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December 2001, Vol 91, No. 12 | American Journal of Public Health 1922-1925
© 2001 American Public Health Association

EDITORIAL

The Challenge and Place of International Human Rights in Public Health

Cheryl E. Easley, PhD, RN, Stephen P. Marks, Docteur d'État, Dipl IHEI and Russell E. Morgan, Jr, DrPH

Cheryl E. Easley is with the Crystal M. Lange College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Saginaw Valley State University, University Center, Mich. Stephen P. Marks is with the François Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Mass. Russell E. Morgan is with SPRY Foundation, Washington, DC, and is chair of the International Human Rights Committee, American Public Health Association.

Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to Russell E. Morgan Jr, DrPH, SPRY Foundation, 10 G St, Suite 600, Washington, DC 20002 (e-mail: morganr@ncpssm.org).


   INTRODUCTION
 
Human rights workers and practitioners of public health share common concerns for the well-being of people, the alleviation of suffering and want, and the promotion of social justice. The potential for cooperation between these 2 committed groups has advanced considerably over the past decade or so as scholars, practitioners, administrators, and activists grapple with the differences in disciplinary language and with limited opportunities for contact. It is the intention of the American Public Health Association (APHA) to join others in bridging these differences, so that the combined efforts of these groups can be focused on the shared goal of bettering . . . [Full Text]


   BASIC ASSUMPTIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS DOCUMENTS
 

   THE RIGHT TO HEALTH
 

   LIMITATIONS ON RIGHTS
 

   THE ROLE OF EDUCATION
 

   THE ROLE OF APHA
 

   References
 



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