‘Racism, ethnicity, identity, and health:

UK and US comparative perspectives’

A day meeting on 7th December, 2007, followed by a drinks reception at the University of Warwick.

The sociological study of health, ethnicity and racism has been emerging as a distinct field of study since the 1980s in the UK following an earlier interest in racialised identity and health outcomes in the US. A broad agreement (or at least discernible lines of disagreement), on the politics of research has emerged in the UK, together with a critical mass of good quality published qualitative and quantitative studies. The accumulation of a body of research in the US and the UK is informing international comparative work.  This day meeting celebrates the publication of the 13th volume in the Sociology of Health and Illness monograph series on issues of diversity and disadvantage around health and healthcare. This volume of papers contributes to the developing field of ethnicity and health, while demonstrating that the study of diversity and discrimination contributes to the core concerns of the Sociology of Health and Illness.  The day meeting will concentrate on US-UK comparative work and on identifying other areas that are key for future research development.

Confirmed speakers:

The science and epidemiology of racism & health in the United States: an ecosocial perspective.
Professor Nancy Krieger
Dept of Society, Human Development, and Health
Harvard School of Public Health

The black diaspora and health inequalities in the US and England: does where you go and how you get there make a difference?
Professor James Nazroo
Department of Sociology
University of Manchester

Ethnicity, health and health care: understanding diversity, tackling disadvantage.
Professor Waqar Ahmad
Pro-vice Chancellor for Research
University of Middlesex

Ethnic inequalities in early childhood health and development: findings from the UK Millennium Cohort Study

Dr Yvonne Kelly
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health
University College London