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Nancy Krieger, PhD, Dept of Society, Human Development and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA 02115, 617-432-1571, nkrieger@hsph.harvard.edu

The theme of this year's Spirit of 1848 Caucus integrative session is: connections between urban planning, public health, and social justice. The purpose of our integrative session is to address a particular public health issue in relation to the 3 foci of our Caucus: the politics of public health data, progressive pedagogy, and the social history of public health. By making these connections, within and across the session's presentations, we hope to provide a forum for critical reflection that can usefully inform our work linking issues of social justice and public health.

Learning Objectives: "At the conclusion of the session, the participant (learner) in this session will be able to

Keywords: Social Justice, Urban Health

Presenting author's disclosure statement:
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.

Social Justice, Urban Planning, and the Built Environment: Integrating History, Politics of Public Health Data, and Progressive Pedagogy

The 132nd Annual Meeting (November 6-10, 2004) of APHA