On 1st June 2016, Voluntary Health Scotland, in partnership with the Open University Scotland, held a conference Understanding the Gap: How Research can help us Address Health Inequalities in Scotland. The purpose of the conference was to explore what the latest research tells us about health inequalities, including the causes, the lived reality and some potential solutions. It provided a platform to discuss new and on-going research and brought together universities, third sector and the NHS. The focus was on exchanging knowledge and building understanding about the role research plays in closing the health inequalities gap.
The conference had over 120 registered delegates from across Scotland with a mix of delegates from the third sector, academia and the public sector.
For reference: Conference Programme
Read our Key messages report here: Key messages from Understanding the Gap – 1st June 2016
Presentations from the event:
Martyn Evans – Opening Introduction
Dr Gerry Mooney – Austerity, Poverty & Social Inequalities
Professor Graham Watt – The Deep End of Health Inequalities
Professor Stewart Mercer – Primary Care & Health Inequalities
Julie Breslin & Lawrie Elliot – Alcohol Use & The Over 50s
Dr Tony Robertson – The Biology of Inequality
Catherine Somerville – Unhealthy Attitudes Towards LGBT People
Hanna McCulloch – Food Banks & Averting Income Crisis
Amanda Larkin – Living At The Sharp End With Schizophrenia
Dr Neil Hamlet – Public Health View of Homelessness
Emily Tweed – Data Linkage, Homelessness & Health
Lisa Curtice – Peer Research & The Right to Health for Marginalised Groups
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For more information on the event, please contact Lauren Blair lauren.blair@vhscotland.org.uk 0131 474 6190
