Co-creating community initiatives to improve public health
CAIR (/ kɛr /) aims to drive changes in the healthcare system through the co-creation of community-based actions, in the Carrús neighborhood and its surroundings (Elche). We believe that addressing psychological well-being, cardiovascular health, and antibiotic resistance from the community can ease the burden on primary care services, reduce medicalization, and enhance health equity.
Social and environmental factors have a major impact on health and are the cause of health inequalities.
(OMS -Social Determinants of Health Comission-, 2008)
Co-creation: the project’s cornerstone
In the context of CAIR project, co-creation is a collaborative process that brings together different groups of people to design, implement and evaluate actions to improve the health of the population.
News
From surveys to neighbourhood reality: what data teaches us on World Mental Health Day
Get Moving for Your Heart: Data for Action and Cardiovascular Health in the Carrús Neighborhood
Citizen participation and community health: the keys to the CAIR Project in the Carrús neighborhood
The hidden medicine in our neighborhoods: Why Social Capital matters for our health
Assessing the impact of co-created community initiatives on health and equity: a protocol for population-based surveys within the CAIR project in Elche, Spain
Building well-being together: The CAIR Project kicks off its co-creation journey
Why your postcode influences your health more than your genetic code
Citizen Science: How you can help too
One Health: the relationship between our health and the planet’s