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Counting To Make People Count For Health Equity
Counting To Make People Count For Health Equity
Monday, November 17, 2014: 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Oral
Topics will include:
(i) continued discussions of counting in relation to race/ethnicity, e.g., new possible revisions being considered for the 2020 US census, and
(ii) counting in relation to: political boundaries (such as voting districts), institutions (such as prisons), and evacuees and refugees (as per people uprooted by Hurricane Katrina), all of which have implications for political representation and resource allocation.
At issue are how these data affect and shape the reality and understanding of population distributions of health disease and well-being, in ways that can either exacerbate health inequities or promote health equity.
Session Objectives: Describe why counting for health equity is a critical issue for public health, including in relation to race/ethnicity, political boundaries, institutions (such as prisons) and refugees and evacuees.
Discuss links between counting of people, political representation, and allocation of resources for addressing health inequities.
Organizers:
Vanessa Simonds, MS, ScD
and
Nancy Krieger, PhD
Moderator:
Catherine Cubbin, PhD
2:30pm
2:35pm
3:15pm
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organized by: Spirit of 1848 Caucus
CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH) , Masters Certified Health Education Specialist (MCHES)
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