Peace Caucus

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The Peace Caucus invites abstracts for presentations and sessions on a broad range of topics relating to peace and social justice, health and human rights. We are soliciting papers that will resonate with this year's conference theme "public health without borders." Examples include abstracts that examine the short and long-term regional impacts of the war in Iraq and other areas of conflict; linkages between peace, labor and public health; physical and mental health effects of the war in Iraq on civilian and military personnel and their families; and the impact of homeland security measures on civil liberties and human rights. Other topics of interest include the opposition to US military recruitment strategies at schools, at APHA, and through advertising campaigns, and the inter-relationship of energy policy, militarism and global climate change. For example, see http://www.fpif.org/fpiftxt/4800.

We encourage co-sponsorship and participation in planning of these sessions by other sections, SPIGs, and caucuses, as well as by new professionals and students.

We are seeking oral presentations only. We are not allocated any poster session time slots. Broad categories of potential sessions include:
  • Building Peace
  • Health effects of war in the Middle East
  • Terrorism and public health
  • War and public health
However, sessions will be developed from the submissions, so do not be constrained by these titles. Questions? We welcome phone calls prior to abstract deadline to answer your questions, discuss your ideas and suggestions, and help you submit an abstract.
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Program Planner Contact Information:
Patrice Sutton, MPH
Consultant, Occupational and Environmental Heath
311 Douglass Street
San Francisco, CA 94114
Phone: (415) 864.6758
Fax: (415) 407.8806 (mobile)
psutton2000@yahoo.com

and
Kathleen Fagan, MD
Peace Caucus
2632 Exeter Road
Cleveland Heights, OH 44118
Phone: 216-513-6155
occmeddoc@sbcglobal.net