Grant: Operating Grant: Programmatic Grants to tackle health and health equity - LOI

Why are women of low income more likely to develop cardiovascular disease than women of high income? In what ways, does income provide a protective advantage when it comes to cardiovascular health? Research on such questions has often focused on either physical activity or dietary behaviours but not the range of pathways by which social inequality may affect cardiovascular disease risk in women. This program of research examines these pathways simultaneously so that the relative effects of one pathway or another can be precisely measured. In addition to identifying the pathways by which social inequality becomes channeled on to cardiovascular health, this program of research will also examine what policy makers know about the social factors that influence disease risk. In so doing, the program will identify particular leverage points by which to advance policies for the cardiovascular health of women.