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3234.0: Monday, November 06, 2006: 12:30 PM-2:00 PM | |||
Oral | |||
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| In this session, papers will be presented on the impact of war on public health and on actions that public health workers can take to help prevent war and its adverse health consequences. Presentations will address the health impact of specific recent wars on civilian populations and the military, including the war in Iraq and the situation in Darfur; the role of physicians in the military; and new threats related to militarism and military policy in the United States. | |||
| Learning Objectives: At the end of the session, participants will be able to recognize the impact of war on public health and identify actions public health workers can take to prevent war and its public health consequences. | |||
| Barry S. Levy, MD, MPH Victor W. Sidel, MD | |||
Darfur ![[ Recorded presentation ]](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif){kind=small} Susannah Sirkin | |||
| Physician-Soldier: The all-volunteer military and how it changed who serves in our name Stephen K. Trynosky, JD, MPH | |||
| New American militarism Andrew J. Bacevich, MA, PhD | |||
| U.S. labor against the war Nancy Wohlforth | |||
| Discussion | |||
| See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information. | |||
| Organized by: | Peace Caucus | ||
| Endorsed by: | APHA-Committee on Women's Rights; Academic Public Health Caucus; Labor Caucus; Maternal and Child Health; Occupational Health and Safety; Socialist Caucus; Vietnam Caucus | ||
| CE Credits: | CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing | ||
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