Symposium: from 1pm Monday 26 October until 4.30pm Tuesday 27 October 2009

Short course: 9am-5pm, 28-29 October 2009

University House, ANU, CANBERRA

Short course participants are encouraged to attend the symposium.

SYMPOSIUM - Scoping cultural epidemiology in the Antipodes

According to the 19th century anthropologist and doctor, Rudolph Virchow, 'disease is a disturbance of culture'. Over the last 150 years, cultural epidemiology has evolved as a hybrid or sub-discipline with a body of work and research approaches that resonate with Virchow's proposition.Through the presentation of brief papers and posters, the two-day symposium will explore the inter-relationships between culture, health and illness.

Symposium Overview and Call for Abstracts

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Duration
Symposium - 1.5 days + working dinner
Short course - 2 days

Location
University House, ANU

Cost (incl GST)
Symposium only: $385

Short course
Early - before 1 August: $1100
Student early: $880
Late - after 1 August: $1375
Student late: $1100

Symposium + Short Course
Early - before 1 Aug: $1330
Student early: $1060
Late - after 1 Aug: $1580
Student late: $1260

Short Course Participants
The short course is limited to a minimum of 10 and a maximum of 25 people.

Enquiries
E: ros.hales@anu.edu.au
T: +61 2 6125 5627

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SYMPOSIUM ONLY ONLINE REGISTRATION

SHORT COURSE

This course introduces students to the emerging discipline of cultural epidemiology, defining what it is and how it might be undertaken. It focuses on employing cultural theories, concepts and interdisciplinary methods to the health of populations and sub-populations. The course will cover the following topics:

• the history of cultural epidemiology
• theoretical approaches
• main methodological issues
• discussion of Australian and New Zealand research examples
• current debates.

• introduce students to the history of cultural epidemiology and where it sits in relation to social epidemiology, social medicine and medical anthropology
• develop students' ability to synthesise primary concepts and approaches - eg. cultural determinants of health
• foster students' appraisal of how and when cultural epidemiology is most usefully employed (ie. what disorders and issues cultural frameworks are applied to)
• lead students to a firm grasp of cultural epidemiological (mixed) methods.

Course program overview

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