340.639.01 ASSESSING EPIDEMIOLOGIC IMPACT OF HUMAN RIGHTS
VIOLATIONS Since human rights violations and failed public
policies can affect the health of populations and the efficacy
of public health efforts, students utilize a case studies
approach drawn from recent epidemics of infectious diseases to
investigate the interactions of epidemics, public health, and
human rights. In the context of the case studies, students
examine epidemiologic methods to investigate and understand
these interactions, including qualitative assessments and
interview approaches, population level measures, indirect
measures for use in conflict areas, and new tools of molecular
epidemiology. Case studies include the stalled response to SARS
in China; HIV/AIDS in Burma under military rule; HIV, STIs, and
violence in relation to human trafficking and sex work;
limitations on effective HIV prevention for drug users in
Russia, the CIS and China; and the policies of limiting condom
availability for prisoners in the US, Russia, and Thailand