Health and Social Inequalities from a Gender, ethnicity and disability perspective

Identification of socio-economic factors as the key factors of people's health. The emphasis is laid on socio-economic factors which negatively influence women's health. Class, gender and ethnicity effects access to health services and resources, and the influence of poverty on people's health in the global perspective. Biopolitics and commodification of the body. Body and health as the intersection of social discourses. Comparative epidemiological studies and case studies. Health and the labour market. Stress and health. Mental health and inequalities. Food as a political question. Eating disorders. Women's reproductive health and new technologies. Ethical dilemmas concerning the body and health. Health and social work. The influence of caring work on women's health. Suicide. The influence of violence on women's health.

Selected topics:

• Health and social inequalities in the face of natural and man-made disasters and social work responses
• Trauma, trauma responses and recovery
• Polio and other chronic diseases and social inequalities
• Social inequalities
• Health and social inequalities in the face of natural and man-made disasters and social work responses
• Social inequalities in the face of natural and man-made disasters and social work responses
• Trauma, trauma responses and recovery
• Polio and other chronic diseases and chronic diseases Health and social inequalities
• Eating disorders as an aspect of social inequalities
• The right to water and social inequalities
• Tablets as a silent addiction
• The impact of international capital on health inequalities (pharmacology, multinationals)
• Health and social inequalities in Eastern Europe
• The impact of the economic crisis on the deterioration of human health: Determinants of health and social inequalities