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TABLE 5.

Health Care Interventions Supporting U.K. Health Inequality Targets

Target	Interventions
Life Expectancy	• Reduce smoking in manual groups.
	• Strengthen primary care in disadvantaged/underserved areas to ensure improvement in prevention, early detection, and treatment of disease.
	• Reduce excess winter deaths by offering flu immunizations and contributing to fuel poverty strategy.
Infant Mortality	• Reduce teenage pregnancies.
	• Improve maternity services to secure early booking of and attendance at antenatal education.
	• Reduce smoking and improve nutrition in pregnancy.
	• Increase breast feeding initiation and duration.
	• Provide early development support.