Project megapoles: promoting better health for socially disadvantaged groups across Europe

Megapoles Project: working on behalf of socially disadvantaged groups

“…For some cities the desired information is not available-Dublin for example does not have a suitable question on its national census to identify minority groups. 3 The Health of Londoner's project was commissioned to facilitate the collection of data at city level by the Steering group in 1998. Despite the inconsistent definitions of key parameters such as homelessness and ethnicity making comparisons diYcult the resultant report Health in Europe's Capitals has allowed for the first time ever comparisons of health and social indicators at capital city level across Europe.…”