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Online Program

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War on Drugs Policing and Health Disparities


Tuesday, November 3, 2015 : 8:50 a.m. - 9:10 a.m.

Hannah LF Cooper, ScD, SM, Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University, Atlanta, GA
Audio (mp3) recording Recorded Presentation (mp4)
Public health has paid little attention to policing as a potent social determinant of health. This presentation will review existing empirical evidence about war on drugs policing and racial/ethnic disparities in two public health outcomes: exposure to violence and HIV.We will discuss current war on drugs policing strategies in historical context, and draw on empirical evidence to trace links between these strategies and racial/ethnic disparities excessive police-related violence and in HIV in the US.

Learning Areas:

Social and behavioral sciences

Learning Objectives:
Describe the implications of war on drugs policing strategies for racial/ethnic disparities in experiences of excessive police-related violence and in HIV.

Keyword(s): HIV/AIDS, Health Disparities/Inequities

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: Assos professor at Emory University
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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