Health determinants research collaboration

Our mission

• use research to help the council make more evidence-informed decisions
• working with our residents, communities and academic partners, we will learn together how to promote healthier, thriving and fairer communities
• influencing the health factors (building blocks of health), we will improve residents' lives

Our vision

By 2030 to be learning together how to create more health, thriving and equitable communities.

Our principles 

To achieve our mission and vision, we will follow 5 principles throughout our work: 

1. Relational: strengthening relationships and building trust through collaboration and co-creation 
2. Strengths-based: building on the strengths of our people – team, staff and residents 
3. Learning and action-orientated: capacity to learn from diverse forms of knowledge to drive better evidence-informed decision making; HDRC embeds learning, with action and adaptation
4. Equity focused: shifting power dynamics, and work on building blocks of health to support health equity and systemic change, ensuring no one is left behind 
5. Sustainable: capacity building and culture change is long-term and sustainable