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APHA Scientific Session and Event Listing

Kristen Sullivan, MSW, MBA, MA, Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, University of North Carolina, 137 East Franklin Street, Suite 500, Campus Box 7505, Chapel HIll, NC 27599-7505, 919-966-2251, Ksullivan@unc.edu, Kim A. Angelon, BS, Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina, McGavran-Greenberg Hall, CB# 7435, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, Emily Keyes, BCE, Health Policy and Administration, University of North Carolina, McGavran-Greenberg, CB# 7411, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, Elizabeth Jane King, MPH, Health Behavior and Health Education, University of North Carolina, 301 Rosenau Hall, CB #7440, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7440, Robert Mango, BA, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, 129B Tall Oaks Road, Chapel Hill, NC 27516, Anu Manchikanti, MSc, University of North Carolina, Department of Maternal and Child Health, Rosenau Hall, CB #7445, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, and Shankar Viswanathan, MSc, Department of Biostatistics, University of North Carolina, McGavran Greenberg Hall, CB #7420, Chapel Hill, NC 27599.

In order to raise awareness around the links between health and human rights, a university-wide student coalition at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill planned and implemented the first Health and Human Rights Series. The series took place over the 2005-2006 academic year and was well received. Our goal in selecting topics and speakers was to represent a range of global regions and issues. The series was comprised of six events: 1) Leena Manimegalai, a documentary filmmaker from India, screened her films Parai, about the oppression of Dalits, and Child Marriages; 2 & 3) Dabney Evans, Executive Director of the Institute of Human Rights at Emory University, offered two trainings: Introduction to Health and Human Rights and Regional Approaches to Health and Human Rights; 4) Joe Amon, Director of HIV/AIDS at Human Rights Watch, spoke about Human Rights Abuses as the Fuel of HIV/AIDS Epidemics; 5) documentary filmmaker Lisa Russell screened her film about obstetric fistula in Niger, entitled Love, Labor, & Loss, and discussed using film as a medium to advocate for women's human rights; and 6) H. Luz McNaughton Reyes screened a documentary and led a discussion: Invoking Human Rights to Ensure Access to Legal Abortion. All events were well attended and fostered audience discussion. Students from the Student Global Health Committee, Physicians for Human Rights and the Association for India's Development organized all aspects of the series, from securing funding to implementing the events. Funding came from four centers and university organizations.

Learning Objectives: At the end of the presentation, participants will be able to

• Demonstrate that students can effectively organize a series of events around health and human rights to engage the university community.;
• Describe the 2005-2006 UNC Health and Human Rights Series.; and
• Identify the steps involved in planning a health and human rights series on campus.

Keywords: Human Rights, Training

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Any relevant financial relationships? No