"Reading the Alma Ata Declaration was hard-hitting"
/The big ideas for all persons regarding health, the importance of our NHS, and then reading the news that the Tories are slowly privatising it off is soul destroying.
Read More"...they have no clue or idea that this is even available"
/There are 17 mental health services in Dundee alone and the lack of knowledge about these services, within communities is shocking.
Read More"...to try and forget the pain that they are facing through their personal lives"
/After doing some research and many discussions within our group, we realised that mental health and suicide was the path that we would take to concentrate on.
Read More"Why is someone’s life less important just because they are born in a certain area?"
/I feel that if the same statistics (on average one a week) where a person is committing suicide was happening in Morningside in Edinburgh or any “affluent” area, the authorities would quickly look for the reasons why..
Read More"Doing all this research has opened up my eyes and opinions"
/We decided to look at what was most relevant in our City of Dundee in relation to health and inequalities.
Read More"Hopelessness is the key factor"
/The cumulative effect of these different forms of poverty sometimes creates the most damaging outcome of generational poverty - and the constant presence of hopelessness.
Read More"...the issue of lack of privacy was seen as a barrier to receiving proper help in all of them"
/The other issue raised was that it was difficult to gain the correct financial information or to know where to get help in the first place.
Read More"key issues in my area is the lack of privacy"
/As part of our overall research, I wanted to ask members of my community whether the benefit system has helped them or made things worse In their lives.
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