Disputas- master phil. In Health Economics and Management Marie Hella Lindberg

Avhandlingen er tilgjengelig her! The doctoral thesis is available here! Prøveforelesning over oppgitt emne holdes kl. 10.15, samme sted: “What is the definition of health and how can it be measured? Prøveforelesningen vil også bli strømmet/the trail lecture will also be streamed. Disputasen starter 1215, og vil bli strømmet her! Opptak av disputasen vil være tilgjengelig i et døgn. The defense will be streamed here!  A recording will be available for 24 hours.

 Populærvitenskapelig sammendrag av avhandlingen:

There is a consistent finding that the higher the socioeconomic position (SEP), the better the health. The choice of SEP indicator is crucial in explaining these social inequalities. However, a poorly motivated use of indicators of SEP prevails in the literature. The main aim of this thesis was to explore ways of measuring SEP to identify social inequalities in health. With data from the Tromsø Study and an online survey investigating people's views on SEP, we applied different approaches to measuring SEP. The results indicated that objective indicators, such as education and income, were important determinants of health inequalities. We found that also subjective and childhood dimensions of SEP were key in identifying inequalities in health. This thesis demonstrated a need to motivate the choice of SEP indicator in studies of health inequalities. It stressed the importance of early-life factors as determinants of adult health, advocating for policies targeting childhood circumstances.

Hovedveileder

Professor Birgit Abelsen, Institutt for samfunnsmedisin, Det helsevitenskapelige fakultet, UiT Norges arktiske universitet. 

Biveiledere

Professor Jan Abel Olsen, Institutt for samfunnsmedisin, Det helsevitenskapelige fakultet, UiT Norges arktiske universitet.
 Førsteamanuensis Gang Chen, Centre for Health Economics, Faculty of Business and Economics, Monash University, Australia. 

Bedømmelseskomité

Professor Merethe Osler, Københavns universitet - 1. opponent.
Professor Johan Håkon Bjørngaard, NTNU – 2. opponent.
Professor Hans-Olav Melberg, Institutt for samfunnsmedisin, Det helsevitenskapelige fakultet, UiT Norges arktiske universitet - leder av komité. 

Disputasleder: Professor Tormod Brenn, Institutt for samfunnsmedisin, Det helsevitenskapelige fakultet, UiT Norges arktiske universitet