Research themes and projects at the Centre for Womens Health, Gender and Society
Project title
The importance of area-based socio-economic disadvantage for mortality from all-cause and cancer and cardiovascular disease mortality in Australia
Major research theme
Investigators
- Dr Gavin Turrell, School of Public Health, Queensland University of Technology
- Prof Anne Kavanagh, CWHGS, School of Population Health, The University of Melbourne
- A/Prof SV Subramanian, Harvard School of Public Health
- Dr Rebecca Bentley, CWHGS, School of Population Health, The University of Melbourne
Funding
- None
Summary
In this project we examine the importance of occupation (blue collar, white collar, professional) and area-based socio-economic disadvantage to explain all-cause and cause-specific mortality in Australia. This study uses a multilevel design and is the first of its kind in Australia. Three journal articles have been published, one is currently under review and two further are planned.