Health and human rights education in U.S. schools of medicine and public health: current status and future challenges.

<h4>Background</h4>Despite increasing recognition of the importance of human rights in the protection and promotion of health, formal human rights education has been lacking in schools of medicine and public health. Our objectives were: 1) to determine the nature and extent of health and...

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Autores principales:	L Emily Cotter, Jonathan Chevrier, Wael Noor El-Nachef, Rohan Radhakrishna, Lisa Rahangdale, Sheri D Weiser, Vincent Iacopino
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:98f005af369b4acd9c81d7262cd888f42021-11-25T06:16:37ZHealth and human rights education in U.S. schools of medicine and public health: current status and future challenges.1932-620310.1371/journal.pone.0004916https://doaj.org/article/98f005af369b4acd9c81d7262cd888f42009-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/19293936/?tool=EBIhttps://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203<h4>Background</h4>Despite increasing recognition of the importance of human rights in the protection and promotion of health, formal human rights education has been lacking in schools of medicine and public health. Our objectives were: 1) to determine the nature and extent of health and human rights (HHR) education among schools of medicine (SOMs) and public health (SPHs); 2) to identify perceived barriers to implementing HHR curricula; 3) to learn about deans' interests and attitudes toward HHR education, and; 4) to identify factors associated with offering HHR education.<h4>Methods and principal findings</h4>We conducted a cross-sectional survey among deans of all accredited allopathic SOMs and SPHs in the United States and Puerto Rico. Seventy-one percent of U.S. SOMs and SPHs responded. Thirty-seven percent of respondents indicated that their schools offered some form of HHR education. Main barriers to offering HHR education included competition for time, lack of qualified instructors and lack of funding. Among schools not offering HHR education, 35% of deans were interested in offering HHR education. Seventy-six percent of all deans believed that it was very important or important to offer HHR education. Multiple regression analysis revealed that deans' attitudes were the most important factor associated with offering any HHR education.<h4>Conclusion</h4>Findings indicate that though a majority of deans of SOMs and SPHs believe that knowledge about human rights is important in health practice and support the inclusion of HHR studies in their schools, HHR education is lacking at most of their institutions. These results and the growing recognition of the critical interdependence between health and human rights indicate a need for SOMs and SPHs to work towards formal inclusion of HHR studies in their curricula, and that HHR competency requirements be considered to overcome barriers to its inclusion.L Emily CotterJonathan ChevrierWael Noor El-NachefRohan RadhakrishnaLisa RahangdaleSheri D WeiserVincent IacopinoPublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleMedicineRScienceQENPLoS ONE, Vol 4, Iss 3, p e4916 (2009)
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spellingShingle	Medicine R Science Q L Emily Cotter Jonathan Chevrier Wael Noor El-Nachef Rohan Radhakrishna Lisa Rahangdale Sheri D Weiser Vincent Iacopino Health and human rights education in U.S. schools of medicine and public health: current status and future challenges.
description	<h4>Background</h4>Despite increasing recognition of the importance of human rights in the protection and promotion of health, formal human rights education has been lacking in schools of medicine and public health. Our objectives were: 1) to determine the nature and extent of health and human rights (HHR) education among schools of medicine (SOMs) and public health (SPHs); 2) to identify perceived barriers to implementing HHR curricula; 3) to learn about deans' interests and attitudes toward HHR education, and; 4) to identify factors associated with offering HHR education.<h4>Methods and principal findings</h4>We conducted a cross-sectional survey among deans of all accredited allopathic SOMs and SPHs in the United States and Puerto Rico. Seventy-one percent of U.S. SOMs and SPHs responded. Thirty-seven percent of respondents indicated that their schools offered some form of HHR education. Main barriers to offering HHR education included competition for time, lack of qualified instructors and lack of funding. Among schools not offering HHR education, 35% of deans were interested in offering HHR education. Seventy-six percent of all deans believed that it was very important or important to offer HHR education. Multiple regression analysis revealed that deans' attitudes were the most important factor associated with offering any HHR education.<h4>Conclusion</h4>Findings indicate that though a majority of deans of SOMs and SPHs believe that knowledge about human rights is important in health practice and support the inclusion of HHR studies in their schools, HHR education is lacking at most of their institutions. These results and the growing recognition of the critical interdependence between health and human rights indicate a need for SOMs and SPHs to work towards formal inclusion of HHR studies in their curricula, and that HHR competency requirements be considered to overcome barriers to its inclusion.
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author	L Emily Cotter Jonathan Chevrier Wael Noor El-Nachef Rohan Radhakrishna Lisa Rahangdale Sheri D Weiser Vincent Iacopino
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title	Health and human rights education in U.S. schools of medicine and public health: current status and future challenges.
title_short	Health and human rights education in U.S. schools of medicine and public health: current status and future challenges.
title_full	Health and human rights education in U.S. schools of medicine and public health: current status and future challenges.
title_fullStr	Health and human rights education in U.S. schools of medicine and public health: current status and future challenges.
title_full_unstemmed	Health and human rights education in U.S. schools of medicine and public health: current status and future challenges.
title_sort	health and human rights education in u.s. schools of medicine and public health: current status and future challenges.
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Health and human rights education in U.S. schools of medicine and public health: current status and future challenges.

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