Society for Social Medicine

Society for Social Medicine & Population Health
AbbreviationSocSocMed
Formation1956
Founded atLondon
PurposeTo promote Population Health research
Websitewww.socsocmed.org.uk

The Society for Social Medicine (SSM) is the primary organization for researchers in social, community, and public health in the UK and Ireland, founded in London in 1956.[1] The society was renamed the Society for Social Medicine and Population Health. It is affiliated to the European Public Health Association and is a member of the International Epidemiological Association’s European Epidemiology Federation.[2]

References

  1. ^ Pemberton, J. (1 May 2002). "Origins and early history of the Society for Social Medicine in the UK and Ireland". Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health. 56 (5): 342–346. doi:10.1136/jech.56.5.342. ISSN 0143-005X. PMC 1732158. PMID 11964429.
  2. ^ "Society for Social Medicine & Population Health". Retrieved 23 October 2018.
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