The conference is a part of the ESRC/NIH funded US-UK Comparison of Discrimination & Disparities in Health & Health Service Use study and will feature Dr. David Williams as the keynote speaker.
HERON is an international network founded in 2010. It aims to develop and promote the interaction of health practitioners and researchers with community members and representatives to enable a more collaborative approach to action and research in inequalities in health and health service use at national and community levels.
HERON Conference 2014
Tickets are free but there are a limited number of admissions available.
Presentations are expected on themes within health inequalities research:
• Comparing community/local data with national disparities
• Public involvement/engagement in research
• Cross-country comparative studies
• Life-course epidemiology
• Physical and mental health co-morbidity
• Neighborhood contexts
• Structural discrimination and health
• Minority stress and health
• Young people’s health
• Migrant health
• Health service use