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Dear SIG Members,

Welcome to the Socioeconomic Inequalities SIG’s April newsletter!



Socioeconomic inequalities remain a pressing challenge. Despite significant improvements, disparities and access to opportunities continue to overwhelm various communities around the world. Addressing socioeconomic inequalities is complex and it requires concerted efforts to drive meaningful change at societal level. Our team has worked hard to raise awareness and advocate change where we can. This newsletter is a compilation of some of the work our members are striving in their domain to address some of the challenges. We hope you will enjoy the newsletter and where possible we invite you to join our members in their various initiatives.

Early Bird Conference Registration Deadline: 8 April 2024 (Please note that presenters are required to register by the early bird deadline for their abstract to be included in the program and abstract book.) Seize the reduced fees until April 8 - register [HERE].

Socioeconomic Inequalities pre-conference workshop: Monday, May 20

“Using a World Cafe Approach of Community Engagement to Address Socioeconomic Inequalities in Cancer Prevention and Management.”

Facilitators: Mary Hearst, University of Minnesota School of Nursing; Rebecca Beeken, PhD, University of Leeds, UK; Linda Trinh, PhD, University of Toronto, Canada; Emily Hill, PhD, RDN, University of Colorado, USA

Description: The purpose of this workshop is to provide an introduction and apply the World Café process as a tool for community engagement and action. The World Cafe crosses socioeconomic boundaries and can illuminate determinants and strategies for supporting healthy nutrition and physical activity behaviors to reduce the risk of developing cancer and improve the outcomes after a cancer diagnosis. To reduce inequalities in cancer we need to ensure we are engaging with a range of communities to support their participation in our research studies and ensure that the interventions we develop are relevant and effective across socioeconomic conditions. A World Café is a strengths-based, culturally responsive, and participatory approach for engaging stakeholders in your research that both opens the research for a broader socioeconomic base and, at the same time, works as a more informal way for individuals to share opinions. The process is adaptable and can be used for diverse topic areas ranging from answering primary questions, validating and adding to existing data collections. As part of this workshop attendees will take part in an example World Cafe to explore experiences, challenges and priorities for our research community around addressing socioeconomic inequalities in cancer within behavioral nutrition and physical activity studies.

NEXT SIG WEBINAR

SIG Socio-economic Inequalities: Explaining differential socioeconomic effects in population health interventions: Development and Application of the Depth tool for classifying intervention agentic demand.

LEARN MORE AND REGISTER [HERE]

WHEN: April 17, 2024, 2000 UTC

WHO: Kate Garrott, MRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge; Jean Adams, MRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge (Speakers); Lene Seider, University of Sydney (Moderator)

Dr Chien Ju Ting is currently seeking research funding from the Kate Edger Foundation, New Zealand to conduct a corpus-assisted discourse analysis to explore women's representation in sport print media (i.e.., newspaper) in New Zealand. The data will come from NZ Herald newspaper sports sections between 2022 and 2023 because of the significant events relating to women’s sport in New Zealand - The postponement of the 2021 Women’s Rugby World Cup to 2022, the success of New Zealand athletes at the 2022 Winter Olympics, and FIFA women’s world cup. These events offer an interesting window for us to look into how the changing discourse may have occurred in New Zealand and how we can better support policy and community efforts. The projects have been designed to make important contributions to women in sports.

In this topic we would like to create a space where Early-Stage Researchers show their experience regarding their PhD, their work topic and what they expect from the future.

Please let us know about your PhD students and give us the opportunity to know their work!

Please send an email to: Chair and Co-Chair sonia.vladimira@ulusofona.pt; lene.seidler@sydney.edu.au or our Newsletters leadership team lua.perimal-lewis@flinders.edu.au; chien.ting@aut.ac.nz; doridily@gmail.com.

CALL FOR PAPER: Socioeconomic Inequalities in Digital Health

Please visit this website for more information: https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/62712/socioeconomic-inequalities-in-digital-health or contact Lua Perimal-Lewis at  lua.perimal-lewis@flinders.edu.au or Sónia Vladimira Correia at sonia.vladimira@ulusofona.pt.  

Allen, C. G., Olstad, D. L., Kahkoska, A. R., Guan, Y., Ramos, P. S., Steinberg, J., ... & Roberts, M. C. (2023). Extending an antiracism lens to the implementation of precision public health interventions. American Journal of Public Health, 113(11), 1210-1218.https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2023.307386)

Aktary, M. L., Dunn, S., Sajobi, T., O’Hara, H., Leblanc, P., McCormack, G. R., ... & Olstad, D. L. (2023). The British Columbia Farmers’ Market Nutrition Coupon Program Reduces Short-Term Household Food Insecurity Among Adults With Low Incomes: A Pragmatic Randomized Controlled Trial. Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jand.2023.10.001

Cerin, E., Chan, Y. K., Symmons, M., Soloveva, M., Martino, E., Shaw, J. E., ... & Barnett, A. (2024). Associations of the neighbourhood built and natural environment with cardiometabolic health indicators: A cross-sectional analysis of environmental moderators and behavioural mediators. Environmental Research, 240, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2023.117524

Hopkins, L. C., Webster, A., Kennel, J., Banna, J., Bearden, D., Finn, J., & Gunther, C. (2023). Plate Waste in USDA Summer Food Service Program Open Sites: Results from the Project SWEAT Sub-Study. Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition, 18(5), 699-712.https://doi.org/10.1080/19320248.2023.2245783

Lee, Y. Y., Caron-Roy, S., Turko, B., Shearer, J., Campbell, D. J., Elliott, C., ... & Olstad, D. L. (2023). Experiences and perceived outcomes of a grocery gift card programme for households at risk of food insecurity. Public Health Nutrition, 26(11), 2460-2469. https://doi.org/10.1017/S136898002300157X

Le Gal, C., Lecorguillé, M., Poncet, L., Cissé, A. H., Gassama, M., Simeon, T., ... & Lioret, S. (2023). Social patterning of childhood overweight in the French national ELFE cohort. Scientific Reports, 13(1), 21975.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-48431-8

Livingstone, K. M., Love, P., Mathers, J. C., Kirkpatrick, S. I., & Olstad, D. L. (2023). Cultural adaptations and Tailoring of public health nutrition interventions in indigenous peoples and ethnic minority groups: opportunities for Personalised and precision nutrition. Proceedings of the Nutrition Society, 82(4), 478-486. https://doi.org/10.1017/S002966512300304X

Tariq, S., Olstad, D. L., Beall, R. F., Spackman, E., Lipscombe, L., Dunn, S., ... & Campbell, D. J. (2024). Exploring the prospective acceptability of a healthy food incentive program from the perspective of people with type 2 diabetes and experiences of household food insecurity in Alberta, Canada. Public Health Nutrition, 27(1), e66.doi: 10.1017/S1368980024000429

Olstad, D. L., Nejatinamini, S., Blanchet, R., Moubarac, J. C., Polsky, J., Vanderlee, L., ... & Pozveh, S. H. (2023). Protecting traditional cultural food practices: Trends in diet quality and intake of ultra-processed foods by Indigenous status and race/ethnicity among a nationally representative sample of adults in Canada. SSM-Population Health, 24, 101496. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2023.101496

Patterson, E., Nyberg, G., Norman, Å., & Schäfer Elinder, L. (2024). Universal healthy school start intervention reduced the body mass index of young children with obesity. Acta Paediatrica.https://doi.org/10.1111/apa.17164

Yoder, A. D., Proaño, G. V., Kelley, K., Wu, Y., & Banna, J. (2024). Perspectives of Food as Medicine Concept: Report of an Online Convenience Sample Survey of Registered Dietitian Nutritionists. Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, 124(2), 257-267.

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jand.2023.05.009

UPCOMING CONFERENCES AND EVENTS

WHO: The Politics of Inequality

TITLE: In_equality Conference 2024

WHEN: 10-12 April, 2024

WHERE: Bodenseeforum Konstanz, Germany & online

WEBSITE: In_equality Conference 2024 (inequality-conference.de)

Registration for on-site participation will be open until 10 March. You may register for online participation until 30 March.

WHO: Roy Wilkins Center (Humphrey School of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota), and the Faculty of Economics & Management Sciences, University of the Western Cape.

TITLE: Sixth World Conference on Remedies to Racial and Social Inequality

WHEN: September 3-6, 2024

WHERE: Cape Town, South Africa, at the University of the Western Cape, Bellville Campus

WEBSITE:https://www.hhh.umn.edu/research-centers/roy-wilkins-center-human-relations-and-social-justice/sixth-world-conference

WHO: French Society of Public Health and co-sponsored by WHO

TITLE: 10th International Society for Physical Activity and Health Congress. Accelerating policy and practice to ensure physical activity for all 

WHEN: 28th to 31st October 2024

WHERE: Palais des Congrès de Paris, France

WEBSITE:10th ISPAH Congress in Paris, France - Join Us for a Global Movement towards Physical Activity for All

Abstract submission deadline: March 11, 2024 | Notifications for regular abstracts        

May 17, 2024 | Early registration closes / standard registration opens on July 22, 2024

COLLABORATION CORNER AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

The Horizon Europe research and innovation funding is currently available, presenting a great opportunity for international collaboration. Horizon Europe is the EU’s key funding programme for research and innovation with a budget of €95.5 billion. Connect with your international research partners; innovative ideas may be waiting somewhere. Don't miss out! For more information got to : https://research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu/funding/funding-opportunities/funding-programmes-and-open-calls/horizon-europe_en

Are you passionate about Socioeconomic Inequalities? Do you have a great idea? Please contact us to start a conversation.

HOW TO GET INVOLVED

Success stories

On February 21, Chien published in The Conversation, which is a network of nonprofit media outlets publishing news stories and research reports online, with accompanying expert commentary and analysis. In just two weeks, her article titled “Taiwan’s Indigenous languages are under threat – what can NZ learn from their successes and failures?” has garnered nearly 9000 reads and has been widely shared by numerous news outlets. This underscores the effectiveness of knowledge mobilisation and translation. She aspires to reach wider audiences beyond academic journals.

Do you have any success stories that demonstrate the positive impact of addressing socioeconomic inequalities? We would like to hear from you! Please contact our social media and newsletters team leaders: (Social Media: sjliew.epi@gmail.com;salma.musaad@bcm.edu;

Newsletters: lua.perimal-lewis@flinders.edu.au; chien.ting@aut.ac.nz; doridily@gmail.com).

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