4068.0: Tuesday, October 23, 2001: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM

Oral Session

Health Inequalities and Public Health Strategies in the Nordic Countries-Is There Anything To Learn From a More Egalitarian Society?

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement.
Learning Objectives: Refer to the individual abstracts for learning objectives
Presider(s):Terri Stratton, MPH
8:30 AMDoes an egalitarian society guarantee health equality in the population?
Sarah P. Wamala, PhD
8:45 AMEuropean Welfare Production Models and their Distributive Outcome. A Comparative and Longitudinal Perspective
Joachim Vogel, PhD
9:00 AMSwedish school policies and public health strategies to reduce health inequalities among school children
Ulla Marklund, PhD, Mia Danielson, MSc
9:15 AMPublic health policies and strategies to reduce health inequalities in Sweden
Gunnar Agren, MD PhD
9:30 AMDiscussion lead by Dr. John Lynch
Sponsor:Public Health Education and Health Promotion
Cosponsors:International Health; Social Work; Socialist Caucus
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing, Pharmacy, Social Work

The 129th Annual Meeting of APHA