180.600.13
Special Topics in Health and Human Rights: Public Health Implications of Health As A Human Right
Location
East Baltimore
Term
Winter Institute
Department
Environmental Health and Engineering
Credit(s)
2
Academic Year
2012 - 2013
Instruction Method
TBD
Start Date
Monday, January 7, 2013
End Date
Friday, January 11, 2013
M, Tu, W, Th, F, 1:30 - 5:00pm
Auditors Allowed
Yes, with instructor consent
Available to Undergraduate
No
Grading Restriction
Letter Grade or Pass/Fail
Course Instructor(s)
Contact Name
Frequency Schedule
Every Year
Resources
Applies a human rights framework to the analysis of key determinants of health status and public health policies, programs and practices. Readings and discussions explore health as a human right and its implications for public health research and practice. Focuses broadly on three areas: (1) health as a human right, (2) impact of public health policies, programs and practices on human rights, and (3) collective health impact of human rights violations, whether gross violations in human conflict or insidious violations associated with mistreatment of marginalized groups. Topics include: (1) international instruments defining human rights principles, their historical development and application, (2) operationalization of the right to health and its consequences for public health practice, (3) governmental obligations for health under international human rights law, (4) linkages between health and human rights, (5) application of the human rights framework to the design, implementation, a