Society for Social Medicine & Population Health | |
Abbreviation: | SocSocMed |
Formation: | 1956 |
Founding Location: | London |
Purpose: | To promote Population Health research |
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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]