Session: Social Justice, Human Rights, and Health: from Rhetoric to Reality

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3424.0: Monday, November 06, 2006: 4:30 PM-6:00 PM

Oral

Social Justice, Human Rights, and Health: from Rhetoric to Reality

The session, which will include only invited speakers, will focus on the conceptual, methodological, and political issues involved in turning human rights into a meaningful tool for improving population health and reducing health inequities. The 3 invited speakers and 1 invited discussant respectively will: (a) critically review the history of human rights and the development of the health and human rights framework, especially in the US context; (b) present an example of a new human rights tool for monitoring population health in relation to human rights, for purposes of accountability and making policy change; (c) discuss approaches to teaching about health and human rights to both health professionals and advocates; and (d) reflect on the 3 presentations from a global perspective and discuss future challenges to making health and human rights a reality in our troubled world.

Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of the session, the participant (learner) in this session will be able to: 1. Describe the history of human rights and the development of the health & human rights framework. 2. Describe an example of a human rights tool for monitoring population health in relation to human rights. 3. Discuss approaches to teaching about health and human rights to both health professionals and advocates.

Organizer(s):

Nancy Krieger, PhD

Presider(s):

Nancy Krieger, PhD

4:30 PM

Introduction: "Social justice, human rights, and health: From rhetoric to reality"