Response 899161134

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Elric Honoré

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Fife Centre for Equalities

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General Health

1. Would you like to

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a) Retain the questions in this topic without any changes?
b) Retain the questions in this topic with some changes?
If (b), please describe the changes you propose. If you propose that new questions are added to the topic, please explain whether the questions have been tested or used in another survey.
Supplement the current questions to make sure to cover the Protected Characteristics:

Age
Disability
Gender reassignment
Marriage and Civil Partnership
Pregnancy and Maternity
Race
Religion and Belief
Sex
Sexual orientation

2. How frequently do you require information gathered by the survey on this topic?

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Annually
Biennially
4 yearly
Please explain why you require data at this frequency.
Allows for setting up community involvement events or awareness campaigns in step with with NHS Health Promotions programmes. Also allows for developing Equality Outcomes in step with Fife Council

3. What would be the impact on your area of work if this data were no longer collected in the Scottish Health Survey?

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Major impact
Some impact
No impact
Please describe the expected impact in the space provided. Please also explain how the information is used, e.g. to measure progress against targets or to support key policy initiatives.
Promoting equality works hands in hand with addressing inequalities in health, and the capacity for idendying their social determinants - this information is crucial.

4. Do you require the data at subnational level?

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Yes
No
If Yes, please specify the geography and why this is required (e.g. NHS Health Board).
Local Authority (and/or NHS Health Board) - Fife area

5. Is it important to link information on this topic to other questions/topics in SHeS?

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Yes
No

If Yes, which questions/topics and how frequently?

Annual Biennial 4 yearly
Annual Biennial 4 yearly
Annual Biennial 4 yearly
Any other question/topic, please specify.
Cover the Protected Characteristics:

Age
Disability
Gender reassignment
Marriage and Civil Partnership
Pregnancy and Maternity
Race
Religion and Belief
Sex
Sexual orientation
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Annual
Biennial
4 yearly
Please explain why you need to be able to link these topics.
To identify long-term health patterns across protected characteristics as standard practice

6. Would you like your answers to questions 1-5 to apply to other topics? This will avoid you having to complete the same information for each topic if your needs are the same for each. Note that the Contents page will not show those additional topics as complete, but we will be able to link your answers.

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General health
Anxiety and depression
Self-harm
Social capital
Discrimination and harassment
Stress at work
Mental Wellbeing and Symptoms of psychiatric disorder
Strengths and Difficulties (children aged 4-12)
Respiratory health including asthma
Cardiovascular Disease and Use of Services
Blood Pressure
Prescribed Medicines
Parental history
Adult and child physical activity
Knowledge of physical activity guidelines (ages 4-12, 13-15 and 16+)
Fruit and vegetable consumption
Eating habits
Vitamins including Vitamin D (see Consultation document Annex A)
Dietary salt intake (urine sample)
Smoking and e-cigarettes
Cotinine levels (saliva sample)
Alcohol consumption and drinking experiences
Body Mass Index / Obesity (height and weight measurements)
Waist Circumference measurements
Dental Health and Dental Services
Accidents
Contraception
Gambling
Cosmetic procedures (see Consultation document Annex A)
New topic (please specify)
If new topic, please specify.
Experience of trauma and recovery

7. Is any of this information available from any other source?

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Yes
No

8. Please provide any further comments you have on the future design and content of the Scottish Health Survey.

Life course modelling that is able to track health characteristics of cohorts (i.e. time/spatial series) makes increasingly more sense due to ageing populations that have great variance both within generations and across them.

Life long tracking rarely achievable but through collection of protected characteristics an interim/community level pattern can be construed.

This would prepare the SHS towards WHO Global Ageing data considerations