
Healthier Places
Where you are affects how you are, as a person’s health can be impacted by the country or city they live in, the health of the environment, the condition of their home, the medical services they can access, or their experience in the workplace.
Where you are born or live can dictate how healthy your life will be. Our health is dependent on the quality of the environment we live in, and although the climate and biodiversity crises are global problems, some countries are being impacted more than others. The communities in these countries are more likely to be affected by pollution, poor water quality and availability, reduced food production, and extreme weather.
Inequalities persist within countries too, with communities in some cities and regions more likely to be living in poverty and deprivation than others. Consequences of this include homelessness or unsafe housing, malnutrition, and lack of access to adequate healthcare.
It’s not just where you live that can impact your health and wellbeing. Many of us spend most of our time in the workplace, and the quality of our jobs can affect our physical and mental health. Those in poor-quality jobs or unemployment can suffer worse health than those in good quality work.
Our Healthier Places challenge looks deeper into these issues and more. We are also exploring how other factors such as ageing and ethnicity can interact with these challenges and exacerbate health inequalities.
Spotlights
The Environment
Tackling environmental challenges to create healthier futures for all.
Employment, Productivity and Work
Exploring how safe, stable and secure work can improve health and wellbeing.
Poverty and Deprivation
Investigating solutions to poor health and wellbeing caused by poverty and deprivation.
Case Studies
Incorporating health into housing developments
How housing developers and local authorities can work together to create healthy, high-quality homes while also addressing long-standing health and housing inequalities.
The toll of ‘Deaths of Despair’ in England
A recent study emphasized that Deaths of Despair are not inevitable – but a consequence of inequitable resource distribution.
Racism at Work
Explore reports, videos, blogs and graphics on racism at work from the Centre on the Dynamics of Ethnicity (CoDE).
Institutes
Manchester Environmental Research Institute
The Manchester Environmental Research Institute unites knowledge and expertise from across The University of Manchester to address the environmental challenges we face today.
Work and Equalities Institute
The agenda of the Work and Equalities Institute is to identify and promote the conditions for more inclusive and fair work and employment arrangements.
The Global Development Institute
Addressing global inequalities in order to promote a socially-just world in which all people, including future generations, are able to enjoy a decent life.