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Abbreviation | SocSocMed |
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Formation | 1956 |
Founded at | London |
Purpose | To promote Population Health research |
Website | www |
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 with the European Public Health Association and is a member of the International Epidemiological Association's European Epidemiology Federation. [2]