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UCL Health and Society Summer School: Social Determinants of Health

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The 2024 UCL Health and Society Summer School: Social Determinants of Health will be held at UCL in Central London from Monday 1st July - Friday 5th July.

The summer school is organised annually by the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health. It provides an in-depth assessment of the social determinants of health from a global research, policy and governance perspective. Participants will have numerous opportunities for discussion and networking over the one week course. Professor Sir Michael Marmot will open the summer school with a presentation on the social determinants of health and close the week with a discussion on national and international policy development

Topics covered

  • Social determinants of health
  • Social stratification
  • Right to health
  • Early child development
  • Life course epidemiology
  • Mental health
  • Health equity & sustainable development
     
  • Disability, inequality and human rights
  • Social, economic, and political change and health
  • Tackling health inequalities
  • Policy & practice in public health
  • Global governance and health policy