GÖG-Colloquium | Marmot Places - Insights into a UK initiative

Social and socio-economic health determinants play a significant role in health and health inequality. Sir Michael Marmot is a renowned expert on this topic, having worked on it for many years and highlighted these connections in the Marmot Review in 2010, among other publications (for more information see: Fair Society, Healthy Lives (The Marmot Review).

The Institute of Health Equity, established in 2011, is headed by Sir Michael Marmot and supports activities aimed at reducing preventable and therefore unfair health inequalities. In order to put available evidence into practice, e.g. in the form of Marmot Places, it works with a wide range of stakeholders and levels and coordinates the Health Equity Network. The aim is to establish new standards with innovative, cooperative and interdisciplinary approaches. Regional actors such as Public Health Scotland also promote programmes and initiatives that support a corresponding system change. Local actors are committed to developing their community/city into a Marmot Place. 

In the GÖG-Colloquium on Marmot Places activities on different levels as well as practical experiences with the implementation of Marmot Places will be presented.

The presenters:
Jessica Allen is Deputy Director of the UCL Institute of Health Equity. In this she has shaped the strategic direction of the Institute and overseen its work and development. She has worked closely with international organisations, national and local governments, businesses and the economic sector, third sector organisations and public health and health care systems. She has published widely on the social determinants of health and led much of the Institute’s work. Cooperations with global organisations including the UN, the WHO, but also the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Commission on Equity and Health Inequalities in the Americas are part of this. 

Ruth Glassborow is the Director of Population Health and Wellbeing at Public Health Scotland, where she leads efforts to address the wider determinants of health with a particular focus on reducing health inequalities. Her career is rooted in person-centred, evidence-informed transformation, with a strong track record of influencing national policy and delivering practical and impactful large scale change programmes. Previously, as Director of Improvement at Healthcare Improvement Scotland, she led major national initiatives using quality improvement and system change methods across health and social care. 

Nicola Ainsworth is Public Health Consultant at Luton Borough Council. Nicola has been a qualified Consultant in Public Health for the last 3 years with more than 20 years of experience in the public health sector. Her portfolio at Luton Borough Council in the UK covers drugs & alcohol, domestic abuse, mental health, on street sex exploitation, population health management and health protection.  Before training to be a consultant, Nicola worked at the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence in the UK for 8 years including working on interventional proceudre and public health guidance. 

Chimeme Egbutah is Public Health Service Manager from Luton, a Marmot Place. She has worked in Local Government for over twenty years as a public health specialist. Her work entails focusing on the wider determinants of health, children and young people and more recently Public Health healthcare. Chimeme has experience in management and consulting, team building and strategic implementation of public health policies across non-traditional services such as Housing, Strategic Transport and Planning.  She has a good understanding of health improvement interventions; Implementing key policies that support the surveillance and monitoring of local public health and is confident in collaborating across various sectors, including private and voluntary sector.  

Welcome and moderation
Marion Weigl
Austrian National Public Health Institute (Gesundheit Österreich GmbH)
Department Health, Society and Equity

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