Social inequalities in health: main approaches to study
Sociology: theory, methods, marketing, № 1, 2022
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Iryna Mazhak
Ph.D., associate professor
Description of the field of scientific research:
Iryna is an interdisciplinary researcher currently studying refugees’ physical and mental health statuses and coping strategies, believing that research findings should have practical applications in public policy. Moreover, her research interests also focused on social determinants of health; gender, social and behavioral inequalities in health; digital inequalities in health; sociology of disability; medical sociology; sociology of mental health; health policy analysis; healthcare administration; research findings translation into policy and practice.
List of duties:
Iryna is a MSCA4Ukraine Research Fellow at RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences (Dublin, Ireland) and Associate Professor at the National University Kyiv-Mohyla Academy (Kyiv, Ukraine) and Ukrainian Catholic University (Lviv, Ukraine).
Professional experience:
Iryna has PhD in Sociology and experience conducting quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods studies in Ukraine and abroad. Nowadays, she is working on the project “Health Profiles, Health Care Needs and Coping Strategies of Ukrainian Female Refugees Settled in the Czech Republic and Ireland”.
Her latest research projects include “Ukrainian Female and Children Refugees` Health Status and Coping Strategies in the Czech Republic” (2022-2023), Masaryk University, Brno, the Czech Republic; “Main approaches to measuring social inequalities in health”, National University Kyiv-Mohyla Academy (2020-2021), Kyiv, Ukraine; "The Social Determinants of Health and Health Inequalities among Working-age Population in Ukraine" (2015-2018), Aarhus Institute of Advanced Studies, Denmark; “Cultural understandings of health and ill health: A comparative study of Ukrainian and Danish females” (2017-2018), Collaborative Project in Aarhus Institute of Advanced Studies, Denmark.
Iryna was invited lecturer/speaker at international scientific seminars and conferences in the USA, Denmark, United Kingdom, Australia, Georgia, and Switzerland. She also organized and lead workshops on “Social Inequalities in Self-Reported Health in Working-age Population: Evidence from the ESS” (2016), AIAS Fellow Research Seminar (Denmark); “Interdisciplinary Research in Social Sciences and Public Health” (2017), AIAS Workshop (Denmark), and others. She has 53 publications in medical sociology and public health.
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Self-reported health and coping strategies of Ukrainian female refugees in the Czech Republic
Mazhak I., Paludo A., Sudyn D. Self-Reported health and coping strategies of Ukrainian female refugees after settlement in the Czech Republic // European Societies: the special issue: “Understanding Ukrainian Society Before and After the Russian Invasion” (2023, p. 1-27).
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