OPTIMA.
Orienting Policy Towards Inequality Minimising Actions
Investigating the impact of 20-minute neighbourhoods on UK population health and equitable community outcomes.
About OPTIMA
A systems science approach to 20-minute neighbourhoods.
In a 20-minute neighbourhood, communities can reach daily services — shops, schools, healthcare, parks — within a short walk or cycle from home.
There is ambition to implement these across Scotland, the UK and internationally. Claims exist that they will reduce health inequalities — but evidence to support this is lacking. There is also a real chance that inequalities might get worse, for example if prices increase and the poorest are left behind, or if access to unhealthy products increases.
The dashboard below helps to visualise what is currently in each neighbourhood, and how they currently perform on key metrics.
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Interactive Dashboard
Interactive Data Explorer.
Explore health inequality indicators and place-based metrics across UK neighbourhoods in our interactive data environment.
Dashboard designed and built by Reese Green
Visualization Environment
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