PREVIEW: APHA 2009 PROGRAM:

The Spirit of 1848 is happy to share a preview of our final program for the

137th Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association,

"Water and Public Health"

November 7-11, 2009

Philadelphia, PA

(For a 4-page pdf version of the 2009 Spirit of 1848 Program Preview click here.)

SESSIONS

Mon, Nov 9:

10:30 am to 12 noon:
The Social History and Politics of Water and Public Health (Session 3162.0) <more info>

2:30 pm to 4:00 pm:
Macroeconomics, Political Systems, and Population Health and Health Inequities (Session 3361.0) <more info>

4:30 pm to 6:00 pm:
Indigenous Methodologies in Public Health Research: An Issue of Social Justice & Good Science (Session 3438.0) <more info>

Tues, Nov 10:
8:30 am to 10:00 am:
Community perspectives on community-based progressive pedagogy (Session 4068.0) <more info>

12:30 pm to 1:30 pm:
Social Justice & Public Health: Student Posters (Session 4162.0) <more info>

6:30 pm to 8:00 pm:
Spirit of 1848 Caucus Business Meeting (Session 441.0)

Note: we are also co-sponsoring on NOV 10:

1). the P. Ellen Parsons Memorial Session “P. Ellen Parsons Memorial Session” (Session 4305.0), organized by Ellen Shaffer and sponsored by the Medical Care Section and co-sponsored by the Women’s Caucus and the Socialist Caucus.

2). the ANNUAL HEALTH ACTIVIST DANCE PARTY organized by the Occupational Health & Safety section. Details will be available in our final program.

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Mon, NOV 9

Mon, NOV 9, 10:30 am to 12 noon:
The Social History and Politics of Water and Public Health (Session 3162.0;)

10:30 am
INTRODUCTION: Social history and the politics of public health.
Anne-Emanuelle Birn, MA, ScD

10:35 am
Unclogging obstacles to water and sanitation coverage: the promise and perils of comparing Philadelphia's history with the crisis in the developing world.
Niva Kramek, MES and Katryn Bowe, BA

10:55 am
Building inequality: sewers, civic ideals, and public health in Los Angeles, 1873-1891.
David Torres-Rouff

11:15 am
Critical reflections: on history, culture, and struggles over access to water and sanitation.
David S. Barnes, PhD (discussant)

11:30 am
Question & answer period

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Mon, NOV 9, 2:30 pm to 4:00 pm:
Macroeconomics, Political Systems, and Population Health and Health Inequities (Session 3361.0)

2:30 pm
Introduction to Politics of Public Health data session
Catherine Cubbin, PhD

2:35 pm
Health inequities in global context: evidence from the World Values Survey.
Jason Beckfield, PhD and Sigrun Olafsdottir, PhD

2:55 pm
Income support and women's health reform in developing countries: the impact of microfinance.
Deborah Viola, PhD

3:15 pm
Public health implications of economic recession.
Jessica M. Robbins, PhD

3:35 pm
Nancy Krieger, PhD (discussant)

3:45 pm
Question & answer period

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Mon, NOV 9, 4:30 pm to 6:00 pm:
Indigenous Methodologies in Public Health Research: An Issue of Social Justice & Good Science (Session 3438.0)

4:30
Introduction: Indigenous Methodologies in Public Health Research: An Issue of Social Justice & Good Science
Nancy Krieger PhD

4:35
Legacy of conventional research with Indigenous communities and its relevance to current public health research.
Suzanne Christopher, PhD and Vanessa Watts, PhD

4:50
Indigenous data: the aboriginal American epistemologies.
Gerald Mohatt, EdD

5:05
Teaching Indigenous research methodologies.
Felicia S. Hodge, DrPH

5:20
Graduate researchers in Aboriginal health & Indigenous methodologies.
Katherine Minich, MHSc and Krista Maxwell, MA, PhD(C)

5:35
Native American pedagogy and health.
Brenda Seals, PhD, MPH (discussant)

5:45
Question & answer period

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Tues, NOV 10:

Tues, NOV 10, 8:30 am to 10:00 am:
Community perspectives on community-based progressive pedagogy (Session 4068.0)

8:30 am
Introduction.
Suzanne Christopher, PhD and Lisa D. Moore, DrPH

8:35 am
"Will they really use our work?": The importance of University/Community partnerships in creating relevant service learning assignments.
Jean M. Breny Bontempi and Chris Cole

9:00 am
Community based participatory research as a lens for reconceptualizing service learning: diverse urban students bridging campus and community.
Ester R. Shapiro, PhD, Michelle Rogers, BA, Asi Yahola Somburu, BA, Genita Johson, MD, MPH, Brian K. Givvs, MPA, PhD, Naomi Bitow, MPH, Roland Smart, BA, and Felton Earls, MD

9:25 am
Question & answer period

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Tues, NOV 10, 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm:
Social Justice & Public Health: Student Posters (Session 4149.0; SDCC Halls ABC)
This session highlights posters prepared by students of public health and health-related programs focused on intersections between social justice and public health from a historical, epidemiological, global, and/or methodological perspective.

Board #1
Evaluating the progress mad towards Universal Health care for Philadelphians six years after a successful ballot referendum.
Jenny R. Pahys

Board #2
Infrastructure, women's time allocation, and economic development: a multidisciplinary theoretical model.
Pierre-Richard Agénor, PhD and Madina Agénor, MPH

Board #3
Public health and people with disabilities: where we are and where we need to go.
Dorothy E. Nary, MA and Chiaki Gonda, BGS

Board #4
Issues in assessment of "race" among Latinos: implications for public health.
Vincent C. Allen, BA, Christina Lachance, MPH, Britt Rios-Ellis, PhD, MS, and Kimberly Kaphingst, ScD

Board #5
Reducing disparities in emergency preparedness and response for people with disabilities.
Chiaki Gonda, BGS

Board #6
Formulating an evaluation and data collection plan for the Baltimore Cardiovascular Health Disparities Initiative.
Sushila Murthy, MPH, MD (C), Shannon Cosgrove, MHA, and Caroline Fichtenberg, PhD

Board #7
Walkscore.com: a new methodology to explore associations between neighborhood resources, race, and health.
Mark Brewster, David Hurtado, Sara Olson, and Jessica Yen

Board #8
Individual and neighborhood level predictors of fear: an examination of the effects of violence and social capital at both the individual and neighborhood level.
Erin Richardson, MS

Tues, NOV 10, 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm:
Spirit of 1848 Caucus Business Meeting (Session 441.0)
Come to a working meeting of THE SPIRIT OF 1848 CAUCUS. Our committees focus on the politics of public health data, progressive public health curricula, social history of public health, and networking. Join us in planning future sessions & projects!

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