
28: Low life expectancy in the north east, and what to do about it – with Alice Wiseman and Professor Clare Bambra
The Health Foundation podcast
What's Going on in the Northeast?
There are social changes to do with reduction in sort of social glue coming from religious collective church going to divorce rates and fewer marriages. I think what we could think about in terms of what happened in the northeast and why it might be particularly impacting on the health of men is that loss of identity both for individuals and for the community. So, you know, your coal mining village in County Dorham is now an ex coal mining village. That identity was gone. Your job and this literature suggests particularly impacts on men is that your job is part of your identity. That's taken away and there's no replacement. This may seem like a wild comment, but I was looking at some of the figures
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