The Trade & Health Forum of the American Public Health Association invites abstracts for presentation at the 2008 Annual Meeting to be held in San Diego, CA October 25-29, 2008. Please see the topic list below and the session titles for topics of interest to the Forum.
Advocacy activities for health promoting trade policy
Agriculture trade policies and health
Democracy, trade policy and health
Economic policies, trade and health
Health workforce and immigration policies
Living wage, trade and health
Pharmaceutical policies and access to medicines
Political campaign funding, trade policy and health
Spiritual ethics, trade and health
Structure and function of corporations, trade and health
Sustainable trade policies and practices and health
Tobacco and alcohol trade policies and health
Trade policies and worker safety and health
Trade policy, indigenous cultures and health
Trade-related environmental health issues
Topics related to the 2008 theme: “Public Health Without Borders” and all areas of the relationship between trade and health will receive high priority. This Call for Abstracts for scientific sessions is a request for papers that focus on a) the relationship between trade policy and health status measures, b) how health advocacy and political efforts influence trade policy and c) an examination of underlying societal level structural factors that influence trade and health. Presentations may be scientific studies, descriptions of or evaluations of advocacy activities or policy analysis. Public health students are encouraged to submit papers for a poster session.
- Health and Trade Policy for Specific Industries
- Influence of Trade Policy on Health
- Public Health Strategies To Address Trade Policy
- The Influence of Trade and Trade Policy on Health Status
- Trade & Health Advocacy
- Trade & Health Forum Business Meeting
- Trade Policy Analysis
- Trade Policy, Health, Economics and Justice
The submission deadline is 11:59pm Pacific February 4, 2008. Abstracts must be submitted electronically through the APHA Website. The abstract is limited to 250 words. An author’s paper may not have been presented or published prior to its presentation at the Annual Meeting. Presenters must be members of APHA unless specifically exempted by APHA.
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Program Planner Contact Information:
Bill Wiist, DHSc, MPH
Chair & Professor, Northern AZ University
PO Box 15095
Flagstaff, AZ 86011-5095
Phone: (928) 523-5852
Fax: (928) 523-0148
Bill.Wiist@nau.edu
and
Susanna Rankin Bohme, PhD
American Civilization
Brown University
110 Grove St.
Lincoln, RI 02865
Phone: 401-728-7663
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