International Centre for Health & Society, UCL
2004 Seminar Series
You are invited to attend
Monday 4 October 5.00pm (followed by drinks at 6pm)
'Pathways between Education and Health'
Dr Tarani Chandola
Medical Sociology, Senior Lecturer Department of Epidemiology &
Public Health, UCL
RSVP attendance essential by 01/10/04
(indicating any special needs and for directions to the seminar room)
Abstract
The association between education and health has been consistently
observed in a number of studies and countries- lower educational
attainment is associated with poorer health status. So far, studies
that have examined the mechanisms underlying this association have
analysed only a limited set of potential pathways and have not taken
into account the causal ordering between the pathways. This study
examines the contribution of childhood factors (in terms of parental
social class, cognitive ability and health) as well as adult factors
(in terms of health behaviours, adult social class and the sense of
control) in explaining the association between educational attainment
and adult health.
Data from six phases of the National Child Development Study (NCDS,
1958-1999) were analysed. The results suggest that improvements in
the distribution of educational attainment in the population may not
'directly' lead to improvements in population health. Policies aimed
at improving adult population health and reducing social inequalities
in health need to focus in on the causal pathways highlighted in this
study.
Dr Chandola is a senior lecturer in medical sociology, working on
the Whitehall II study, Department of Epidemiology and Public
Health,UCL and other longitudinal datasets.
Ms Patricia Crowley
Dept of Epidemiology & Public Health, UCL
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