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Welcome to Social Epidemiology Lab 🔍🌍 📊 🤝

We are a vibrant, innovative, and international non-profit research organization with a dynamic team committed to untangling the complex interplay between social factors and health outcomes.

22/11/2025

🏥 Who really shapes our health - or ?

Health isn’t just the result of personal choices - it’s the outcome of the structures we live and work within.

The Political Economy Perspective, advanced by thinkers such as Vicente and Carles , reveals that health is fundamentally shaped by labor policies, economic systems, and power dynamics. These forces determine who has safe work, stable income, access to services, and who doesn’t.

From working conditions to wage structures, social protections, and the distribution of political power, each layer of the system leaves its imprint.

These influences accumulate, interact, and reproduce the inequalities we observe in health outcomes today.

By tracing these structural forces, the Political Economy Perspective challenges us to look beyond individual behaviors and ask deeper questions:

🔹 How do economic and political decisions become pathways to health or disease?

🔹 What power structures reinforce or disrupt these inequalities?

Understanding health as a product of systems isn’t just theory; it’s a call to design policies, research, and interventions that address the root causes, not just the symptoms.

18/11/2025

📢 We are excited to invite you to session 8 of the Practical Research Skills Webinar Series: Qualitative Research Methods in Social Epidemiology

🗓 29 November
⏰ 4:00 p.m. (Berlin Time)
🔗 Register here: https://calendar.app.google/V2y7GPrya47JkaUe6

Objective: To introduce key qualitative approaches for exploring the social determinants of health.

Agenda:
-Introduction to Qualitative Research: When to use qualitative vs. quantitative methods
-Data Collection Methods: Interviews, focus groups, thematic approaches
Analyzing Qualitative Data: Coding and thematic analysis

🎙 Speaker:
Prof. Jaime Slaughter-Acey
Gillings School of Public Health
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC, USA

30/10/2025

📖 Health is a story written across a lifetime.

Health isn’t a single snapshot, it’s a narrative that unfolds over time.

The , advanced by scholars like Glen and Diana , teaches us that early-life experiences, social transitions, and cumulative exposures shape health trajectories across decades.

From prenatal environments to education, work conditions, and aging, each stage leaves an imprint. These influences accumulate, interact, and echo across generations, producing the inequalities we see in adulthood.

By connecting the dots across time, the Life Course Perspective challenges us to move beyond short-term data and ask deeper questions:

🔹 How do early experiences become biologically embedded?
🔹 What social structures reinforce or disrupt these patterns?

Understanding health as a lifelong process isn’t just theory, it’s a call to design policies, research, and interventions that honor the full timeline of human experience.

29/10/2025

🤝 Can your network keep you healthy?

It turns out, health isn’t just shaped by genes or individual choices, it’s also deeply influenced by our social connections.

Sociologists , , and showed that ; the trust, relationships, and shared values that connect people and communities, can profoundly affect health.

When individuals are embedded in networks that share information, provide emotional support, and open access to resources, they are better equipped to cope with stress, adopt healthy behaviors, and navigate health systems.

In other words, healthy communities create the conditions for healthy people.

28/10/2025

🌍 Why “where you live” can be as powerful as “how you live”

In social epidemiology, we often talk about the “social determinants of health” — income, education, housing, and access to care. But one of the most striking insights from the field is that itself can act as a .

don’t just shape opportunities; they can literally get under the skin.

Chronic stress from unsafe environments, lack of green space, or social isolation can trigger hormonal and inflammatory responses that influence everything from heart disease to mental health.

In other words, can sometimes predict health better than .

This understanding challenges us to think about health not only as an individual outcome but as a collective reflection of our environments, policies, and shared social systems.

Social epidemiology reminds us that improving health requires more than medical care, it demands creating conditions where everyone has the opportunity to thrive.

💬 What are some ways you think communities can be designed to promote better health for all?

27/10/2025

🔍 Why do health inequalities persist, even when medicine advances?

Even as we discover new treatments and technologies, gaps in health outcomes remain, and sometimes even widen.

That’s because social conditions like socioeconomic status, racism, and power dynamics aren’t just background variables, they are fundamental causes of health.

As Bruce and Jo remind us, those with greater access to resources, money, knowledge, influence, and social connections, can better avoid risks and take advantage of new health innovations.

So, even when the landscape of disease changes, inequality finds new pathways to express itself.

💭 How does this perspective shape the way you design, analyze, or interpret research?

19/08/2025

📖We are excited to share our latest research from our research group: “Social Media and Mental Health Among Young Adults in Cameroon”
Published in Health Promotion Perspectives.

This study explores how social media use influences psychological well-being among young adults in Cameroon.

🔍 Key findings:

-WhatsApp (97.7%) was the most widely used platform, followed by Facebook (66.9%) and TikTok (43.4%).

-Nearly 40% of participants reported using social media for more than 5 hours daily.

-Excessive use was linked with poorer self-reported mental health and increased feelings of inadequacy.

-Cultural factors also played a role in shaping mental health outcomes.

💡 Takeaway:

-Social media is deeply embedded in the lives of young Cameroonians. While it offers many benefits, balancing usage is key to protecting mental well-being.

-We hope these insights contribute to designing culturally tailored mental health interventions, digital literacy programs, and supportive policies in Cameroon and beyond.

🔗 Read the full article here: https://lnkd.in/evztDHc9

👏 A huge thank you to our incredible co-authors for making this possible!

16/08/2025

🤝 Advancing Global Health Together

Social Epidemiology Lab has partnered with Global Health Otherwise to strengthen efforts toward health equity and inclusive global health.

We especially recognize Dr. Luchuo Engelbert Bain, founder of Global Health Otherwise, for his visionary leadership in reimagining the future of global health.

Our Collaboration Focuses On:

-Policy & Advocacy: Promoting inclusive healthcare and hosting critical global health dialogues.

-Research & Knowledge: Joint studies on health disparities, universal health coverage, and decolonization.

-Capacity Building: Training, mentorship, and certification programs for global health leaders.

-Community Impact: Initiatives addressing social determinants of health and awareness campaigns for underserved populations.

Why It Matters:
Together, we bring research, advocacy, and community action to create fairer, healthier societies worldwide.

14/08/2025

🚀 We are thrilled to share our latest article in the BioSocial Health Journal:

"The socio-epidemiological impact of a growing demand for cosmetic surgery in low- and middle-income countries: The case of Cameroon"

https://lnkd.in/e_JPCz6W

🔍 Key Highlights

📈 Surging demand driven by globalized beauty standards.

⚖️ Inequities in access; lower-income groups face greater risks and poorer outcomes.

🛡 A pressing need for culturally sensitive guidelines, stronger regulation, and equitable healthcare systems.

🙏 Heartfelt thanks to our outstanding coauthors

13/08/2025

Join us for Session 5 of the Practical Research Skills Series: Policy Impact & Knowledge Translation in Social Epidemiology

🗓 When: Aug 20, 2025 | 12 PM–1 PM EDT (6 PM–7 PM CEST)
🎙 Speaker: Dr. Brittney Francis, PhD, MPH

📌 What You’ll Learn:
✅ How epidemiology shapes public health policy
✅ Crafting compelling policy briefs that decision-makers read
✅ Engaging stakeholders for maximum impact
✅ Real-world case studies of research driving change

📍 Join the conversation: https://lnkd.in/e9F6yjuJ

25/07/2025

We’re proud to announce the publication of our latest review article:
“Malaria burden and social determinants in Cameroon” in Discover Public Health! 🦟📖

💡 Key Highlights:

📚 Education level strongly influences malaria prevention and treatment behavior.
💰 Socioeconomic status affects exposure, vulnerability, and access to care.
🏥 Healthcare accessibility remains a barrier, especially in rural and underserved regions.
🏡 Poor infrastructure and low-income settings show higher malaria prevalence.
🌦️ Seasonal and geographic variations also play a role in transmission dynamics.
🛠️ Recommendations emphasize multi-sectoral strategies, linking public health with education, economic development, and environmental management.

👏 Huge thanks to all co-authors for their collaboration on this important work.

📄 Read the full open-access paper here: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12982-025-00833-x

09/07/2025

📢 Upcoming Webinar – Session 4!
Join us for the next session in the Practical Research Skills Webinar Series hosted by the Social Epidemiology Lab.

🎯 Topic: Introduction to R for Data Analysis in Social Epidemiology
🗓 Date: 19.07.2025
🕖 Time: 1:00 – 2:30 PM (Cameroon Time)
📍 Venue: Google Meet
🎓 E-Certificates will be provided

💻 Objective:
To familiarize participants with R and RStudio for basic epidemiological data analysis.

👨🏾‍💻 Speaker: Mr. Desmond – Founder/Data Analyst/Researcher at STATS Academy

🔍 What You’ll Learn:
-Introduction to R & RStudio – Why use R? Installing and setting up RStudio
-Basic R Syntax & Data Manipulation – Importing datasets; cleaning & transforming data
-Basic Statistical Analysis – Descriptive stats, histograms, boxplots, and more
-Q&A Session

Whether you’re new to R or looking to strengthen your data skills in public health, this session is for you!

📝 Register now by scanning the QR code on the flyer or using the link below: https://calendar.app.google/2UGW5Fwpqd9MKq2q9

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