12: Activism and Health

 

Overview

 Today we'll discuss the ways in which activism have propelled health policy from a domestic, historical, and international viewpoint.  We'll also watch two short films and engage in discussion about them.

 

Lecture:

• Week 12:  Activism and Health Links to an external site.

 

Required Readings

• Bassett, Mary T. "Beyond berets: the Black Panthers as health activists Download Beyond berets: the Black Panthers as health activists
  ." American Journal of Public Health (2016): 1741-1743.
• Brown, Phil, and Stephen Zavestoski. "Social movements in health: an introduction Download Social movements in health: an introduction
  ." Sociology of Health & Illness 26.6 (2004): 679-694.
• Gilbert, Keon, and Lorraine Dean. "Social capital, social policy, and health disparities: a legacy of political advocacy in African-American communities Download Social capital, social policy, and health disparities: a legacy of political advocacy in African-American communities
  ." In Global perspectives on social capital and health, pp. 307-322. Springer New York, 2013.
• Fleury, Sonia. “Brazil’s Health-Care Reform: Social Movements and Civil Society Download Brazil’s Health-Care Reform: Social Movements and Civil Society
  .” The Lancet 377, no. 9779 (2011): 1724–1725.
• Parker, Richard G. “Civil Society, Political Mobilization, and the Impact of HIV Scale-up on Health Systems in Brazil Download ivil Society, Political Mobilization, and the Impact of HIV Scale-up on Health Systems in Brazil
  .” Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (1999) 52, no. Suppl 1 (November 2009): S49–51.

 

 

Discussion

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