Dalla Lana School of Public Health (DLSPH)
With the onset of the COVID-19 era, we are at somewhat of a crossroads in the field of population health research. Data from several countries is demonstrating massive racial and socioeconomic inequalities in risk for acquiring Covid-19 and for the most severe associated outcomes. In Canada, this data has caused a groundswell of public and political attention on health inequalities, and of discourses about what policies may best address them. At this moment in time, it is well worth taking stock of the field of population health, which hasn’t been done for some time. What are the major findings of the 21st century to date? Where is the field headed in terms of its conceptual orientation to population health and health inequalities? What are the major data and methodological developments that will facilitate innovative population health research? What systems and structures would facilitate the uptake of findings from population health science in order to inform policies and other ways of making structural changes to society?
DAY 3 (MORNING OF FEBRUARY 19, 2021):
Major Emerging Insights in Population Health
We are in a period where there are some critical emergent population health phenomena that require spotlighting. Life expectancy in many population groups is stagnating or outright declining. Socioeconomic health inequalities are growing. A growing literature implicates neoliberal economic trends and policy trajectories. Covid-19 has also had large implications for population health and health inequities. This session will explore these issues.
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