3447.0 Global Capitalism and Public Health

Monday, October 29, 2012: 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Oral
Public health workers need to understand and appreciate the role that global capitalism plays in the perpetuation of ill health and health disparities.
Session Objectives: This session will describe and analyze some of the ways that global capitalism and the state have integrated and the impact of this on public health and health disparities
Organizers:
Martha Livingston, PhD and Johnathon Samuel Ross, MD MPH
Moderator:
Karen S. Palmer, MPH, MS

4:30pm
From colonial exploitation, racism, and apartheid to contemporary economic, health, and human rights disparities among racial and ethnic minorities
Martin Donohoe, MD, FACP
     
4:50pm
Contradictions of the STATE IN the Struggle to IMPROVE ACCESS and the SOCIAL Determinants of ILLNESS
Howard Waitzkin, MD, PhD and Rebeca Jasso-Aguilar, MA
     
  
5:10pm
Public health in the Arab world at a crossroad
Samer Jabbour, MD, MPH
     

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Organized by: Socialist Caucus
Endorsed by: Labor Caucus

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

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