Health Inequalities XII: Closing the Gap in Health Inequalities – Quo vadis?
Friday 17th March Regi
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Technische Universität Berlin, Hauptgebäude Straße des 17. Juni 135, 10623 Berlin
http://www.armut-und-gesundheit.de/
This year`s Health Inequalities XII Conference will focus on the “Closing the Gap” Stra- tegy, which is the resulting report on the work of the multinational Commission on Soci- al Determinants of Health (CSDH) launched by the World Health Organization in 2005. The Commission`s overarching recommendations are to:
- improve the daily living conditions,
- tackle the inequitable distribution of power, money, and resources, and
- measure and understand the problem and assess the impact of
In this context, the development, implementation and evaluation of interventions and programmes are seen as a key vehicle to reduce health inequalities and raise health equity. This year`s conference will shed light on both the national German and international perspectives in order to reflect and discuss upon the status quo of current efforts to reduce health inequalities and raise health equity.
Organisers
- Dr. Ullrich Bauer, Dr. Paulo Pinheiro, Orkan Okan (Bielefeld University, Faculty of Educational Science, Centre for Prevention and Intervention in Childhood and Adolescence (CPI))
- Dr. Uwe Bittlingmayer (University of Education Freiburg, Institute of Sociology)
- Dr. Diana Sahrai (University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland, School of Education)
- Irene Moor (Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg, Institute of Medical Sociology)
- Jens Hoebel, MSc (Robert Koch Institute Berlin)
Contact: irene.moor@medizin.uni-halle.de orkan.okan@uni-bielefeld.de
Programme: Friday 17th March
9:00 – 10:30h Opening Session (in English): Health Inequalities
09:00 – 9:45h Taking action on health inequalities and improving health equity: The International perspective
Prof. Dr. Peter Goldblatt, University College London, Institute of Health Equity
09:45 – 10.30h Improving health Literacy to take action on health equity
Prof. Dr. Luis Saboga-Nunes, National School of Public Health, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa
Session Chair: Prof. Dr. Ullrich Bauer, Dr. Paulo Pinheiro & Orkan Okan, Bielefeld University
10:30 – 11:00h Coffee Break
11:00h – 12:30h Session 2 Forum (in English): Closing the Gap: European Insights
11:00 – 11:45h Did the English strategy reduce inequalities in health?
Dr. Yannan Hu, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
11:45 – 12:30h Tobacco control and inequalities in smoking in Europe
Dr. Jizzo Bosdriesz, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Session Chair: Dr. Irene Moor, Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg & Jens Hoebel, Robert Koch Institute Berlin
12:30 – 13:45h Lunch Break
13:45 – 15:15h Session 3 Forum (in German): Prävention und gesundheitliche Chancengleichheit
13:45 – 14:30h Universelle Interventionen und gesundheitliche Chancengleichheit: Möglichkeiten und Grenzen des Erkenntnisgewinns durch Equity- focused Systematic Reviews
Prof. Dr. Gabrielle Bolte, Institut für Public Health und Pflegeforschung, Universität Bremen
14:30 – 15:15h Aktivitäten zur Reduzierung gesundheitlicher Ungleichheiten und die Möglichkeiten durch das Präventionsgesetz
Dr. Frank Lehmann, Bundeszentrale für gesundheitliche Aufklärung, Köln, Germany
Session Chair: Prof. Dr. Diana Sahrai, University of Applied Sciences and Arts & Prof. Dr. Uwe Bittlingmayer, University of Education Freiburg