Public Health Conference: Key Issues in current health research: Ageing - Health - Equity

Demographic change and evolving demands on healthcare systems, especially with respect to the provision of healthcare and nursing care for a growing number of older people, will be among the greatest social challenges of the coming decades.

The pursuit of health equity in ageing societies raises several questions: on the one hand there are persisting health inequities related to a social gradient in health. On the other hand, as resources are limited, social challenges to healthcare and the healthcare system will always entail questions of distributive justice. Health equity is therefore a central cross-sectional topic of health research in Bremen.

The Conference on Ageing, Health and Equity, organised by the high-profile research area of Health Sciences at the University of Bremen, served as a forum for discussing these key challenges of healthcare in ageing societies. A common focus were disparities in healthcare and equity requirements.