Title: Full-day Conference on Social Determinants of Health and Disease
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Section/SPIG: Occupational Health and Safety
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Dear Epidemiologist/Public Health Scientist/Behavioral or Social Scientist:
The Graduate Group in Epidemiology at the University of California, Davis, together with the Northern California Epidemiology Network (NOCEN), invite you to attend a conference that will be held at Embassy Suites Napa Valley, Napa, California, Friday, March 5, 2004.
The conference will feature presentations by leading authorities on social and economic factors affecting population health.
Among the questions to be addressed by this conference are the following:
Why do socioeconomic factors loom so large in the etiology of all classes of disease?
What evidence exists that social support and social networks protect against morbidity and mortality?
How does connectedness or solidarity among groups in civic society promote population health?
What are the psychosocial and physiological pathways through which social structure affects disease rates?
What insights do studies of primates afford regarding the health effects of social stress and social isolation?
What social/societal interventions promote health and prevent disease?
The conference site, Embassy Suites Napa Valley <www.embassynapa.com>, is a full-service luxury hotel located in Napa, California. Napa lies at the edge of one of world's premier wine-growing regions and is a short driving distance from San Francisco.
The surrounding Napa Valley is known not only for its wine but also for its small-town atmosphere, temperate climate and superb restaurants.
To learn more about the conference and to obtain the conference program and a registration form, contact Laurie Richardson at (530) 752-8340 or <lrichardson@ucdavis.edu>.
The registration fee of $40 ($20 for students with ID) includes continental
breakfast, lunch, refreshment breaks, and a reception with wine and hors d'oeuvres.
The reception will coincide with a poster session. You are encouraged to submit abstracts for poster presentation on any aspect of epidemiology or public health. The abstract submission form can also be requested of Laurie Richardson by contacting her by phone or by e-mail.
Directions and further information will be sent to registrants as the conference date approaches.
We hope you will join us for what promises to be a very exciting conference.