The Health Inequality Spotlight webinars are a series of webinars, showcasing some of the excellent projects going on around Greater Manchester. The webinars take place on a regular basis, each time focusing on different areas of Health Inequalities work.
They consist of 2 speakers who present their projects and host a Q&A over 30 minutes. They are all recorded and this webpage is where to find them.
To sign up to attend any Spotlight Webinars, contact the-christie.healthinequalities@nhs.net
This Van Can
Millie Wadley presented her ‘This Van Can’ project that targeted prostate cancer in black men over 45.
This Van Can is a community awareness campaign and innovative mobile case finding project aimed at black men and other individuals with increased risk of developing prostate cancer. A mobile unit toured Greater Manchester, offering consultations to black men >45 years and men with significant family history of prostate, breast, or ovarian cancer.
Walk All Over Cancer
Jan Teece presented her ‘Walk All Over Cancer’ project that tackled health inequalities within the HMR (Heywood, Middleton, and Rochdale) locality.
The Walk All Over Cancer project focused on increasing early detection and screening rates of cancer within HMR, to encourage uptake and provide information and support. A fashion show was created with various models, many who were undergoing cancer treatment or had recently finished treatment, to show that a cancer diagnosis is not the end, and many cancers can be treated successfully if caught early and you can go on to enjoy your life, while wearing lovely clothes.
Jacob Meaton – DOSportUK Training Day
Research highlights the health inequalities for people with a learning disability. People with a learning disability often face more barriers to health care and accessing things such as cancer screening and this is something we hope to have an impact on across our members. We want to use the platform and engagement that we have with our sports people to open a conversation around health matters such as cancer. Our DOSportUK Training day in partnership with 10GM allowed us to introduce our members, and their families, to some basic cancer awareness and prevention topics in a safe and enjoyable environment. With the help of LD Nurse Georgina Hayley from the Robert Darbishire Practice and Manchester Active we engaged over 30 people in one small event which we hope to use as a template for future events and learning!
Jackie Lewis – BRCA Testing to Prevent Cancer
My project is by Salford Healthy Communities working with Chai Cancer care to help to promote the BRCA testing project for the Jewish community. Faults in BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes are significantly more common in the Ashkenazi Jewish community but are also present in the general community at a rate of 1 in 250. We are raising awareness of the two year pilot through producing our own leaflets and holding events but also piggy backing other teams’ events to get our message out.