260234 Introduction to "Critical histories of social justice and health activism across the generations"

Monday, October 29, 2012 : 10:30 AM - 10:35 AM

Samuel Roberts, PhD , History Department, Columbia University, New York City, NY
     
Roberts (panel moderator) will introduce and discuss the historical papers presented in the panel on "Critical histories of social justice and health activism across the generations." The papers in this session will critically examine the history of inter-generational activism that seeks to build social welfare states and social protection (i.e., promoting societal health & preventing health inequities, from "womb to tomb"). Roberts is author of Infectious Fear: Politics, Disease, and the Health Effects of Segregation (University of North Carolina Press, 2009). He currently is researching and writing a book project on the history of therapeutic politics in narcotics addiction, 1950s-1980s United States.

Learning Areas:
Epidemiology
Public health or related public policy
Public health or related research
Social and behavioral sciences

Learning Objectives:
Roberts (panel moderator) will introduce and discuss the historical papers presented in the panel on "Critical histories of social justice and health activism across the generations." The papers in this session will critically examine the history of inter-generational activism that seeks to build social welfare states and social protection (i.e., promoting societal health & preventing health inequities, from "womb to tomb"). Roberts is author of Infectious Fear: Politics, Disease, and the Health Effects of Segregation (University of North Carolina Press, 2009). He currently is researching and writing a book project on the history of therapeutic politics in narcotics addiction, 1950s-1980s United States.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I am a trained and practicing historian.
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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