Summary of health impacts in the social and economic category of health determinants
| Category of influence | Positive impacts | Community plan theme groups linked to each impact |
|---|---|---|
| Abbreviations as in table 1. | ||
| Social, cultural and economic, enterprise and business links, community participation, peer pressure | • Direct employment during both phases of economic regeneration potentials. | EP |
| • Provided a range of employment across Salford’s communities | EP, SCI | |
| • Benefits of business and supply links with the local Salford economy | EP | |
| • Increased community activities through community cafes bring people of all ages together. | SCI, SFC, LC | |
| • The project attracts inward investments and enhances the attractiveness of Salford and the city is seen as a good place for a career by professional | SG | |
| • Enhanced culture and prestige through a reduction in social exclusion, stress through education leading to improved job opportunities. | SCI, VC | |
| • Enhanced life chances of disadvantaged community groups | SCI | |
| • Peer pressure reduced due to active involvement with the project and as quality of life improves, youth crime and antisocial behaviour are reduced. | SC, SFC | |
| • Uplift, feelings of esteem, and increased pride in the communities as local people take up professional careers with SHIFT and LIFT. | SFC, EP | |
| • Social networks improve to enhance the opportunities for community inclusion | SFC, SCI | |
| • Business links provide the opportunity to develop community enterprises and social businesses. | EP | |
| • The local economy develops as SHIFT and LIFT use and help to develop local supply chains. | EP, SFC | |
| • Opportunity to develop networks and community participation. | SFC | |
| • Addressed inequalities and promote inclusion of Salford’s community groups and peoples | SCI, VC | |
| Negative impacts | ||
| • Decreased trade for local shops and businesses during the development phase that do not recover during the operational phase. | EP | |
| • Low entrepreneurial esteem and increased dependency as local business and supply links are not realised. | EP | |
| • Without necessary education and training the gap between the skills available and those required in both the NHS and the commercial sector in Salford continue to widen. | EP | |
| • Anger, frustration, and resentment from the disruption to communities creates social isolation. | SCI | |
| • Reinforced feeling of low self esteem and psychological wellbeing because of lack of engagement between SHIFT and LIFT and local communities. | EP, SG, SCI | |
| • Social exclusion of minority groups. | EP | |
| • Lip service paid and the services promised by the project are not realised. | EP, SG | |
| • Lack of facilities from the project encourages unsocial behaviour. | SFC | |
| • Community members are frightened of reporting crime. | SFC | |
| • An unsympathetic Trust leads to frustration in the communities. | SG | |
| • The project does not involve communities in crime prevention. | SFC | |
| • Breakdown in social interaction around the centres as families do not visit because of poor access. | SFC, EP | |
| • Local people continue to feel that they do not get feedback from consultations. | SFC, SG | |
| • No access to GPs in the evening after work. | SG | |