Regional health inequalities
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Regional health inequalities

NIHR ARCs national #ARCseminar on regional health inequalities in England.

By NIHR ARCs

Date and time

Wed, 5 Jun 2024 05:00 - 06:00 PDT

Location

Online

Agenda

1:00 PM - 1:05 PM

Chair: Prof Monique Lhussier

ARC North East and North Cumbria (ARC NENC)


Introduction

1:05 PM - 1:20 PM

Speaker: Dr Luke Munford

ARC Greater Manchester


Health inequalities in the North of England

1:20 PM - 1:35 PM

Speaker: Prof Kate Pickett

ARC Yorkshire and Humber


Regional health inequalities for children and young people

1:35 PM - 1:50 PM

Speaker: Prof Nisreen Alwan

ARC Wessex


Predicting childhood obesity and links to food insecurity in the UK

1:50 PM - 2:00 PM

Chair: Prof Monique Lhussier

ARC North East and North Cumbria (ARC NENC)


Further questions & closing remarks

About this event

  • 1 hour

In this year's national #ARCseminar series, we look at health inequalities.

Here, in the second webinar of the series, we explore: Regional health inequalities.

Three short 10-minute talks cover research on health inequalities between English regions.

Chair: This webinar is chaired by Prof Monique Lhussier, Deputy theme lead for Inequalities and Marginalised Communities for the NIHR ARC North East and North Cumbria. She is Associate Professor in Public Health and Wellbeing at Northumbria University and Director of the Centre for Health and Social Equity. Prof Lhussier is an interdisciplinary social scientist, with expertise in marginalisation, welfare and wellbeing.

Speakers:

  • NIHR ARC Greater Manchester's Dr Luke Munford on health inequalities in the North of England
  • NIHR ARC Yorkshire and Humber's Prof Kate Pickett on regional health inequalities for children and young people
  • NIHR ARC Wessex's Prof Nisreen Alwan on predicting childhood obesity and links to food insecurity in the UK

About NIHR ARCs:

We are the network of 15 NIHR Applied Research Collaborations (NIHR ARCs) – a research service close to the beating heart of health and social care.

NIHR ARCs support applied health and care research across the country and are funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR).

For more information and to find your local ARC see the NIHR ARCs website, join our monthly national newsletter and follow us on X @NIHRARCs.

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We are the network of 15 NIHR Applied Research Collaborations (NIHR ARCs) – a research service close to the beating heart of health and social care. NIHR ARCs support applied health and care research across the country and are funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR).