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4242.0: Tuesday, November 06, 2007: 2:30 PM-4:00 PM | ||||
Oral | ||||
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| Patricia Ellen Parsons was a long-time APHA member, health services researcher, and social activist. Her life as well as her untimely death in 1997 inspired her friends and colleagues to establish this P. Ellen Parsons lecture series to honor her leadership and contributions to a wide range of fields. P. Ellen combined scientific rigor with advocacy for fundamental social change. As a researcher she illuminated the links among health, inequality, class, race and gender; and fought to collect data at the National Center for Health Statistics that would further the analysis of access and financing. Her political work focused on building effective coalitions across disciplines and interests, redressing discrimination, and promoting accountability. She adopted Emma Goldman’s motto: if I can’t dance I don’t want to be part of your revolution. It is our goal through this series to carry on P. Ellen’s work as well as her spirit of humor, energy, and activism. The session this year explores the views of Congressional leaders on issues of particular significance to public health: the war, reproductive rights, and global trade agreements. | ||||
| Learning Objectives: Participants will be able to discuss the views of leaders in Congress on significant public health issues, including: The war in Iraq Reproductive rights Access to prescription drugs and trade agreements | ||||
| Organizer(s): | Ellen Shaffer, PhD MPH | |||
| 2:30 PM | Trade and health: Ways and Means perspective Jason Kearns, JD MPP | |||
| 2:50 PM | Reproductive rights: Rep. Jerrold Nadler's views Carole Angel, JD | |||
| 3:10 PM | War in the Middle East: Perspective of Rep. Barbara Lee Ven Neralla | |||
| 3:30 PM | Universal Health Care: Rep. Conyers and the Leadership Council The Honorable John Conyers, Jr | |||
| See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information. | ||||
| Organized by: | Medical Care | |||
| Endorsed by: | APHA-Trade & Health Forum; Socialist Caucus; Spirit of 1848 Caucus; Women's Caucus | |||
| CE Credits: | CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing | |||
The 135th APHA Annual Meeting & Exposition (November 3-7, 2007) of APHA