We welcome your attendance to the First Annual Social Justice & Public Health Speaker Series. The social conditions into which we are born, live and work have a profound effect on our well-being and longevity. This Speaker’s Series is designed to bring attention to and heighten awareness about these factors that are influencing health inequities. It is our hope that by beginning a dialogue about these issues, we can move toward the research and collaboration needed to address the social factors influencing health inequities and bring about change. Click here (PDF) for details.
August 28, 2007 5:15 p.m.
Brent Barry, Ph.D. University of Toronto, Department of Sociology
Disparities in Leisure Time Inactivity in the United States: Political, Economic, and Structural Explanations
Elaine Chao Auditorium, University of Louisville Ekstrom Library, 2301 South Third Street
October 9, 2007 5:15 p.m.
Vernellia R. Randall, JD. University of Dayton School of Law
Health Care and Race: Creating a Civil Rights Bill for Healthcare
Louisville Free Public Library, 301 York Street
December 4, 2007 5:15 p.m.
Michael Katz, Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania, Walter H. Annenberg Professor of History
One Nation Divisible: the Changing Character of Inequality in the U.S. and Recasting the Concepts of Work, City, Family, Race, and Nationality
Louisville Free Public Library, 301 York Street
January 8, 2008 5:15 p.m.
Patricia O’Campo, PH.D. St. Michael’s Hospital, Director, Center for Research on Inner City Health
Neighborhood Impoverishment, Social Capital, and the Cognitive Development of African-American Preschoolers
Elaine Chao Auditorium, University of Louisville Ekstrom Library, 2301 South Third Street
March 11, 2008 5:15 p.m.
Michael Woolcock, Ph.D. The World Bank, Development Research Group
The Importance of Social Capital for Public Health and Community Development
Elaine Chao Auditorium, University of Louisville Ekstrom Library, 2301 South Third Street
May 12, 2008 5:15 p.m.
James Dunn, Ph.D. University of Toronto, Department of Geography and Public Health Sciences
How Local and Federal Policies Affect Income Inequality and Health in Canada and the United States
Elaine Chao Auditorium, University of Louisville Ekstrom Library, 2301 South Third Street
Seating is limited to the first 100 people who RSVP
For more information about the Center for Health Equity please visit our website at www.louisvilleky.gov/Health/equity. You can also reach us by telephone at 502-574-6616.