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The United states is the only economically developed country that does not have a national healthcare program, though our nation promotes universal access for all its citizens
HEALTH COMMUNICATIONS 4026
M-W 3:30-4:45
C. TURNER WILSON
MARCH 18, 2013
Pathologies of Power
Presentation
Chapters 6 and 7
GROUP 4:
? Lauren Smith
? Brad Owens
? Sabrina Bowden
? Daniel Mutai
PATHOLOGIES OF POWER
HEALTH, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND THE NEW WAR ON THE POOR
? Written by Paul
Farmer
? University of
California Press:
Berkley and Los
Angeles, California
? © 2005 by Regents of
the University of
California
? Retail price: $36.00
? ISBN:0-520-24326-9
? Health and human rights
? Role of social
inequalities in the
distribution and outcome
of disease
? Treatment of HIV/AIDS
and tuberculosis
(including multidrug-
resistant tuberculosis) in
resource-poor settings
? Building comprehensive
primary health care
systems in resource-
poor settings
AUTHOR INFO CONTINUED
? Medical work in Haiti
and Rwanda
? Research and writing
on structural violence,
health, and human
rights
? Editorship of the open-
access journal Health
and Human Rights
? Reconstruction in Haiti
following the January
12, 2010 earthquake
CHAPTER 6 SUMMARY:
LISTENING FOR PROPHETIC VOICES
? The United states is the only economically
developed country that does not have a national
healthcare program, though our nation promotes
universal access for all its citizens
? Poverty and inequality are two major social
injustices in the US affecting healthcare today
? Health has become a commodity and health care
has become big business
? The prophetic voice of medicine markets to those
who can afford to purchase and limits access to
those who do not.
CHAPTER 6 CASE STUDIES:
HEALTH DISPARITY DUE TO POVERTY
? Brenda has been diagnosed with
advanced AIDS and she has been labeled
by her American doctor as non- compliant
? Sanoit is a 9 year old boy with the
diagnosis of Tuberculosis and attends a
free clinic in Haiti
? Olga is diagnosed with TB that has now
become multi resistant due to poor care,
resulting from budgetary cuts to
healthcare in Russia
CHAPTER 6 STRENGTHS
? Represents a global issue of concern
? Demonstrates that Inadequate care is
universal among the poor
? Stresses that access and availability of
healthcare affects outcomes
? Presents a clear message that healthcare
reform is necessary
CHAPTER 6 WEAKNESSES
? Limited in focus of preventative care and
health maintenance issues faced by the
poor
? Could have been strengthened by
mentioning the limited access to
knowledge needed to better lead the poor
in making informed consent
CHAPTER 6 CONCLUSION:
? Healthcare has become more about
profits than access and availability.
? The poor are more likely to become sick
than those with health insurance
? Health should not be a commodity, it
should be a right
? The poor will continue to suffer until
health reforms are implemented
CHAPTER 7 SUMMARY:
CRUEL AND UNUSUAL
? Tuberculosis has a long history of living
within prison walls
? In the mid 19
th
century, TB caused an
estimated 80% of all prison deaths
? It spreads to anyone who inhaled the
droplet nuclei
? TB is not only a prison issue but it is a
public health issue.
CHAPTER 7 SUMMARY CONTINUED…
? The Russian prison system is infected with
multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDRTB)
? The widespread of MDRTB is accredited to
the poor living conditions within a crude
criminal justice system
? Prisoners are placed in facilities that have
TB colonies for extended periods of time
then return to general population untreated
? Consistency in treatment is crucial in
managing the disease
CHAPTER 7 STRENGTHS
? Statistics of the amount of prisoners
infected with MDRTB gave perpective the
crisis at hand
? Quotes from various persons affected by
the Russian criminal system gave a more
humanistic concern to the writing
? The formulations of strategies to combat the
health issues are presented by the author,
which makes the problem seem more
rectifiable.
? The message was strong and informative
regarding an issue this not always visible to
the public
CHAPTER 7 CONCLUSION
? One of the largest outbreaks occurred in
new York in 1989 and 80% of the infections
could be traced back to the jails
? TB is also common with those prisoners
that are infected with HIV and have
depressed immune systems
? HIV is also prevalent among prisoners the
susceptibility of TB is increased.
? Overcrowding and lack of proper ventilation
also furthers the spread of TB of prison
inmates.
doc_349671820.pptx
The United states is the only economically developed country that does not have a national healthcare program, though our nation promotes universal access for all its citizens
HEALTH COMMUNICATIONS 4026
M-W 3:30-4:45
C. TURNER WILSON
MARCH 18, 2013
Pathologies of Power
Presentation
Chapters 6 and 7
GROUP 4:
? Lauren Smith
? Brad Owens
? Sabrina Bowden
? Daniel Mutai
PATHOLOGIES OF POWER
HEALTH, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND THE NEW WAR ON THE POOR
? Written by Paul
Farmer
? University of
California Press:
Berkley and Los
Angeles, California
? © 2005 by Regents of
the University of
California
? Retail price: $36.00
? ISBN:0-520-24326-9
? Health and human rights
? Role of social
inequalities in the
distribution and outcome
of disease
? Treatment of HIV/AIDS
and tuberculosis
(including multidrug-
resistant tuberculosis) in
resource-poor settings
? Building comprehensive
primary health care
systems in resource-
poor settings
AUTHOR INFO CONTINUED
? Medical work in Haiti
and Rwanda
? Research and writing
on structural violence,
health, and human
rights
? Editorship of the open-
access journal Health
and Human Rights
? Reconstruction in Haiti
following the January
12, 2010 earthquake
CHAPTER 6 SUMMARY:
LISTENING FOR PROPHETIC VOICES
? The United states is the only economically
developed country that does not have a national
healthcare program, though our nation promotes
universal access for all its citizens
? Poverty and inequality are two major social
injustices in the US affecting healthcare today
? Health has become a commodity and health care
has become big business
? The prophetic voice of medicine markets to those
who can afford to purchase and limits access to
those who do not.
CHAPTER 6 CASE STUDIES:
HEALTH DISPARITY DUE TO POVERTY
? Brenda has been diagnosed with
advanced AIDS and she has been labeled
by her American doctor as non- compliant
? Sanoit is a 9 year old boy with the
diagnosis of Tuberculosis and attends a
free clinic in Haiti
? Olga is diagnosed with TB that has now
become multi resistant due to poor care,
resulting from budgetary cuts to
healthcare in Russia
CHAPTER 6 STRENGTHS
? Represents a global issue of concern
? Demonstrates that Inadequate care is
universal among the poor
? Stresses that access and availability of
healthcare affects outcomes
? Presents a clear message that healthcare
reform is necessary
CHAPTER 6 WEAKNESSES
? Limited in focus of preventative care and
health maintenance issues faced by the
poor
? Could have been strengthened by
mentioning the limited access to
knowledge needed to better lead the poor
in making informed consent
CHAPTER 6 CONCLUSION:
? Healthcare has become more about
profits than access and availability.
? The poor are more likely to become sick
than those with health insurance
? Health should not be a commodity, it
should be a right
? The poor will continue to suffer until
health reforms are implemented
CHAPTER 7 SUMMARY:
CRUEL AND UNUSUAL
? Tuberculosis has a long history of living
within prison walls
? In the mid 19
th
century, TB caused an
estimated 80% of all prison deaths
? It spreads to anyone who inhaled the
droplet nuclei
? TB is not only a prison issue but it is a
public health issue.
CHAPTER 7 SUMMARY CONTINUED…
? The Russian prison system is infected with
multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDRTB)
? The widespread of MDRTB is accredited to
the poor living conditions within a crude
criminal justice system
? Prisoners are placed in facilities that have
TB colonies for extended periods of time
then return to general population untreated
? Consistency in treatment is crucial in
managing the disease
CHAPTER 7 STRENGTHS
? Statistics of the amount of prisoners
infected with MDRTB gave perpective the
crisis at hand
? Quotes from various persons affected by
the Russian criminal system gave a more
humanistic concern to the writing
? The formulations of strategies to combat the
health issues are presented by the author,
which makes the problem seem more
rectifiable.
? The message was strong and informative
regarding an issue this not always visible to
the public
CHAPTER 7 CONCLUSION
? One of the largest outbreaks occurred in
new York in 1989 and 80% of the infections
could be traced back to the jails
? TB is also common with those prisoners
that are infected with HIV and have
depressed immune systems
? HIV is also prevalent among prisoners the
susceptibility of TB is increased.
? Overcrowding and lack of proper ventilation
also furthers the spread of TB of prison
inmates.
doc_349671820.pptx