Social and commercial determinants of health and their implications for general practitioners

Saturday, November 26, 2022
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Plenary 1

Overview

Prof Fran Baum


Details

Session style: Presentation with Q&A


Speaker

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Prof Fran Baum
Professor and Director
Stretton Health Equity, Stretton Institute, University of Adelaide

Social and commercial determinants of health and their implications for general practitioners

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Session summary

This presentation will examine the importance of social and commercial determinants in determining the health of populations.

Abstract

Learning outcomes

1. The influence of the social and commercial determinates of population health.
2. The usefulness of a social health tool to clinical practice
3. The value of community health centres to comprehensive health care.

Biography

Fran Baum is Director of Stretton Health Equity, University of Adelaide and previously was a Matthew Flinders Distinguished Professor at Flinders University. She has just completed a term as co-Chair of the Global Steering Council of the People’s Health Movement, a global network of health activist. She received an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) for her public health service. She is a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia, the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences and of the Australian Health Promotion Association. She is a past National President and Life Member of the Public Health Association of Australia. She is author of The New Public Health (2016, OUP) and Governing for Health (2019 OUP). In 2022 she started her NHMRC Investigator Fellowship which provides $2.24m for research entitled “Restoring the Fair Go: which policies and practices are likely to reverse growing health inequities post-COVID-19.
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