The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA
Session: Human Rights for Public Health Professionals
1004.0: Saturday, November 9, 2002: 9:00 AM-5:00 PM
Oral
Human Rights for Public Health Professionals
Statement of Purpose and Institute Overview:
The institute will cover the essential background knowledge and skills necessary for health professionals to apply the health-human rights linkage in their professional activities. Particular attention will be paid to the commitments and obligations of states and other entities incorporated in international human rights law and international humanitarian law and to the role of all institutional and social actors in realizing those commitments and obligations.Rationale: The rationale for each presentation is to draw upon a decade of theoretical and practical experience with the health-human rights linkage in order to update the knowledge and skills of participants in selected area of health practice, such as the role of medical science and epidemiology in human rights investigations; and the application of a human rights approach to the design, implementation, and evaluation of health policies and programs, with particular reference to HIV/AIDS and vulnerability, reproductive rights and gender issues, health aspects of implementing the rights of the child, and human rights in economic development.
Learning Objectives: Upon completion of the institute, participants will be able to: 1. Develop a basic understanding of how human rights relate to public health practice, 2. Develop the specific skills to analyze the human rights dimensions public health policies and programs, 3. Discuss the applications of a human rights framework to new and emerging technologies, 4. Recognize international mechanisms and procedures to further the human rights of persons whose health status in threatened.
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organizer(s):Stephen P. Marks, LLD
9:00 AMWelcoming Remarks
9:15 AMPractical information on organization of the Institute and distribution of materials
9:30 AMI. Basic Concepts of Health and Human Rights
9:50 AMHuman rights approach to public health: Introductory concepts
Stephen P. Marks, LLD
10:20 AMOverview of application of the human rights framework to public health policies and programs
Sofia Gruskin, JD, MIA
10:50 AMPanel discussion on new developments in the field of health and human rights; biotechnology, UN and HIV/AIDS
11:20 AMBreak
11:35 AMII. Aplication of the Human Rights Concepts to Public Health Case Standards
11:55 AMHIV/AIDS, reproductive & sexual health, human rights and vulnerability
Sofia Gruskin, JD, MIA, Mindy Jane Roseman, JD PhD
12:55 PMLunch Break
1:55 PMImplementing health-related human rights in development
Stephen P. Marks, LLD, Pippa Amick, MPA MPH
3:35 PMBreak
3:50 PMSkills aquisition for linking health and human rights
Stephen P. Marks, LLD, Sofia Gruskin, JD, MIA
4:20 PMQ & A, Course Evaluation
4:49 PMConcluding Remarks
Organized by:APHA-Continuing Education Institutes
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing, Pharmacy, Social Work

The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA