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Session: Health & Human Rights: Methodologies, Monitoring, and the Politics of Data
3350.0: Monday, November 06, 2006: 2:30 PM-4:00 PM
Oral
Health & Human Rights: Methodologies, Monitoring, and the Politics of Data
Empirical population-based analysis of the connections between health and human rights, particularly in the U.S. context, is in its infancy. Various kinds of data and approaches are used--or could be used--to evaluate and monitor human rights standards, and their promotion and violations, as they relate to public health. This panel will examine the kinds of data and methodological approaches that are being used to document links between population health and human rights, critically assessing their strengths and limitations, and focusing on the political, economic, and social context in which health and human rights are considered. The session will consist of three presentations, followed by a discussant who will reflect on the presentations and discuss common themes and future challenges.
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of the session, the participant (learner) in this session will be able to: 1. Describe different approaches to conducting empirical population-based analyses of the connections between health and human rights. 2. Articulate the importance of developing tools to monitor links between health and human rights 3. Discuss the strengths and weaknesses of different proposed tools to document links between health and human rights.
Organizer(s):Nancy Krieger, PhD
Discussant(s):Nancy Krieger, PhD
2:30 PMIntroduction to the Spirit of 1948 data session
Catherine Cubbin, PhD
2:35 PMValue of human rights for monitoring and evaluation of public health policies and programs: Lessons learned from review of existing HIV/AIDS indicators  [ Recorded presentation ]
Sofia Gruskin, JD, MIA, Shahira Ahmed, MPH, Laura Ferguson, MS, Daniel Tarantola, Prof
2:50 PMOpportunities and challenges for using indicators to monitor the right to health  [ Recorded presentation ]
Alicia Ely Yamin, JD MPH
3:05 PMRight to health and trade: What role for human rights standards and tools in relation to medicines?  [ Recorded presentation ]
Lisa Forman, MA
3:20 PMLGBT Health: A case study of politics and data collection  [ Recorded presentation ]
Nfn Scout, PhD
3:35 PMDiscussant: Human Rights and the Politics of Public Health Data
Nancy Krieger, PhD
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organized by:Spirit of 1848 Caucus
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

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