason Scott John Bagnall Darren Gallagher Jeff Johnson Jodie Turton Patricia Muramatsu Denise Bell Durrant Karensa Bagnall Kenny Byrne Naomi Mark Papworth Bryony Parkin Tanya Fawcett Jill Poole Zubaida Asrafi Artan Hasalliu Walter Skaife Patricia Harland Pam Walker Mandy Griffiths Craig Hendlesbury
Themes:
Children and Young People
Health and Well-being
Films for Health
An overview of the Annual Report 2009 for the Wakefield District Primary Care Trust in which the city has been deemed as in an overall worse state of health than the national average.
Mike Robinson, Director of Health at the Wakefield District Primary Care Trust, highlights how feeling physically ill can make people emotionally ill and how the industrial heritage of the city has led to respiratory problems for numerous locals due to the fumes and environments where they work. However, In interviews with local people, the film highlights the reasons why people voluntarily start smoking, the habits that keep them buying more cigarettes and in some cases, drugs that cause damage to their health.
Jeff Johnson, Community Development and Health Worker, then showcases the issues that face young people in modern society and how it effects their cultural, emotional and physical wellbeing. He explores what resources there are for incentives to begin education or a job and how the social and economic situations may discourage people from taking employment such as a lack of public transport or even the inability to read and write.
Mike Robinson returns to highlight the need for the local community to pull together to make exercise more accessible. The Jodie Turton Fresh Dance project in Featherstone provides affordable dance lessons that all people can access. The lessons boost for self confidence, promotes involvement in the community and aids health and fitness, that in conjunction with a healthy eating regime could make the city a healthier place.
On the contrary, participants in the film highlight the barriers that stop them from being healthy, whether it is the price of fruit and vegetables compared to the low cost fast food options or the fear of going to the doctors for advice because they feel they are going to be lectured.
Projects such as Food for Thought introduces where healthy food comes from and encourages young people to get involved with gardening as a method of gentle exercise. The teenagers comment on how they have learnt how to cook the right food and prefer it to "drinking on the street” which in turn has led to better results in school due to higher concentration levels. The scheme also encourages junior leadership skills as the older teenagers increase their confidence by helping younger children on the project.
The older people in the area comment on how areas of deprivation can affect health and how issues with housing, anti-social behaviour and fear of crime is a big contribution to feeling unwell.
Support groups such as Sahara Women’s Group provide a place where members can talk about issues such as medication, emotional health and other problems in confidence that can ease the pressures placed upon individuals by the environment they are living in.The film then introduces the work of Warwick Community Group that has a healthy eating group, provides a place where the members feel needed when they have been off work due to mental illness and promotes training at the Northern College for further qualifications.
The effect that finances have on the health and lifestyle of people are explored and participants explain how debt has led to stress and worries over the health and wellbeing of their families. Mike Robinson explains how price increases for basic amenities such as gas and electric could soon mean that more people in Wakefield are living in fuel poverty which could lead them to being cold in their homes and how this could be detrimental to health.
Hemsworth Older People Enabling Forum helps older people with the information they need to live a fulfilling life. The development workers tailor resources to individuals needs and help them develop life skills for themselves.
The story of local woman Mandy Griffiths and her battle with alcohol abuse shows how it can have detrimental effects on finances and family relationships. She explains how bereavement counselling was not good enough when she lost a family member and she was not aware of the support available to her until she was guided by development workers.
Wakefield has a higher rate of alcohol and drug abuse than most of the country and the participants in the film depict how they fell from soft drugs into harder, class A drugs. Blaming peer pressure, Craig Hendlesby, Substance Misuse and Education Officer at Hemsworth District Partnership, turned his 13 year habit around and used experiences to become a counsellor and help others on drugs.
Mike Robinson concludes the film with the notion that the way forward is to educate to prevent ill health, investing in young people in order to create a healthier future.
Mike Robinson, Director of Health at the Wakefield District Primary Care Trust, highlights how feeling physically ill can make people emotionally ill and how the industrial heritage of the city has led to respiratory problems for numerous locals due to the fumes and environments where they work. However, In interviews with local people, the film highlights the reasons why people voluntarily start smoking, the habits that keep them buying more cigarettes and in some cases, drugs that cause damage to their health.
Jeff Johnson, Community Development and Health Worker, then showcases the issues that face young people in modern society and how it effects their cultural, emotional and physical wellbeing. He explores what resources there are for incentives to begin education or a job and how the social and economic situations may discourage people from taking employment such as a lack of public transport or even the inability to read and write.
Mike Robinson returns to highlight the need for the local community to pull together to make exercise more accessible. The Jodie Turton Fresh Dance project in Featherstone provides affordable dance lessons that all people can access. The lessons boost for self confidence, promotes involvement in the community and aids health and fitness, that in conjunction with a healthy eating regime could make the city a healthier place.
On the contrary, participants in the film highlight the barriers that stop them from being healthy, whether it is the price of fruit and vegetables compared to the low cost fast food options or the fear of going to the doctors for advice because they feel they are going to be lectured.
Projects such as Food for Thought introduces where healthy food comes from and encourages young people to get involved with gardening as a method of gentle exercise. The teenagers comment on how they have learnt how to cook the right food and prefer it to "drinking on the street” which in turn has led to better results in school due to higher concentration levels. The scheme also encourages junior leadership skills as the older teenagers increase their confidence by helping younger children on the project.
The older people in the area comment on how areas of deprivation can affect health and how issues with housing, anti-social behaviour and fear of crime is a big contribution to feeling unwell.
Support groups such as Sahara Women’s Group provide a place where members can talk about issues such as medication, emotional health and other problems in confidence that can ease the pressures placed upon individuals by the environment they are living in.The film then introduces the work of Warwick Community Group that has a healthy eating group, provides a place where the members feel needed when they have been off work due to mental illness and promotes training at the Northern College for further qualifications.
The effect that finances have on the health and lifestyle of people are explored and participants explain how debt has led to stress and worries over the health and wellbeing of their families. Mike Robinson explains how price increases for basic amenities such as gas and electric could soon mean that more people in Wakefield are living in fuel poverty which could lead them to being cold in their homes and how this could be detrimental to health.
Hemsworth Older People Enabling Forum helps older people with the information they need to live a fulfilling life. The development workers tailor resources to individuals needs and help them develop life skills for themselves.
The story of local woman Mandy Griffiths and her battle with alcohol abuse shows how it can have detrimental effects on finances and family relationships. She explains how bereavement counselling was not good enough when she lost a family member and she was not aware of the support available to her until she was guided by development workers.
Wakefield has a higher rate of alcohol and drug abuse than most of the country and the participants in the film depict how they fell from soft drugs into harder, class A drugs. Blaming peer pressure, Craig Hendlesby, Substance Misuse and Education Officer at Hemsworth District Partnership, turned his 13 year habit around and used experiences to become a counsellor and help others on drugs.
Mike Robinson concludes the film with the notion that the way forward is to educate to prevent ill health, investing in young people in order to create a healthier future.
