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Centre for Health Equity Studies (CHESS)
  

Contracts (34) Researchers (22) Organisation Units (1)

Start year: End year: Sort alphabetically Sort by last update Sort by contract start date 1 2 3 4 >> Addressing the strategic Determinants to Reduce health Inequity Via 1) Early childhood development, 2) Realising fair employment, and 3) Social protection Prof Olle Lundberg Period: 1/1/12 - 12/31/14 There is evidence that social gradients in health exist both between and within countries. This research proposal will build on the recommendations of the Commission on Social Determinants of Health (CSDH) and the Marmot Review of Health Inequalities, as well as on two European reviews commissioned ... Allostatic load and health in parents living under different social conditions Prof Ulf Lundberg Period: 1/1/08 - 12/31/11 The aim is to investigate how the physical and social environment interacts with people’s behavior and biological systems and contributes to social and gender inequalities in health. The theoretical basis is the Allostatic Load Model by McEwen et al., which describes under what conditions bodily ... Allostatic load and health in parents living under different social conditions Prof Ulf Lundberg Period: 1/1/09 - 12/31/11 The aim is to investigate how the physical and social environment interacts with people’s behavior and biological systems and contributes to social and gender inequalities in health. The theoretical basis is the Allostatic Load Model by McEwen et al., which describes under what conditions bodily ... Developing methodologies to reduce inequalities in the determinants of health Prof Olle Lundberg Period: 1/1/12 - 1/31/14 Social inequalities in health are a major challenge to public health in Europe and hence a priority topic for the EU. While the average level of health in EU countries has continued to improve over the last decades, differences in health between advantaged and disadvantaged sections of the ... Developmental origins of health inequality: maternal influences, growth in early life, reproduction, and health in adulthood Prof Ilona Koupil Period: 1/1/08 - 12/31/10 In spite of long term investments into reduction of differences in health between social groups in Sweden, substantial health inequalities persist in Sweden today. In 2004, our research group initiated a multigenerational study on health inequalities (The Uppsala Birth Cohort Multigenerational ... FAS-centre: Human society as a life long determinant of human health Prof Denny Vågerö Period: 1/1/07 - 12/31/11 The research programme below focuses on how society influences human development and health across the entire life course, and in particular during certain critical periods “from foetus to man”. Health is so distributed in the population that socially disadvantaged groups experience health ... Fellowship: A developmental perspective on antisocial behaviour: sex differences and similarities Dr Jenny Eklund Period: 1/1/07 - 12/31/10 Recently, there has been a growing interest in and attention to females’ delinquency. Unfortunately, over a long period of time, research on antisocial behaviour and development was mainly restricted to male groups. As a consequence, there is a lack of knowledge of females’ antisocial behaviour and ... Fellowship: Children's living conditions and health Dr Viveca Östberg Period: 1/1/07 - 12/31/10 In this research project, two structural distributions of social positions will be focussed on and analysed in relation to children’s health and life chances. These are the family’s position in the society’s income distribution and the child’s position in the school class’ status distribution. The ... Forskarskola i 'Samhälle och Hälsa' Prof Denny Vågerö Period: 1/1/08 - 12/31/12 Samhälle och hälsa är nära kopplade till varandra; överallt är människor organiserade i samhällen, vilka utövar ett avgörande inflytande på individernas hälsa. Sjukdomar och nedsatt hälsa definieras förvisso utifrån biologiska processer, men biologisk kunskap räcker inte för att förstå varför ... Gender differences in economic resources, health and mortality – the importance of social comparisons, preferences and relative deprivation Dr Monica Åberg Yngwe Period: 1/1/10 Economic resources is of great importance for health and mortality, however the relation is different for men and women. Despite a huge focus on the income and health relation during the last decades, the mechanisms behind this gender difference are still largely unknown. The purpose with the ... 1 2 3 4 >>