Concepts of health and wellbeing are significant within the study of urban and rural locations, since various social determinants, such as health risk behaviours, and health care access, as well as socio-economic and environmental determinants, affect differences in mortality and health outcomes among urban and rural residents. For example, global research suggests that living in a rural area is associated with lower levels of health and wellbeing, compared with an urban location. The significant increase in global urbanisation has also drawn attention to its effects on health and wellbeing, through a multi-faceted approach. For instance, debates around health and wellbeing now transcend traditional biomedical concepts and are broadening to include social science orientated approaches. This workshop will engage participants to explore concepts and frameworks of health and wellbeing in urban, rural, and peri-urban areas, from a social science perspective. It will proceed to afford opportunities for participants to explore how concepts and tools from the social sciences can be used to guide, develop, and form approaches to health and wellbeing, to understand differences, similarities, and interconnections across the “Rural-Urban Continuum”; and address innovative ways of reducing socio-economic and health inequalities from a social science perspective, for instance. It will also enable participants to approach health and wellbeing across rural and urban locations through a comparative skills set, which is increasingly important given current urbanisation across low to middle income countries.

Authors:
Vincent La Placa, University of Greenwich, United Kingdom
Charlotte Jeavons, University of Greenwich, United Kingdom

About the Presenter(s)
Dr Vincent La Placa is Associate Professor of Public Health and Policy and specialises in global public health and wellbeing; design and implementation of health-related behaviour change segmentations; and social theory and research methodologies.

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https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?hl=en&pli=1&user=hCRDjMcAAAAJ

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