Symposium 2012

Te Mana Taurite ā Tāngata - He Whakaoratanga mo te Ao Hurihuri
Epidemics and Economics- Equity in a changing world

Thursday 5 July and Friday 6 July
Brentwood Hotel,
Kilbirnie, Wellington

The severity of the economic situation both globally and locally appears to be having a direct impact on the emergence and inequitable distribution of communicable and non-communicable disease in New Zealand.

This years Symposium will look at the interrelationship between epidemics, economics and how these factors impact on equitable outcomes in health. What can Public Health and Health Promotion practice learn from the evidence?

Key note speakers

Honourable Tariana Turia, Associate Minister of Health

Assoc Prof  Michael Baker, Associate Professor, Department of Public Health, University of Otago

Assoc Prof Rhema Vaithianathan, Director, CARE Department of Economics University of Auckland

Dr Clair Mills, Senior Lecturer at Te Kupenga Hauora Maori, University of Auckland

Workshops

Resources

All participants at the Symposium will receive a USB stick loaded with informative resources. It's a compilation of familiar and leading edge documents and links; the Symposium programme, health promotion frameworks, health and equity, workforce development and competencies, right to health and much more.

Programme

Full programme here