Faculty and staff of the School of Public Health have co-authored an article in the most recent edition of the bi-annual international journal, Health and Human Rights.
The article is entilted "IDENTIFYING THE LINKS BETWEEN VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND HIV/AIDS: Ecosocial and Human Rights Frameworks Offer Insight into US Prevention Policies" (Health and Human Rights, 2006, 9(2), pp: 40-61). While overall annual incidence of HIV infections in the United States has significantly declined, the proportion of new AIDS diagnoses in women nationwide has more than tripled from 1985 to 2003. The article demonstrates how HIV/AIDS is a clinical manifestation of violence against women, identifies safety from violence as a human right necessary for well-being, and suggests ways HIV prevention programs can more effectively improve women's health and fulfill their basic human rights.
The article may be read here (140 KB PDF), and is reproduced with the permission of Health and Human Rights and the President and Fellows of Harvard College.
The authors include: Michelle Teti, MPH, is a Research Coordinator for an HIV/AIDS prevention project and a doctoral student in the Department of Community Health and Prevention at Drexel University School of Public Health, Philadelphia, PA, USA; Mariana Chilton, PhD, MPH, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Community Health and Prevention at Drexel University School of Public Health; Linda Lloyd, PhD, MSW, MBA, is Associate Dean for Public Health Practice and Associate Professor of Management, Policy, and Community Health at the University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston, Texas, USA; and Susan Rubinstein, MPH, is Evaluator for an HIV/AIDS prevention project at Drexel University School of Public Health.
The article is a testament to the Drexel School of Public Health's commitment to linking public health and human rights.
For more infirmation or to correspondence with the authors, please contact Michelle Teti at mteti@drexel.edu.
