Public Health and Human Rights: Evidence-Based Approaches (Director's Circle Book)
A necessary and timely contribution for the public health and for the human rights audience. It can be the 'bible' of approaching the most vulnerable of our world's population, including those affected by HIV/AIDS, genocide, intravenous drug use, trafficking, and gender-specific abuse.(Hilarie Cranmer, M.D., M.P.H., Harvard School of Public Health)This book is a real contribution for those working to bring health and dignity to communities in need. We have long understood that the violation of the human rights of the poor and marginalized had grave implications for their health and well-being. Now we have a tool kit for investigating those relationships and, more importantly, for doing something about them to improve both human health and human rights.(Archbishop Desmond Tutu, 1984 Nobel Peace Laureate)Many of the case studies are powerful and hopeful.(Choice)The strength of the book is the authors' and editors' insistence on 'evidence-based approaches' to abuse and harm. They explain why acquiring reliable evidence about the effects on health of abuses of human rights requires changing principles and methods that researchers in industrial countries take for granted.(Daniel M. Fox, PhDJAMA)The message of this book is clear... A rights-based analysis of our public health policies is a requirement of the times in which we live.(William M. ValentiAIDS Reader)The book is well constructed and provides insights into how to approach public health programs in unique situations where human rights violations constrain public health workers' ability to assist populations at risk... The examples in this book provide a set of tools to consider when we find ourselves in unique situations.(Maryn Elizabeth TornerDoody's Review Service)A good resource for students. It is a quick and interesting read.(Catherine G. ChalinCanadian Journal of Public Health)This engaging and important book is likely to interest a broad range of readers.(Steven S. CoughlinEuropean Journal of Public Health)Valuable and enlightening... Mental health specialists will find here much to reflect about.(Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease)A good addition to the burgeoning literature on global health, and I would recommend it strongly to practitioners.(Nana K. PokuDevelopment in Practice)The individual case studies are fascinating, and provide insight into the challenges of working in oppressive and dangerous environments.(Kate van DoorenCritical Public Health)Well researched and timely, and cites well-documented evidence.(Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved)