220354 Biology of inequality

Monday, November 8, 2010 : 5:30 PM - 5:50 PM

Stephen Bezruchka, MD, MPH , Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
              
The socioeconomic gradient in health is a pervasive finding in today's societies. The biological findings at the intra-cellular, cellular, organ, individual human and population that reflect this gradient will be presented. Many gaps in understanding the explicit pathphysiologic processes remain, but enough is known to take action to limit the record health disparities present in the world today.

Learning Areas:
Basic medical science applied in public health
Public health biology
Public health or related education
Social and behavioral sciences

Learning Objectives:
Learning objectives: AT the end of this session participants will be able to Describe the biological factors that operate in a societal gradient to produce health inequalities Discuss the findings that poorer people have poorer functioning organs that predispose them to worse health outcomes Explain possible biology underlying the intergenerational transmission of health Evaluate strategies for engaging the general public to consider these ideas.

Keywords: Health Disparities, Public Health

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I teach this material to college students.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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