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UC Berkeley Panel on Social Justice in Healthcare

March 24, 2013
Berkeley, California

Time: 2:00 - 4:00 pm
Location: 156 Dwinelle Hall, UC Berkeley Campus

Speakers will address healthcare providers as community advocates and discuss their social justice work in the context of healthcare. Panelists include Drs. Robert Gould and Jeffrey Ritterman of SF Bay Area PSR. The event is hosted by the American Student Medical Association and co-sponsored by SF Bay Area PSR. RSVP here.

Resources

  • Public Health and Social Justice Reader

    Martin T. Donohoe, MD, is adjunct associate professor in Community Health at Portland State University. He is chief scientific advisor to Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility's Campaign for Safe Foods. Read more »

  • Niños Seguros y Sanos: Safe and Healthy Children

    This one-year pilot program aimed to develop culturally and linguistically appropriate training resource guide, complete with several trainer tools as well as fact-sheets and case studies about environmental health for staff of Migrant and Seasonal Head Start and the Migrant and Seasonal Health Clinics. Read more »

  • Environmental Justice and Toxic Chemical Exposures

    Healthcare providers and public health practitioners know that disadvantaged communities suffer from chronic disease -- asthma, heart disease, obesity, cancer, and others -- at far greater rates than do others. From PSR's Environmental Health Policy Institute. Read more »

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