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40265 - Policies, Politics, and Population Processes

Mon, August 11, 8:00 to 9:30am, West Tower, Hyatt Regency Chicago, Floor: Ballroom Level/Gold, Hong Kong

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Policy, budget, and legislative decisions, along with political events and rhetoric, shape population dynamics and health outcomes, influencing healthcare access, immigration patterns, birth rates, and illness and mortality trends. The mechanisms linking these broad political dynamics to health include behavioral, institutional, physiological and psychosocial pathways. Papers in this session will explore how policies, laws, power struggles, and political discourse influence various population outcomes.

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