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Table 2 HPTs’ views on population and disease / health protection issues to prioritise health equity action

From: The role of health protection teams in reducing health inequities: findings from a qualitative study

Priority population groups

Priority diseases / health protection issues

Migrant health

Minority ethnic groups

Homeless

Those with no recourse to public funds

Substance misuse / injecting drug users

Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities

Sex workers

Men who have sex with men

People in contact with the justice system

Orthodox Jewish groups

Care home residents

Those in shared accommodation

Farm workers

Schools / children and young people

People with learning disabilities

TB

Vaccine preventable diseases

COVID-19

Viral hepatitis (A, B, C)

STIs and BBVs

GIs

i-GAS

AMR

Respiratory infections

Avian flu

Scabies

Air Quality