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Programme
Wednesday 9 May 2007 |
| 13:00 |
Opening Session
Welcome Phil Mackie and Fiona Sim, Joint Editors in Chief, Public Health
Opening Address Fiona Adshead, Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health, UK |
| 14:00 |
Plenary Presentation: Social determinants of health and the Commission on Social Determinants of Health (CSDH)
Sir Michael Marmot, Director: International Institute for Society and Health, MRC Research Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, UK |
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Parallel Session 1 - (Social) |
Parallel Session 2 - (Culture) |
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Session Chair: Emilia Crighton |
Session Chair: John Wilkinson |
| 15:15 |
Sources of stress in impoverished neighbourhoods: The influence of social environments on health-related processes
Deborah Warr, Tacticos Theonie, Peter Feldman, Margaret Kelaher; University of Melbourne, Australia |
News of disparity: Content analysis of news coverage of racial healthcare inequalities(1994-2004)
Kalahn Taylor-Clark*1, Felicia Mebane2, Gillian SteelFisher1, Robert Blendon1; 1Harvard University, United States, 2University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, United States |
| 15:35 |
Identification of social determinants of health indicators: the case of cancer
Mala Mann*1, Helen Morgan1, Michael Shepherd 1, Christopher Roberts2, Alison Weightman1; 1Cardiff University, United Kingdom, 2Welsh Assembly Government, United Kingdom |
Political determinants of black-white inequalities in U.S. infant mortality
Dean Robinson*1, Recai Yucel1, Jill Fromewick2; 1University of Massachusetts, at Amherst, United States, 2Harvard University School of Public Health, United States |
| 15:55 |
Inequalities in injuries in the European region
Dinesh Sethi*, Francesca Racioppi; WHO European Centre for Environment and Health, Italy |
Policy and politics in eliminating racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic health disparities in the U.S.
Barbara Krimgold*, Marie Briones Jones, Center for the Advancement of Health, United States |
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| 16:15 |
Break |
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Parallel Session 3 - (Economic) |
Parallel Session 4 - (Systems) |
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Session Chair: Peter Byass |
Session Chair: David Hunter |
| 16:45 |
How does participation in national food programs, including food stamps and Special Supplemental Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC), the socioeconomic and sociodemographic characteristics of neighborhood environments and immigrant status play out in diet, physical activity and BMI among California children?
Tamara Dubowitz*, Roland Sturm; Rand Corporation, United States |
Corporate social responsibility and public health: Big Company responses to the global strategy of diet, physical activity and health
Geof Rayner*, Tim Lang; City University, United Kingdom |
| 17:05 |
How do school food policies and neighborhood environments affect children's food consumption and body mass index?
Roland Sturm*, RAND Corporation, United States |
Government bureaucracy and implementing health policy: Lessons from South Africa
Yogan Pillay*; Department of Health, South Africa. |
| 17:25 |
Creating sustainable, equitable nutrition policy: experience of evaluating 10 years of the Scottish Diet Action Plan
Elizabeth Dowler*1, Tim Lang2, David Hunter3, Helen Crawley4; 1University of Warwick, United Kingdom, 2City University, London, United Kingdom, 3Durham University, United Kingdom, 4Kingston University, United Kingdom |
Knowledge in process: study of evidenced based local health policy
Joyce de Goede*1,2, Hans van Oers1,3, Kim Putters1; 1Tilburg University , Netherlands, 2Regional Health Service West-Brabant, Netherlands, 3National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, Netherlands |
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Parallel Session 5 - (Social) |
Parallel Session 6 - (Systems) |
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Session Chair: Roland Sturm |
Session Chair: Fiona Sim |
| 17:45 |
The gender gap in longevity and health behaviours: Cross national comparisons of policy regimes
Patricia Rieker*1, Chloe Bird2; 1Boston University and Harvard Medical School , United States, 2RAND Corporation, United States |
17:45 - 18:45 Salud! Screening of a documentary film depicting the Cuban healthcare system |
| 18:05 |
Crafting a new paradigm for explaining gender differences in health: Constrained choice and social policy**
Chloe Bird*1, Patricia Rieker2,3; 1RAND, United States, 2Boston University, United States, 3Harvard Medical School, United States |
| 18:25 |
Alcohol outlets and problem drinking behaviors among adults in California
Khoa Truong*1, Roland Sturm2; 1RAND Graduate School, United States, 2RAND, United States |
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| 18:45 - 20:15 |
Welcome reception and Poster Session 1 |
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Thursday 10 May 2007 |
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Parallel Session 7 - (Social) |
Parallel Session 8 - (Economic) |
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Session Chair: Allison Thorpe |
Session Chair: Phil Mackie |
| 09:00 |
An examination of the social and behavioral determinants of obesity and overweight in adolescents: Global strategies for public health action
Chandria Jones*, Hazel Hooker, Janice Lachhman; Florida International University, United States |
Researching health inequities among African Americans: The imperative to understand social class
Norman Oliver*1, Carles Muntaner2; 1University of Virginia, United States, 2University of Toronto, Canada |
| 09:20 |
Social class and body size influence behavior and breast cancer incidence
Celeste Torio*1,2, Ann Klassen1; 1Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, United States, 2Kellogg Foundation, United States |
Race/ethnicity, neighbourhood socio-economic status and allostatic load
Chloe Bird*1, Brian Finch2, Jose Escarce1,3, Ricardo Basurto1, Tamara Dubowitz1, Teresa Seeman3, Nicole Lurie1; 1RAND, United States, 2San Diego State University, United States, 3University of California, Los Angeles, United States |
| 09:40 |
Childhood social circumstances as determinants of overweight and obesity in early adulthood
L. Kestilä1, O. Rahkonen2, T. Martelin1, M. Lahti-Koski3,4 and S. Koskinen1; 1 National Public Health Institute (KTL), Department of Health and Functional Capacity, Helsinki, Finland, 2 University of Helsinki, Department of Public Health, Helsinki, Finland, 3 National Public Health Institute (KTL), Department of Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention, Finland, 4 Finnish Heart Association
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Exploring methods to measure health inequalities that are unaffected by changes in the overall prevalence of an outcome
James Scanlan*; James P. Scanlan, Attorney at Law, United States |
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| 10:00 |
Plenary Presentation: Moving from research to policy and practice in tackling health inequalities: Lessons from the UK and Australia
Don Nutbeam, Provost and Deputy Vice-Chancellor, University of Sydney, Australia |
| Chair: Mala Rao |
| 11:15 |
Break and Posters |
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Parallel Session 9 - (Culture) |
Parallel Session 10 - (Systems) |
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Session Chair: Ingrid Wolfe |
Session Chair: Leslie Boydell |
| 11:45 |
Clustering and gender difference of lifestyle risk factors for non-communicable diseases: a community-based study from a developing country
Ali Khan Khuwaja*, Muhammad Masood Kadir; Aga Khan University, Pakistan |
Managing up: maintaining reproductive health in cross-sectoral planning processes
Peter Hill*1, Rebecca Dodd2,1, Dale Huntington2; 1University of Queensland, Australia, 2World Health Organization, Switzerland |
| 12:05 |
Disclosure preferences and cultural understanding: A pilot study of Chinese caregivers living in NYC
Simona Kwon*1, Victoria Raveis2, Ruby Senie2, Timothy Peng3; 1Johns Hopkins University, United States, 2Columbia University, United States, 3Visiting Nurse Service of New York, United States |
'Doing' Public Health? 'Starting Well' health visitors as public health practitioners
Mhairi Mackenzie, Public Health & Health Policy, Medical Faculty, University of Glasgow, Scotland
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| 12:25 |
Migrant stigma affects social capital reconstruction in urban China – a social mechanism linking migration with health
Xinguang Chen*1, Bonita Stanton1, Xiaoming Li1, Liying Zhang1, Bo Wang1, Xiaoyi Fang2, Qin Xiong2, Danhua Lin2; 1Wayne State University, United States, 2Beijing Normal University, China |
Participative Typologies: A Comparative Study among Health Councils
Andréa de Oliveira Gonçalves1, Rodrigo de Souza Gonçalves2,Elionor Farah Jreige Weffort3, 1UNIEURO (Business School Euro American), Brazil; 2UnB - Brasília University, Brazil; 3FECAP - Business School Alvares Penteado, Brazil
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| 12:45 |
Lunch |
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| 14:00 |
Plenary Presentation: Stemming the global obesity epidemic: what can we learn from data about social and economic trends?
Roland Sturm, Senior Economist, RAND, USA |
| Chair: Alan Maryon Davis |
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Parallel Session 11 - (Systems) |
Parallel Session 12 - (Social) |
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Session Chair: Peter Byass |
Session Chair: Emilia Crighton |
| 15:15 |
Change and complexity: the operational district in Cambodia
Peter Hill*; The University of Queensland, Australia |
Trends in sexually transmitted infections in older persons: Data from an
enhanced surveillance system in the West Midlands, UK
A.T. Bodley-Tickell*1, B. Olowokure1, S. Bhaduri2, D.J. White3, D. Ward1,
J.D.C. Ross4, et al; 1Health Protection Agency, UK, 2Redditch Arrowside Unit, UK, 3Hawthorn House GUM Clinic, UK, 4Whittall Street GUM Clinic, UK |
| 15:35 |
Improving access to medicines among clients of remote area Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Services
Margaret Kelaher*; University of Melbourne, Australia |
Mass privatization and the post-communist mortality crisis
Lawrence King1, David Stuckler*1, Patrick Hamm2; 1Cambridge University, United Kingdom, 2Harvard University, United States. |
| 15:55 |
A multilevel analysis of condom use among young people in Europe
J.V. Lazarus1,2 M. Moghaddassi2, E. Godeau3,4, J. Ross5 C. Vignes4, P-O
Östergren2, J. Liljestrand2; 1 Sexually transmitted infections/HIV/AIDS
Programme, World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe, Sweden; 2
Department of Social Medicine and Global Health, Lund University, Sweden; 3
Service médical du Rectorat de Toulouse, France; 4 INSERM, U558, Toulouse,
France; University of Toulouse III, France; 5 ORC Macro, United States
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Addressing the social determinants of health: methodological issues for evidence based public health
Antony Morgan*, Mike Kelly; National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, United Kingdom |
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| 16:15 |
Break and Posters |
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Parallel Session 13 - (Economic) |
Parallel Session 14 - (Culture) |
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Session Chair: Ingrid Wolfe |
Session Chair: Fiona Sim |
| 16:45 |
Managing The Socioeconomic Health Determinants To Close The Gap In A Mediterranean Country: An Analysis Of Regional And National Policies In Italy
Lamberto Briziarelli*, Giancarlo Pocetta, Zahra Ismail, Patrizio Porena; University of Perugia, Italy
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Diversity data: Quality of life measures for racial and ethnic groups in US
metropolitan areas
Dolores Acevedo-Garcia*1, Theresa Osypuk2, Nancy Mcardle1, Barbara
Krimgold3, Marie Briones-Jones3, Bonnie Lefkowitz2; 1Harvard School of
Public Health, United States, 2University of Michigan, United States,
3Center for the Advancement of Health, United States
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Cost assessment of highly active antiretroviral therapy in Greece, during the period 1996 – 2005
Chrissa Tsiara*, Georgios Nikolopoulos, Efraxia Makri, Magdalini Pilli, Vasilios Raftopoulos, Dimitra Paraskeva; Hellenic Centre for Diseases Control and Prevention, Greece |
How Sociocultural Factors Impact Perceptions of Healthy Weight among Ethnic Minority Women in the U.S.: Towards a Better Understanding of the Obesity Epidemic
D.S. Davis, PhD*1, T. Sbrocco, PhD2, and E Lewis, MD3; 1UNC-Chapel Hill
School of Public Health, USA; 2 Uniformed Services University of the Health
Sciences, USA; 3 Uniformed Services University Center for Health
Disparities, USA |
| 17:25 |
Cost of diabetes care in out-patient clinics of Karachi, Pakistan
Liaquat Ali Khowaja*, Ali Khan Khuwaja, Peter Cosgrove; Aga Khan University, Pakistan |
Genetic and environmental influences on intelligence in monozygotic (MZ) and dizygotic (DZ) twins
Daniza Ivanovic*1,2, Joel Alvarez2, Elena Llop1, Jorge Alvear1, Nora Díaz1, Bárbara Leyton1, Atilio Almagià3, Cristián Larraín4, Hernán Pérez1, Yilda Herrera1, Elizabeth Hazbun1 1University of Chile, (INTA), Chile, 2Loma Linda University, USA-Adventist University of Chile, United States, 3Catholic University of Valparaíso, Chile, 4German Clinic of Santiago, Chile |
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| 18:00 |
Gulbenkian Foundation Presentation
Chair: Phil Mackie |
| 18:30 |
Conference reception and Poster Session 2 |
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Friday 11 May 2007 |
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Parallel Session 15 - (Systems) |
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Session Chair: Leslie Boydell |
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| 08:45 |
A multi-disciplinary interventionist approach to meeting the nutritional and health needs of school-age children in resource-poor countries
Paul Amuna*1, Francis Bruno Zotor1, Wilna Oldewage-Theron2; 1University of Greenwich, United Kingdom, 2Vaal University of Technology, South Africa |
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| 09:05 |
Effects of financial disadvantage on use and non-use of after hours care in Australia
Margaret Kelaher*, David Dunt, Susan Day, Peter Feldman; University of Melbourne, Australia |
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| 09:25 |
Strategic partnerships to end chronic homelessness
W. Wade Martin, Mary Anne Myers*, Chandria Jones, Brenda Leath; Westat, United States |
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| 09:45 |
Plenary Presentation: Perspectives on public health in China and the Far East: Opportunities and challenges
Sian Griffiths, Director of the School of Public Health, Chinese University of Hong Kong, China |
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| 11:00 |
Break and Posters |
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Parallel Session 17 - (Culture) |
Parallel Session 18 - (Social) |
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Session Chair: John Wilkinson |
Session Chair: David Hunter |
| 11:30 |
Socioeconomic Disadvantage, Social Connectedness and the Self-Rated Health of English Men and Women with Intellectual Disabilities: Cross Sectional Survey
Eric Emerson & Chris Hatton; Institute for Health Research, Lancaster University, UK |
Ecological models of public health: Bridging the gap between evidence and policy
Tim Lang*, Geof Rayner; City University, United Kingdom |
| 11:50 |
Lifestyle risk factors for chronic disease across family origin among adults in multiethnic, low-income, urban neighbourhoods
Jennifer O'Loughlin*1, Katerina Maximova2, Ye Tan1, Katherine Gray-Donald2; 1University of Montreal, Canada, 2McGill University, Canada |
The 20th Anniversary of the Ottawa Charter: Challenges, Gains, and Future Prospects
Patricia Collins*, Michael Hayes; SimonFraserUniversity, Canada |
| 12:10 |
Transparency and quality in health promotion of socially disadvantaged by selecting good practice: The German cooperation network “Health Promotion of the socially disadvantaged”
Raimund Geene*1, Frank Lehmann1, Holger Kilian1; 1Hochschule Magdeburg-Stendal, Germany, 2BzgA, Germany, 3Gesundheit Berlin, Germany |
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| 12:30 |
Closing Plenary Session:Tools for change: lessons learned from developing and using ‘toolkits’ to support local public health strategies in the UK
Alan Maryon Davis*1,2, Partho Roy1; 1Faculty of Public Health, United Kingdom, 2National Heart Forum, United Kingdom |
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Chair: John Beard |
| 13:30 |
Conference close |
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