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UCL International Institute for Society and Health
2008 / 2009  Public Seminar Series

You are invited to attend on:

Tuesday 12 May, 5pm
(followed by drinks at 6pm)

Topic: Health inequalites. Their reproduction across generations

Speaker: Professor  Denny Vågerö, Stockholm University

Abstract:  Modern societies have seen falling mortality rates, changing disease 
panoramas and a virtual eradication of poverty in an absolute sense. In spite 
of these developments, health inequalites arise de novo in each new 
generation. This is true in Sweden in spite of its egalitarian policies and policies 
for universal social protection. What are some of the mechanisms by which 
health inequalities are reproduced across generations? This question is 
discussed and new evidence from Swedish multigenerational data is presented.
 
 
Denny Vågerö is a professor of medical sociology. He has worked on health
inequalities at Stockholm University, The Karolinska Institutet, London School 
of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the Max Planck Institute for Human 
Development in Berlin. He was one of the founders of CHESS, Centre for Health 
Equity Studies and its director 2000-2008. He was a member of the 
Commission on Social Determinants of Health, and is a member of the Royal 
Swedish Academy of Sciences and its standing Committee on Health.       


Venue:
UCL Torrington Basement LT, 1 - 19 Torrington Place, London WC1E  7HB.
Nearest Underground station: Goodge Street.  Warren St and Goodge St are 
also within walking distance. Email: [log in to unmask]  
Refreshments at 6.00pm after the seminar. 

You may access audio recordings of our some past seminars at: 
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/iish/seminars.htm