Health and Society
The Health & Society group focuses on the sociological study of public health, health promotion and health protection, in resource poor and research rich contexts, with emphasis on (1) the social, natural and built environment, and (2) the role of actors and social institutions in advancing health and wellbeing.
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News
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Navigating Storms and Social Network research: ODISSEI Conference -
Flourish and Nourish – the story of my PhD journey -
From Wet Feet to a Tiny Food Forest: How 4th Graders Transformed Their Schoolyard into a Tiny Food Forest -
Public health adaptation to climate change in practice: learning from the oak processionary moth
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Research
Our research group uses a holistic view to health, considering physical, social, mental and spiritual well-being. Health is created in everyday-life and arises from interaction between individual lifestyle, the social and physical environment.
Social environment of health
Physical environment of health
Lifestyle
One Health & Disease ControlThe Health and Society group is part of Centre for Space, Place and Society
Latest publications
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COMMA: A microsimulation model investigating the impact of COVID-19 lockdowns on depression
European Journal of Public Health (2023), Volume: 33, Issue: Supplement_2 - ISSN 1101-1262 -
The role of the partner in the support of a pregnant woman’s healthy diet : an explorative qualitative study
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth (2023), Volume: 23, Issue: 1 - ISSN 1471-2393
