Special session on health and socio-economic factors organised by CenEA at the VII World Congress of the International Council for Central and East European Studies in Stockholm (26-31.07.2010). 
A session on the relationship between health and socio-economi factors in Central and Eastern Europe organised by CenEA at the VII World Congress of the ICCEES:
EAST, WEST AND CENTRE: THE HEALTH OF AGEING POPULATIONS AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTORS
CHAIR AND DISCUSSANT: Prof. Hendrik Juerges (University of Mannheim, Germany)
PANELISTS AND PAPERS:
Peasey, Anne (UCL, United Kingdom),
Bobak, Martin (UCL, United Kingdom):
"Centre-East: the role of socio-economic factors in determining health of 50+ populations in Central and Eastern
Europe"
Topor-Madry, Roman (Jagiellonian University, Poland),
Gilis-Januszewska (Jagiellonian University, Poland),
Aleksandra Bala, Malgorzata (Jagiellonian University, Poland),
Myck, Michal (Centre for Economic Analysi, Poland):
"Centre-West: socio-economic characteristics and health of 50+ populations in Poland and Czech Republic vs countries
of EU15"
Myck, Michal (Centre for Economic Analysis, CenEA, Poland)
"Health and socio-economic status in Central Europe – the role of life histories in explaining contemporary variation"
For more information see the ICCEES Congress programme on the Congress webpage here.
For more information about the Survey of Health Ageing and Retirement (SHARE) see:
CenEA SHARE pages
SHARE project page: www.share-project.org