3421.0 Making social justice the foundation of public health: gaining ground and confronting co-optation -- critical perspectives from public health history, theory, pedagogy, and practice

Monday, November 8, 2010: 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Oral
Panelists in this session will critically examine issues of social justice, public health, and both resistance to and cooptation by efforts to minimize the political issues at stake, and do so in relation to the 3 foci of our Spirit of 1848 Caucus: the social history of public health, the politics of public health data, and progressive pedagogy for public health.
Session Objectives: Participants who attend this session will be able to: 1)Critically examine issues of social justice and public health in relation to the social history of public health 2)Critically examine issues of social justice and public health in relation to the politics of public health data 3)Critically examine issues of social justice and public health in relation to progressive pedagogy for public health
Organizers:
Nancy Krieger, PhD and Anne-Emanuelle Birn, MA, ScD
Moderator:
Lisa Dorothy Moore, DrPH

4:30pm
Introduction to "Making social justice the foundation of public health: Gaining ground and confronting co-optation -- critical perspectives from public health history, theory, pedagogy, and practice"
Lisa Dorothy Moore, DrPH
4:35pm
WHOse international health? Cooptation and resistance in the context of health and development, 1970-present
Anne-Emanuelle Birn, MA, ScD
4:55pm
Theories of disease distribution and the politics of public health data: An ecosocial perspective
Nancy Krieger, PhD
  
5:15pm
Maintaining a commitment to social change in public health through Leadership Development
Hahrie Han, PhD
5:35pm
From Harlem to Harare: Lessons in How Social Movements and Social Policy Change Health
Mary T. Bassett, MD, MPH
     

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Organized by: Spirit of 1848 Caucus

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH)

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