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SUMMARY:Seeing the wood as well as the trees: the importance of the ‘mac
 ro’ perspective for public health - Professor Richard Smith\, Dean\, Fac
 ulty of Public Health and Policy\, London School of Hygiene and Tropical M
 edicine
DTSTART:20160311T130000Z
DTEND:20160311T140000Z
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CONTACT:Lucy Lloyd
DESCRIPTION:Public Health\, and the disciplines that contribute to it\, te
 nds to be concerned mostly with detailed micro analysis and evaluation (th
 e individual\, the country and the health sector) and less so on broader m
 acro analysis (the societal\, the cross-national and the multi-sector).  T
 hat is\, we tend to focus upon the trees rather than the wood\, or the ele
 ments of a picture rather than the picture as a whole.  This poses distinc
 t challenges in a world increasingly affected by global linkages\, ever co
 mplex causal pathways and the need for multi-sector intervention and evalu
 ation.  We have seen this recently with respect to infectious disease outb
 reaks and particularly concerns over anti-microbial resistance.  Effective
  prevention of non-communicable diseases especially will effect important 
 socio-economic changes across populations\, sectors\, and countries.  But 
 how should we conceptualise and evaluate practices\, policies and interven
 tions in the ‘macro-space’?  This seminar will provide an overview of 
 this issue\, and illustrate key aspects using specific examples.\n\nDr Mar
 k Kroese\, Deputy Director of PHG Foundation\, the Cambridge-based health 
 policy think tank\, will chair this seminar. 
LOCATION:Large Seminar Room\, 1st Floor\, Institute of Public Health\, Uni
 versity Forvie Site\, Robinson Way\, Cambridge
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