Poster

The Spirit of 1848 Caucus of the American Public Health Association is soliciting abstracts from students -- in ANY type of educational program -- that highlight the intersection between social justice and public health from a historical, epidemiological, and/or methodological perspective. We welcome abstracts on topics ranging from public health research to public health practice to student-initiated courses that connect social justice and public health. The work presented can be global, country-specific, or local. We encourage students at ALL levels of training and in ANY study discipline to submit abstracts, whether undergraduates, master students, MPH students, or doctoral students. Submissions will be evaluated in accordance to training levels. Postdoctoral fellows are NOT eligible to submit posters. Abstracts should focus on furthering understanding and action to address the ways that social inequality harms, and social equity improves, the public’s health. Examples of social inequality include inequitable social divisions within societies based on social class, race, ethnicity, and gender; and also inequitable relations between nations and geographic regions. Given the theme of the conference, we especially welcome abstracts that include links between politics, policy and public health. All posters for this session will be selected from contributed abstracts. This session will be held at the American Public Health Association 135th Annual Meeting in Washington DC on Tuesday, November 6, 2007 from 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm.

Session Objectives: 1. Learn about new work students are doing linking issues of social justice and public health. 2. Describe the diverse types of students, from different academic disciplines, doing work on issues linking social justice and public health. 3. Articulate the importance of students doing research on issues linking social justice and public health.