Date: Dec.24, 2019

Time: 10:00-11:30

Speaker: JIN Lei

Venue: Room 1202, Library C, Zijingang Campus

【Speaker Intro】

Lei Jin received an MS in Statistics and a PhD in Sociology from the University of Chicago. Before joining CUHK she was a post-doctoral fellow at the Robert Wood Johnson Scholars in Health Policy Program at Harvard University. Her overarching research interest lies in the interplay of health, medicine and social systems. She has published in journals such as Demography, Social Science & Medicine, Social Science Research and Health Affairs, among others. Jin's work falls into two areas: the social determinants of health and the social organization of health care.

【Abstract】

In the past 40 years, China has experienced rapid industrialization and urbanization. As a result, the healthy lifestyle of Chinese people has changed a lot, leading to a rapid increase in chronic diseases to a large extent. Sociological theory shows that in this process, group members with social advantages are more inclined to do healthy behavior and thus obtain better results. This study will take smoking and weight as examples to show the evolution of the healthy lifestyle of people with different status in contemporary China. It is helpful to our understanding of the factors that lead to the inequality of population health in China.