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4th International Conference of the International Network for the History of Public Health

September 6-9, 2001

Norrköping, Sweden

Business Administration

Host: Conference Center, Norrköping
Homepage: http://www.tema.liu.se/ohph

Description:
The conference will be held in conjuction with the 2nd International Conference on the History of Occupational and Environmental Prevention -

The conference will be organised with plenary, parallel and poster sessions. There will be an opening session on the comparative history of occupational health and public health and a concluding panel discussion on "lessons from the past and challenges for the future". We are especially interested in papers and posters on the following topics:

Socially constructed illness and diseases; Changing concepts of health; Risk, setting standards and quality management; Regulations and responsibilities; Cross-cultural development; Patterns of professionalisation; The impact of structures of production and industrial relations on work environment and health; Health in the information era; Roots of Occupational Health and Public Health; Education and public information; Science and health protection; Changes in the social distribution of health.

Date received: December 05, 2000


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