2007/08 IISH PUBLIC SEMINAR SERIES
You are invited to attend a workshop on:
Tuesday 27th November 3.00- 5.00pm
The Russian Mortality Crisis and the Role of Alcohol
Dr Susannah Tomkins (LSHTM), Dr Martin Bobak (UCL) and
Dr S Goya Wannamethee (UCL)
Russia's transition from a socialist to market-led economy was
accompanied by a severe decline in the health status of the population.
Between 1991 and 1994, life expectancy for men fell by over six years and
for women by over three years. This dramatic decline was unprecedented
both in Russia and in other industrialised countries. Alcohol consumption
plays a far greater role in the mortality crisis than had previously been
thought. Other factors such as increased psychosocial stress during the
period could also have contributed to this mortality crisis. Britain has
seen a doubling in the rates of alcohol-related deaths since 1991,
although life expectancy has increased by over three years since then.
This workshop is organised by the UCL International Institute for Society
and Health, with three invited speakers. Dr Susannah Tomkins works on the
`Izhevsk Family Study´, a case-control study investigating the risk
factors for premature mortality in Russian men of working age, and a
longitudinal study on alcohol and mortality in Russia. Dr Martin Bobak
leads the HAPIEE Study (Health, Alcohol and Psychosocial factors In
Eastern Europe), a multi-centre study assessing the effects of dietary
factors, alcohol consumption and psychosocial factors on health in men and
women in Russia, Poland, Lithuania, and the Czech Republic. Dr S Goya
Wannamethee works on the British Regional Heart Study, a prospective
study
in middle-aged men drawn from general practices in 24 British towns,
recruited in 1978-1980 and is one of the leading academics on the health
effects of alcohol in Britain.
Each speaker will talk for twenty minutes, followed by ten minutes of
question and answers. There will be an open discussion at the end led by
Professor Sir Michael Marmot.
This seminar will be held at UCL. RSVP seminar attendance by 23/11/07
(indicating any special needs and for directions to the seminar room)
Email: [log in to unmask] Tel: 020 7679 8249 Drinks & snacks at 5pm after the
seminar.
You may access an audio recording of past seminars at:
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/iish/seminars.htm
Jane Johnson
Administrative Assistant
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, UCL
1-19 Torrington Place
London, WC1E 6BT
T: +44(0)20 7679 8249
www.ucl.ac.uk/capabilityandresilience
www.ucl.ac.uk/iish
www.ucl.ac.uk/epidemiology
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