Unit 28: Social Determinants of Health
Date: 12/02/2021
- Leader:
- Dr. Claudia Hövener
- Deputy:
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Stephan Müters
Dr. Jens Hoebel
Tasks
- Analysis of social differences in the prevalence and development of physical and mental health and its associated risk factors
- Investigation of the effect of education and a family’s social status on health development during childhood and adolescence, as well as in later life
- Description of the health status of children, adolescents and adults with migration background
- Examination of correlations between professional qualifications, occupation, working conditions and health
- Analysis of health-related causes and consequences of unemployment or precarious employment
- Identification of social and regional differences in the use of prevention, health promotion and healthcare services
- Consideration and analysis of families, day-care centres for children, schools and companies as living environments and settings for disease prevention and health promotion
- Estimation of regional prevalence rates and prognoses for non-communicable diseases and associated risk factors
- Analysis of the effects of demographic change on the burden of disease and its regional differences, need for nursing care and healthcare requirements