Dear Sir / Madame,


We would like to invite you to our upcoming events in the International Seminar series of the European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research:

On Tuesday 03.09.2019, 12:30 - 14:00
Prof Tim Huijts (Maastricht University)
Title: Social inequalities in health in Europe: patterns, explanations and implications

Although social inequalities in health exist in all societies worldwide, the degree of these inequalities varies spatially, and notable differences exist across countries. This implies that social inequalities in health are not inevitable, and that there is potential to considerably reduce health inequalities. Moreover, these differences are often contrary to expectations: for example, the Scandinavian welfare states do not always have the smallest health inequalities.

In this seminar, Prof Tim Huijts will present data on patterns of social inequality in health in Europe, drawing for example on a recent European Social Survey module on social determinants of health and on findings from the NORFACE-funded HiNews project. Additionally, he will review research that has tested why social inequalities in health vary cross-nationally, using recent examples from his own work. He will also discuss what these findings imply for social policy and public health policy in European countries. Finally, he will cover some remaining gaps in this line of research that will need to be addressed to take research and policy on health inequalities in Europe further. He will use the link between insecurity and health as an example to illustrate these gaps.
 

You can find more about the event here: https://www.euro.centre.org/events/detail/3502