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website on public health and social justice
Posted by: "Martin Donohoe" [log in to unmask]
Thu Nov 13, 2008 11:30 am (PST)
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Dear Spirit of 1848 Members:
I thought the following might be of some interest to you and your
colleagues and students:
I have recently developed a website covering public health and
social justice, which can be found at http://www.phsj.org
or at
http://www.publichealthandsocialjustice.org.
This website contains articles, slide shows, syllabi, and other
documents relevant to topics in public health and social justice.
References for most of the information contained in the slide shows
can be found in the accompanying articles. Presentations will be
updated a few times per year. Despite being less than a year old,
and with minimal publicity, the site is getting about 4,000
hits/month, and comes up first on a google search of "public health
and social justice."
The site is aimed at students, educators, and the general public. It
grew out of my recognition that medical, and even nursing and public
health, schools tend to inadequately address the social, economic,
environmental, human rights, and cultural contributors to health and
disease. Some of the content focuses on the medical humanities and
the history of medicine, long-standing passions of mine.
Feel free to use information from the articles and slide shows,
indeed even the slides themselves, with appropriate citation. It is
my hope that this information can be disseminated widely,
influencing current and future generations of health professionals
and others concerned about creating a more just and peaceful world.
I am hoping to add other syllabi and articles from the many talented
individuals working in this area. Please email me any articles
and/or slide shows you would be willing to share, along with
comments, corrections, and suggestions re my content. When I post
your slide show, I will contact you every 6 months asking you if you
want to keep it as is, update it, or remove it.
My goal is to create an on-line clearinghouse for information and
curricular materials re public health and social justice, and
eventually to develop an annual, week-long colloquium/training, run
by experts in their fields, for health professionals, students, and
others interested in becoming social justice advocates.
For further information, don't hesitate to contact me
Best wishes
martin
Martin T Donohoe, MD, FACP
Adjunct Associate Professor, School of Community Health
Portland State University
Chief Science Advisor, Campaign for Safe Food and Member, Board of
Advisors
Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility
Senior Physician, Internal Medicine, Kaiser Sunnyside Medical Center
http://www.publichealthandsocialjustice.org
http://www.phsj.org
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