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In the United Kingdom, the growing interest in self\u2010care as a policy solution has been ascribed to the heightened prevalence of chronic illnesses, over 15\u00a0years of austerity and their interaction with neoliberalism. This article juxtaposes policy framing of self\u2010care with how it is conceptualised, practised and experienced by women from racialised minorities and low\u2010income households living in the United Kingdom\u2014groups that routinely encounter structural barriers to healthcare access. This study centres marginalised communities, drawing on arguments that those in such positions hold epistemic advantage, as they often develop nuanced understandings of the social relations that shape their marginalisation. 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Recognising existing self\u2010care labour in marginalised communities requires health policies that address structural inequalities rather than shift burdens onto already constrained individuals.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1111\/1467-9566.70112","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,10,24]],"date-time":"2025-10-24T06:40:21Z","timestamp":1761288021000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Learning From Self\u2010Care Practices Among Marginalised Women: Towards Embedding Health Justice in the UK Health Policy"],"prefix":"10.1111","volume":"47","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0653-5095","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Agata","family":"Pacho","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Health Services Research &amp; Policy London School of Hygiene &amp; Tropical Medicine  London UK"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Rebecca E.","family":"Glover","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Health Services Research &amp; Policy London School of Hygiene &amp; Tropical Medicine  London UK"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"311","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,10,23]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_2_14_2_1","unstructured":"Addai E. 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