I attended most of this conference. Social determinants were not a
major part of the presentations. It was also constructed so that there
was little opportunity to ask questions from the floor.
You can view the plenaries at:
http://www.kaisernetwork.org/health_cast/hcast_index.cfm?display=detail&
hc=1616
Cynthia D. Ferre
Epidemiologist
Maternal and Infant Health Branch
Division of Reproductive Health
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention
and Health Promotion
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
phone 770-488-6268
fax 770-488-6283
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-----Original Message-----
From: Thompson, Kenneth [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2006 7:38 PM
Subject: Re: Disparities in health analyzed
Hi all,
I was unable to get to the National Conference noted below. How did the
social determinants of health fare in the conversation??
Ken Thompson
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From: Social Determinants of Health on behalf of Dennis Raphael
Sent: Tue 1/17/2006 8:43 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: [SDOH] Disparities in health analyzed
http://www.pittnews.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/01/17/43cc8b4d92b46
[Note the emphasis on racial and ethnic disparities and access to care,
and the total neglect of income, class or occupational status. - dr]
Disparities in health analyzed
By MEREDITH MISHKIN
Staff Writer
January 17, 2006
A group of Pitt researchers and directors traveled to Washington last
week to take part in a conference on racial and ethnic disparities in
health and healthcare.
"This conference represents Pitt coming to the nation's capital to
create a partnership with the federal government on an effort we
launched in 2001,"
said Stephen Thomas, director of Pitt's Center for Minority Health.
The summit had been held in Pittsburgh for the past five years, where it
was only able to hold 300 participants. This year, more than 2,000
clinicians, physician researchers, public health professionals and
practitioners attended... SNIP
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