CONFERENCE (Berlin) - Reducing Health Inequalities - What do we really know about successful strategies?

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Conference: Reducing Health Inequalities What Do We Really Know About Successful Strategies?

8–9 May 2009 School of Public Health, University of Bielefeld, and Hertie School of Governance, Berlin

Website: http://www.hertie-school.org/binaries/addon/1085_rhi.pdf

“….socioeconomic status which enhance inequalities in health outcomes are a growing problem. The result is a loss of educational and economic competences in large parts of the population which reduces the economic prosperity of the whole country. Therefore, tackling health inequalities and implementing health equity strategies are the main objectives of public health policy in welfare states around the globe.

The conference will focus on the comparative analysis of public health strategies in different states.

The leading questions are:

- What do we know about the interaction of welfare regimes and health outcomes?
- Do regime types influence the results of health equity strategies?
- Do they have consequences for the overall burden of disease?
- Which strategy is appropriate in order to reduce health inequalities?
- How can the particularly heavy burden of disease faced by families, children, adolescents, the elderly, the migrant population,
and other vulnerable parts of the population in low economic and educational status be reduced?
- What do we really know about successful strategies?



PROGRAM



Friday, 8 May



09.30 h Opening

Michael Zürn, Dean of the Hertie School of Governance

Bertram Häussler, Director of IGES Institute

Frank Lehmann, Bundeszentrale für gesundheitliche Aufklärung



10.00 h Plenary Session

Welfare States and Their Public Health Strategies

Klaus Hurrelmann: Why should we tackle health inequalities?

Espen Dahl: Health inequalities related to types of welfare states

Richard Brown: Health inequalities and public health in the USA

Seppo Koskinen: Health inequalities and public health in Finland



14.00 h Workshops

Workshop I:

Public Health Strategies for Families of Low Socioeconomic Status

Petra Kolip: Public health strategies for families

Alexandra Sann: Early prevention: Health care and welfare services

Maya Mulle: Public health strategies for women in Switzerland

Muhamad Zakria Zakar: Public health strategies for families in Pakistan



Workshop II:

Health Inequalities Among Children and Adolescents

Matthias Richter: Health inequalities among children and adolescents

Alessio Zambon: Welfare regimes and health inequalities in adolescence

Patrick West: Equalisation of health in youth

Laura Kestilä: Life-course determinants of health, health behaviour, and

health inequalities in adulthood

Leena Koivusilta: Critical periods in the development of educational

careers: implications for health inequality



Workshop III:

Public Health Strategies for Vulnerable Groups of the Population

Ullrich Bauer: Public health strategies for vulnerable groups

Orna Baron-Epel: Inequalities in health in vulnerable populations in Israel

Nico Dragano: Occupational health of elder workers in Europe

Angie Hart: Resilient therapy: Parent-professional communities

Andreas Mielck: Tackling health care disparities



18.00 h Keynote Lecture

Ilona Kickbusch: The growing burden of disease: Reaching out for a global health diplomacy



Saturday, 9 May

09.30 h Plenary Session

Welfare States and Health Equity Strategies

Clare Bambra: Welfare states and health equity policies

Bertram Häussler: Reducing inequalities in supply with health care services



11.00 h Keynote Lecture

Martin McKee: Reducing health inequalities – What do we really know about successful strategies?



12.00 h Discussion

Starting with invited statements by the plenary speakers

Clare Bambra, Richard Brown, Espen Dahl, Bertram Häussler, Ilona Kickbusch, Seppo Koskinen



13.00 h End of the Conference





Registration

Please send an email with your name, your address, and your professional affiliation to
Prof. Klaus Hurrelmann: hurrelmann@hertie-school.org