Dalla Lana School of Public Health (DLSPH)
With the onset of the COVID-19 era, we are at somewhat of a crossroads in the field of population health research. Data from several countries is demonstrating massive racial and socioeconomic inequalities in risk for acquiring Covid-19 and for the most severe associated outcomes. In Canada, this data has caused a groundswell of public and political attention on health inequalities, and of discourses about what policies may best address them. At this moment in time, it is well worth taking stock of the field of population health, which hasn’t been done for some time. What are the major findings of the 21st century to date? Where is the field headed in terms of its conceptual orientation to population health and health inequalities? What are the major data and methodological developments that will facilitate innovative population health research? What systems and structures would facilitate the uptake of findings from population health science in order to inform policies and other ways of making structural changes to society?
DAY 1 (MORNING OF FEBRUARY 5, 2021)
Introduction to the Symposium
Dr. Vivek Goel and Dr. Arjumand Siddiqi
Historical Roots of Population Health and the Benefit of Hindsight
This session will be stage-setting. It will give a sense of what we are talking about when we say, “population health.” What were the beginnings of the ‘population health’ movement in the literature? What were the main motivations for the initial set of research questions? What were the key findings? What did the originators envision were the implications of their work?
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