Home is where the health is
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There are tests, remedies and preventative strategies for most of the medical illnesses known to humankind. McMaster's social scientists are actively researching a social ill that is also taking its toll on the health of Canadians: poverty.
The next Social Science in the City lecture will connect the dots between poverty and health, offering a free public talk by Jim Dunn, an associate professor in the Department of Health, Aging and Society who will speak about Housing, Neighbourhoods and Health: Poverty Traps or Trampolines?.
Dunn's lecture will explore how improvements in housing and neighbourhoods may improve health outcomes, even without changing people's income levels. Dunn will share his own research and describe what is known about housing and neighbourhoods and how they can provide a pathway out of poverty and to better health.
This Social Science in the City lecture is part of the anti-poverty series that is part of the Science in the City free public lectures, a partnership between McMaster University and The Hamilton Spectator.
The lecture takes place this Wednesday, March 10 at The Hamilton Spectator Auditorium, 44 Frid Street. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the lecture begins at 7:00 p.m. Registration is required by phone: 905-525-9140 ext. 24034 or by email sciencecity@mcmaster.ca.
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