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American Public Health Association
133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition
December 10-14, 2005
Philadelphia, PA
 APHA 2005
 
Session: What Counts as Evidence and To Whom? A Progressive Critique of Evidence-based Public Health Data
3316.0: Monday, December 12, 2005: 2:30 PM-4:00 PM
Oral
What Counts as Evidence and To Whom? A Progressive Critique of Evidence-based Public Health Data
We invite abstracts (and will also be soliciting presentations) for our session on the politics of public health data. To spur critical and progressive analysis of what constitutes “evidence,” the focus of our session will be on the types of evidence, empirical (quantitative & qualitative) & interpretative, that are invoked, ignored and/or discounted vis a vis efforts linking social justice and public health. Examples of possible presentations could include: (a) work on how social disparities in health are--or are not--measured; (b) contributions of qualitative research to the "evidence base" for promoting actions & policies regarding social justice & public health; (c) types of evidence progressive activists and policy makers find helpful in building support for efforts linking social justice & public health, including "health impact assessment"; and (d) current efforts by the Bush administration and conservative think-tanks to suppress and/or distort scientific evidence regarding: (1) adverse impacts of socially unjust policies that harm population health (including that of people & ecosystems), and (2) beneficial impacts of policies promoting social justice & public health. This session will be in the Monday afternoon 2:30 pm to 4:00 pm APHA time slot.
Learning Objectives: 1) Develop critical and progressive analysis of what constitutes "evidence" for "evidence-based" public health 2) Articulate importance of different approaches to measuring social disparities in health
Organizer(s):Catherine Cubbin, PhD
Nancy Krieger, PhD
2:30 PMIntroduction to Politics of Public Health data session
Catherine Cubbin, PhD
2:35 PMChallenges in documenting the impacts of community based participatory research on environmental justice policy  [ Recorded presentation ]
Meredith Minkler, DrPH, Victoria Breckwich Vasquez, DrPH, MPH
2:50 PMGlobal Health Watch--An Alternative World Health Report  [ Recorded presentation ]
Sarah Shannon
3:05 PMEvidence-based activism: Activating the evidence  [ Recorded presentation ]
Ana M. Malinow, MD, Brian H. Howard, MPH
3:20 PMEvaluating the relation between ethnicity and occupational health in Canada  [ Recorded presentation ]
Stephanie Premji, Karen Messing, Ph D, Katherine H. Lippel
3:35 PMDiscussant
Nancy Krieger, PhD
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organized by:Spirit of 1848 Caucus

The 133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition (December 10-14, 2005) of APHA