Closing the Widening Gap: Social Justice and Public Health

The social conditions into which we are born, live and work have a profound effect on our well-being and longevity. The Louisville Metro Department of Public Health and Wellness Center for Health Equity and the School of Public Health and Information Sciences are sponsoring a Speaker's Series designed to bring attention to and heightened awareness about the factors that influence health inequities. It is our hope that by beginning a dialogue about these issues, we can establish the research and collaboration needed to address these social factors and bring about change.

To reserve your seat for these events, please contact 502-574-6616. Seating is limited to the first 100 people who RSVP. Each program will be followed by a reception at 6:30 pm

Click here to download a program brochure.

For more information about the Center for Health Equity please visit www.louisvilleky.gov/Health/equity.

Brent Barry, Ph.D.  University of Toronto, Department of Sociology
Disparities in Leisure Time Inactivity in the United States:  Political, Economic, and Structural Explanations

Elaine Chao Auditorium, University of Louisville Ekstrom Library, 2301 South Third Street               

October 9, 2007  5:15 p.m.

Vernellia R. Randall, JD. University of Dayton School of Law
Health Care and Race: Creating a Civil Rights Bill for Healthcare

Louisville Free Public Library, 301 York Street

December 4, 2007  5:15 p.m.

Michael Katz, Ph.D.  University of Pennsylvania, Walter H. Annenberg Professor of History
One Nation Divisible: the Changing Character of Inequality in the U.S. and Recasting the Concepts of Work, City, Family, Race, and Nationality

Louisville Free Public Library, 301 York Street

January 8, 2008  5:15 p.m.

Patricia O’Campo, PH.D.  St. Michael’s Hospital, Director, Center for Research on Inner City Health 
Neighborhood Impoverishment, Social Capital, and the Cognitive Development of African-American Preschoolers

Elaine Chao Auditorium, University of Louisville Ekstrom Library, 2301 South Third Street                 

March 11, 2008  5:15 p.m.

Michael Woolcock, Ph.D.   The World Bank, Development Research Group
The Importance of Social Capital for Public Health and Community Development

Main Library, York Street, Centennial Room (Limited seating so please call 574-6616 to RSVP)

May 12, 2008  5:15 p.m.

James Dunn, Ph.D. University of Toronto, Department of Geography and Public Health Sciences
How Local and Federal Policies Affect Income Inequality and Health in Canada and the United States

Elaine Chao Auditorium, University of Louisville Ekstrom Library, 2301 South Third Street