191341 Adverse impacts of the global economic crisis on public health

Monday, October 27, 2008: 9:00 AM

Barry S. Levy, MD, MPH , Adjunct Professor of Public Health, Tufts University School of Medicine, Sherborn, MA
Victor W. Sidel, MD , Distinguished University Professor of Social Medicine, Montifiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY
     
Social injustice has profound impact on many aspects of health. Public health professionals can do much to alleviate social injustice in its many forms and to reduce the health consequences of social injustice. Progress in the attainment of the Healthy People 2010 Objectives for the Nation and the Millennium Development Goals are measures of the alleviation of specific examples of social injustice and their health consequences. This presentation will focus on the progress, and the failures, over the past 3 years to address social injustice, using the mid-course reviews of the Healthy People 2010 Objectives and the Millennium Development Goals.

Learning Objectives:
By the end of this presentation, attendees will be able to describe recent national and international developments in addressing social injustice.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: tba
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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