Health and Human Rights Education in US Schools of Medicine and Public Health: Current Status and Future Challenges

被引：18

作者：

Cotter, L. Emily ^{[1
,2
]}

Chevrier, Jonathan ^{[1
]}

El-Nachef, Wael Noor ^{[3
]}

Radhakrishna, Rohan ^{[1
,4
,5
]}

Rahangdale, Lisa ^{[6
]}

Weiser, Sheri D. ^{[7
,8
]}

Iacopino, Vincent ^{[1
,9
,10
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Calif Berkeley, Sch Publ Hlth, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA

[2] George Washington Univ, Sch Med & Hlth Sci, Washington, DC USA

[3] Northwestern Univ, Feinberg Sch Med, Chicago, IL USA

[4] Univ Calif San Francisco, Div Hlth & Med Sci, Joint Med Program, San Francisco, CA 94143 USA

[5] Univ Calif Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA

[6] Stanford Univ, Med Ctr, Dept Obstet & Gynecol, Palo Alto, CA USA

[7] Univ Calif San Francisco, San Francisco Gen Hosp, Positive Hlth Program, San Francisco, CA 94143 USA

[8] Univ Calif San Francisco, Ctr AIDS Prevent Studies, San Francisco, CA 94143 USA

[9] Univ Calif Berkeley, Human Rights Ctr, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA

[10] Univ Minnesota, Sch Med, Dept Internal Med, Minneapolis, MN 55455 USA

来源：

PLOS ONE | 2009年 / 4卷 / 03期

关键词：

CHI-SQUARED TESTS; GLOBAL HEALTH; PHYSICIANS; CONFLICTS; TABLES; CALL;

D O I：

10.1371/journal.pone.0004916

中图分类号：

O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];

学科分类号：

07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;

摘要：

Background: 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. Methods and Principal Findings: 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. Conclusion: 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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