Poverty SIG Workplan

Vision and aims 

Vision

To improve population health and equity by promoting evidence informed polices at local, national and international levels that prevent poverty and mitigate its effects on health and health inequalities. To achieve this by education, knowledge and learning, advocacy and partnerships, and cross-disciplinary work.

Aims

1. To provide a resource to collate definitions of poverty and information on changing levels and burden of all types of poverty, the evidence of their impact on health and wellbeing, and the effect of national policies on poverty.
2. To share knowledge and experience of evidence informed interventions to both prevent and mitigate the effects of poverty in all its forms at local, national and international level and their impact on health and wellbeing.
3. To share learning on how public health professionals can influence policies addressing poverty.
4. To engage and partner with existing poverty focused bodies and with other public health and health organisations.
5. To coordinate the work of other SIGs in this space. 
6. To advocate for policies to alleviate poverty and to thereby reduce health inequities. 
7. To develop a communication strategy for the work of the SIG.

Workplan

Vision

To improve population health and equity by promoting evidence informed polices at local, national and international levels that prevent poverty and mitigate its effects on health and health inequalities. To achieve this by education, knowledge and learning, advocacy and partnerships, and cross-disciplinary work.

Aims:

1. To provide a resource to collate definitions of poverty and information on changing levels and burden of all types of poverty, the evidence of their impact on health and wellbeing, and the effect of national policies on poverty.
2. To share knowledge and experience of evidence informed interventions to both prevent and mitigate the effects of poverty in all its forms at local, national and international level and their impact on health and wellbeing.
3. To share learning on how public health professionals can influence policies addressing poverty.
4. To engage and partner with existing poverty focused bodies and with other public health and health organisations.
5. To coordinate the work of other SIGs in this space.
6. To advocate for policies to alleviate poverty and to thereby reduce health inequities.
7. To develop a communication strategy for the work of the SIG