Episode 4: “Social and Behavioural Epidemiology”
“When you have a majoritarian or democratic approach to shaping public policy, that often means that marginalized people are going to suffer from the biases that the larger population holds.” – Dr. Kiffer Card
In the fourth episode of our mini series, we talk to Dr. Kiffer Card about social and behavioural determinants of health and how healthcare researchers can improve the study of these determinants. Dr. Card discusses the historical failures of governments and researchers to provide adequate care for marginalized communities and how his work aims to begin filling those gaps.
Resources mentioned in the episode:
- What public health interventions do people in Canada prefer to fund? A discrete choice experiment
- DBSS S2E10: Stay Social, Stay Healthy – Kiffer Card
- The Canadian Social Connection Survey Results Webinar
Guest Biography:
Dr. Kiffer Card is the Scientific Director of the Institute for Social Connection and a Professor with the Faculty of Health Sciences at Simon Fraser University. His research focuses on socio-ecological responses to complex co-occurring health inequities with an emphasis on public health crises driven by social and behavioral determinants.
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