Back to Annual Meeting Page		American Public Health Association 133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition December 10-14, 2005 Philadelphia, PA

Abstract #121936

Victor Sidel, MD, Dept of Public Health, Weill Cornell Medical College, Social Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, 111 East 210 St, New York, NY 10467, 718-920-6586, vsidel@igc.org

The presenters will discuss policy, politics and research in relation to the health effects of poverty and of other elements of social injustice. Recent books such as Global Health Watch Report published by Zed Books and Social Injustice and Public Health published by Oxford University Press will be introduced and discussed.

Learning Objectives:

• Participants will learn about new developments in policy, politics and research in the areas of public health and social injustice.