Issues

Volume 21/1, June 2019, pp 45-47 PDF David Ross Assuring basic human rights for all, seeking social justice, and the ethical implementation of policies to make these goals a reality begins with inspired leaders who have the courage and…

Volume 21/1, June 2019, pp 7 – 18 PDF Rachel Hall-Clifford and Robert Cook-Deegan Abstract Global health is an interdisciplinary field engaged with implementation of the human right to health, yet ethical dimensions of the on-the-ground…

Volume 21/1, June 2019, pp 19 – 32 PDF David G. Addiss and Joseph J. Amon Abstract Over the past few decades, investments in global health programs have contributed to massive advances in health for human populations. As with clinical…

Volume 21/1, June 2019, p 1 – 5 PDF Rachel Hall-Clifford, David G. Addiss, Robert Cook-Deegan, and James V. Lavery Introduction As Paul Farmer has observed, “global health remains a collection of problems rather than a discipline.”1 An…

Volume 21/1, June 2019, pp 45 – 47 PDF Izraelle McKinnon, Aun Lor, and Dabney P. Evans Abstract Despite the increasing use of human rights-based approaches to health, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) does not…

Volume 21/1, June 2019, pp 215 – 225 PDF Hope Ferdowsian, Katherine McKenzie, and Amy Zeidan Abstract Due to global events in recent years, applications for political asylum have increased, although the number of people granted asylum…

Samantha Bradley Abstract Post-conflict communities consistently experience high rates of domestic and family violence (DFV) against women and children. An end to violence in the public sphere is widely seen to precipitate the escalation of…

Kristi Heather Kenyon, Lisa Forman, and Claire E. Brolan The social determinants of health and human rights describe where and how we live and thrive. They express our actual and optimal conditions of housing and nutrition; our social, cultural, and…

Andrés Constantin Abstract This article will place the discussion of human subject research within the larger context of human rights law, both at the international and regional level, and examine existing normative human rights frameworks that can…

Benjamin Mason Meier, Dabney P. Evans, Matthew M. Kavanagh, Jessica M. Keralis, and Gabriel Armas-Cardona On behalf of the American Public Health Association’s Human Rights Forum This year marks the 70th anniversary of both the birth of human…