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An Economic and Social Rights Platform for Health and Human Dignity
Learning Areas:
Diversity and cultureOther professions or practice related to public health
Provision of health care to the public
Public health or related laws, regulations, standards, or guidelines
Social and behavioral sciences
Systems thinking models (conceptual and theoretical models), applications related to public health
Learning Objectives:
Explain how a comprehensive economic and social rights platform situates the right to health care within a larger set of human rights.
Discuss how such a platform yields both immediate policy solutions and a long-term vision for a healthy, equitable, and more democratic society.
Keyword(s): Human Rights, Public Policy
Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: Ben supports Healthcare Is a Human Right grassroots campaigns for statewide universal, publicly financed healthcare. Ben holds a Masters of Urban and Regional Planning from UCLA and a B.A. in Urban Studies from Stanford 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.