5083.0: Wednesday, November 15, 2000 - 11:25 AM

Abstract #17985

Health and Human Rights through Community-Based Education

Loretta Ross, Founder & Exec. Director, National Center for Human Rights Education, PO Box 31131, Atlanta, GA 31131, (404) 344-9629, N/A

Presentation will examine how the international health and human rights framework can be used to promote social justice at the community level in the United States.

Learning Objectives: 1. Relate the idea of social justice to the framework of international human rights 2. identify the principal areas in which the human rights framework can make a positive contribution to improving public health 3. Demonstrate the ways in which international human rights concerns relate to domestic health policy and practice

Keywords: Social Justice, Community Health

Presenting author's disclosure statement:
Organization/institution whose products or services will be discussed: None
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.

The 128th Annual Meeting of APHA