Presentation: Structures, systems, and history and the consequences of trauma in the present day

Presentation: Within reason. Ensuring public health matters in coming decades

Talk title: Reconsidering population health science in the post-war era

Presentation: Social and economic determinants and environmental health

Our health is shaped by the world around us, by our income, identities, education, and occupations, but also by the air we breathe, water we drink, food we eat.   These social circumstances also interact to shape one another. This presentation will discuss the intersecting and ineluctable role of a range of social, economic, and environmental factors in shaping the health of populations.

Learning Objectives

1. To discuss the range of exogenous factors that shape health

2. To discuss how different exogenous factors interact to shape each other as well as population health

3. To consider potential intervention levers that can improve social and environmental determinants, and therefore health

Keynote: “Within reason? Ensuring public health matters in coming decades”

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In his newest book, Sandro Galea emphasizes that the field of public health is committed as much to preventing disease as to treating it. Public health includes the social factors that frame our lives. This includes social inclusion, economic security, political stability, adequate diet, access to education, and other factors that frame an individual’s life. Dr. Galea discusses the necessity of rational policies that create social stability and comfort. Developing the foundation for genuine public health requires more effective communication –and elimination of misinformation and vitriol-- in a process he calls radical incrementalism.

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Keynote: Within reason? Ensuring public health matters in coming decades

Session: “Declining US Health: A population health emergency!”

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Keynote: Health Equity and Justice through Data

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