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5135.0: Wednesday, November 07, 2007: 12:30 PM-2:00 PM | ||||
Oral | ||||
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| This session will address the public health impacts of wars in the Middle East among persons internally-displaced as a result of the Lebanese civil war and Palestinians. Presentations will address the acute and chronic health impacts of these wars and associated human rights violations, and barriers to reconciliation and reconstruction, such as war-induced psychological and geographical divisions. Specific measures to overcome the identified public health challenges, including community health projects with the capacity to relieve inter-group intolerance between conflicted communities, and other programs undertaken by governmental and non-governmental organizations will be discussed. The presentations will provide an understanding of how public health disciplines can support the human rights and primary health care needs in war-torn countries. | ||||
| Learning Objectives: At the end of this session participants will: 1. Describe the dynamics of health care in a highly conflicted region; and 2. Understand the effects of conflict in the Middle East on civilian populations. | ||||
| Presider(s): | Alan F. Meyers, MD, MPH | |||
| 12:30 PM | Community health projects to reconcile and rebuild post-conflict communities: A Lebanese case Nancy Maroun | |||
| 12:45 PM |  | Human Rights and the Politics of Deteriorating Health in Palestine Dima Qato, PharmD, MPH | ||
| 1:00 PM | | Treatment of Palestinian patients in an Israeli hospital: No prejudice, no politics Michael Gdalevich, MD, MPH, Ron Lobel, MD, Michael Huerta, MD, MPH, Shimon Scharf, MD, MPH | ||
| 1:15 PM | | Jewish Voice for Peace Health and Human Rights Project Alan F. Meyers, MD, MPH | ||
| 1:30 PM | Discussion | |||
| See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information. | ||||
| Organized by: | Peace Caucus | |||
| Endorsed by: | Maternal and Child Health; Occupational Health and Safety; Socialist Caucus | |||
| CE Credits: | CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing | |||
The 135th APHA Annual Meeting & Exposition (November 3-7, 2007) of APHA