The International Network for Research on Inequalities in Child Health (INRICH) was created in 2008 by a group of researchers interested in tackling the problem of health disparities among children. The researchers come from various field of studies ranging from medical doctors, social scientists and epidemiologists to economists.
INRICH Annual Workshops (workshops) | first :: second :: third
Third Annual INRICH Workshop (upcoming)
(November 3-5, 2010 - Instituto de Medicina Integral Professor Fernando Figueira (IMIP) - Recife, Brazil)
Second Annual INRICH Workshop
University of Warwick, November 6-7, 2009 - Coventry , UK
Proceedings
Final Report from the Second INRICH Workshop [ download pdf ]
Presentations
- Clare Blackburn, Nick Spencer and Janet Read. Socio-economic disadvantage and childhood disability, INRICH Warwick Workshop, 2nd Workshop Session: Pathways to child health inequalities, November 6, 2009. [download 12 slides - pdf]
- W. Thomas Boyce. Early Adversity and Future Health, INRICH Warwick Workshop, 2nd Workshop Session: Pathways to child health inequalities, November 6, 2009. [download 69 slides - pdf]
- Kate Pickett. Child Health and Wellbeing in Rich Nations: The Role of Income Inequality, INRICH Warwick Workshop, 3rd Workshop Session: Promoting child health equity through health and social policy, November 7, 2009. [download 38 slides - pdf]
- Helen Roberts and Liz Waters. Part I: What works in reducing inequalities in child health (Roberts) | Part II: Cochrane Public Health Review Group (Waters), INRICH Warwick Workshop, 3rd Workshop Session: Promoting child health equity through health and social policy, November 7, 2009. [ download - pdf: Part I, 6 slides | Part II, 20 slides ]
- Nick Spencer. Intergenerational transmission of health inequalities, INRICH Warwick Workshop, 2nd Workshop Session: Pathways to child health inequalities, November 6, 2009. [download 30 slides - pdf]
- Nick Spencer, Mai Thanh Tu and Louise Séguin. Early Poverty and Physical Health in Early Childhood: A systematic review. , INRICH Warwick Workshop, 1st Workshop Session, November 6, 2009. [download 28 slides - pdf]
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First Annual INRICH Workshop
(November 7-8, 2008 - Montréal, Quebec)
Proceedings
INRICH - Proceedings Initial Workshop [download pdf - 42 pages]
DOCUMENT INCLUDES:
- participants
- revised objectives
- revised mission statement
- revised future vision
- "How Poverty Gets Under the Skin", presentation by Gary Evans: resume and discussion notes
- "Life Course Health Development (LCHD):A Transitional Framework for Addressing Mechanisms that Engender Health Disparities", presentation by Neal Halfon: resume and discussion notes
- "Potential for Linking Databases", presentation by Russell Wilkins: resume and discussion notes
- "Poverty and Chronic Illness in Early Childhood: A Comparison Between UK and Quebec, presentation by Nichoolas Spencer: resume and discussion notes
- "School Readiness in Montreal, What Can We Do About It?, presentation by Richard Lessard: resume and discussion notes
- "Knowledge Synthesis on Child Poverty and Child Physical Health Problems - Preliminary Results, presentation by Louise Seguin: resume and discussion notes
- research priorities in child health inequalities
- future of the network
- workshop program
- research interests and profiles of INRICH members
Third Annual Workshop
November 3-5, 2010
Instituto de Medicina Integral Professor Fernando Figueira (IMIP)
Recife, Brazil