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Working-age adulthood is a significant stage of life, encompassing education, employment, family life, and participation in local communities. The experiences, opportunities, and challenges faced during these years have a profound impact on health and wellbeing, influencing not only people's lives today but also their future health as they grow older.
The Thriving Adults JSNA explores the health and wellbeing of adults aged 18–64 in Warwickshire, examining the factors that help people thrive and the inequalities that can prevent individuals and communities from achieving good health. It highlights the complex relationship between physical health, mental wellbeing, health behaviours, and the wider social, economic, and environmental conditions in which people live.
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Vital Signs
Health inequalities are experienced across all health conditions explored in this JSNA. This report highlights inequalities for people living in more deprived areas, people from an ethnic minority background, and males.
Lifestyle factors such as weight management, exercise, diet, alcohol use, substance abuse, and smoking are common risk factors for many of the health conditions explored. Combating these will help prevent people developing conditions in the first place.
Mind Matters
There is a strong link between good mental health and physical health, people experiencing poor physical health are more likely to experience poor mental health.
Our mental health can be positively or negatively impacted by the society, culture, environment, and economy we live in. When promoting good mental health, addressing these factors holistically is more effective than addressing individual issues. By shaping these factors, we all have a role in promoting good mental health.
Promoting good mental health requires action from the system and from individuals. The system provides a wide range of services for support at a local or national level, while individuals can reach out to trusted individuals or services as early as they are able.
Working Well
Warwickshire generally performs better than England on employment rate and levels of economic inactivity.
There are inequalities within Warwickshire with higher levels of economic inactivity, personal independence payment claimants, and a lower employment rate in some populations and areas in the county.
There has been increase in the number of people needing to access financial support. This is particularly seen in the north of the county, and in younger people.
Long-term sick is the largest reason for being economically inactive in Warwickshire.
Benefits, and support for employees and employers play a vital role in supporting those unable to work.
Reducing Risk
Making healthy choices in all behaviours in this section will improve an individual’s health outcomes. This type of prevention is crucial to improve the health and wellbeing of Warwickshire residents.
To create meaningful change, all policies and practices (not just within health care) need to consider how they can positively support people to make healthy choices.
Across all behavioural factors in this section, there are populations who are disproportionately impacted. There is often overlap with these groups, meaning that factors will combine to contribute to greater inequalities.
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