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The Roundtable on Population Health Improvement held a public workshop to (1) showcase a conversation about how what we know about the relationship between education and health can inform our nation’s policies and investments; and (2) share examples and facilitate a dialogue about how the health and education sectors can work together to achieve co-benefits: improvements in educational attainment and in health status.
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Workshop
·2015
Research based on decades of experience in the developing world has identified educational status, especially the status of the mother, as a major predictor of health outcomes and that the literature indicates that the gradient in health outcomes by educational attainment has steepened over the last...
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Description
An ad hoc committee will plan and conduct a public workshop featuring presentations and discussion on research, policy, and practice at the intersection of health and education. The workshop will 1) feature selected speakers from the fields of public health and education to discuss current efforts, research, and opportunities, and 2) include discussion of potential future research, activities, and policies that can be undertaken in this domain. The committee will identify specific topics to be addressed, develop the agenda, select and invite speakers and discussants, and moderate the discussions. An individually-authored summary of the presentations and discussions at the workshop will be prepared by a designated rapporteur in accordance with institutional guidelines.
Collaborators
Sponsors
Private: Non Profit
Staff
Alina Baciu
Lead
Major units and sub-units
Center for Health, People, and Places
Lead
Institute of Medicine
Lead
Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice
Lead
Health Care and Public Health Program Area
Lead
