Social Medicine

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 52^nd Annual Scientific Meeting

17-19^th September 2008

University of Southampton
Website
Registration now open!

Programme includes

 the best methodolological   

oral and poster presentations on all aspects of epidemiology, health services research, public health,  primary care  and social medicine and

The Cochrane Lecture

'Global public health:
A scorecard'

Professor Robert Beaglehole

University of Auckland

and 

The John Pemberton Lecture

'Small-area studies of environment and health'

Professor Paul Elliot

Imperial College London

Social medicine is the study of health in its widest sense. It recognizes the broad determinants of health - income and poverty, education, environmental factors such as housing and transport - as well as health care and genetic influences. The Society aims to promote the development of scientific knowledge in social medicine. This covers a range of subjects including epidemiology, the medical and health needs of society, the provision and organization of health services and the prevention of disease.

The nature of social medicine requires a multi-disciplinary approach to the development of scientific knowledge. The disciplines involved include medicine, epidemiology, statistics, economics, social science and many others. Membership of the Society is open to anyone whose work is consistent with the Society's objective. This inclusive criterion has led to a membership which comes from many disciplines and backgrounds but which shares research interests and methodologies.

To achieve its objective, the Society holds an annual scientific meeting, and one or two other scientific meetings each year which focus on particular themes. The formats of the meetings allow for presentations by leading authorities in their fields, reports of new research findings, and opportunities for developing and maintaining networks and friendships. The Society also maintains a website, distributes a newsletter and other relevant material to its members, and responds to consultation documents. The Society is affiliated to the European Public Health Association and is a member of the International Epidemiological Association's European Epidemiology Federation.

The Society was founded in 1956.

June 2008 Newsletter
Posted 17 June 2008

SSM Archive
The entire catalogue of the material deposited since 1988 can be viewed
online at http://archives.wellcome.ac.uk
by keying SA/SSM in the
Reference search box.
Posted 13 May 2008

Slide Download for
One Day Meeting
Synthesising qualitative research evidence on patients’ views and experiences (6MB)
Posted 29 April 2008

Annual Scientific Meeting
Southampton
17 - 19th September 2008
Registration
 

UK Society for Behavioural Medicine 4th Annual Scientific Meeting
University of Exeter - 6th / 7th January 2009
Call for Abstracts by 6 June 2008
Posted 20 May 2008

See Other Meetings for news of Non-SSM meetings
  Updated 27 June 2008

See Announcements and Jobs for funding, calls for responses to official documents and job adverts
  Updated 1 July 2008

Computer Assisted Learning for Epidemiological Methods - A software package for students and teachers
   Updated software October 2006