''Health and Human Rights'' is a biannual
peer-reviewed
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public health journal
''Canadian Journal of Public Health'' is a peer-reviewed scientific journal of public health published by the Canadian Public Health Association on a bimonthly basis. It was originally established in 1910 as the ''Public Health Journal'' (), which ...
that was established in 1994. It covers research on the conceptual foundations of
human rights
Human rights are Morality, moral principles or Social norm, normsJames Nickel, with assistance from Thomas Pogge, M.B.E. Smith, and Leif Wenar, 13 December 2013, Stanford Encyclopedia of PhilosophyHuman Rights Retrieved 14 August 2014 for ce ...
and
social justice
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in relation to health. The founding
editor-in-chief
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The highest-ranking editor of a publication may also be titled editor, managing ...
was
Jonathan Mann, who was succeeded by
Sofia Gruskin in 1997. Since 2007, the journal is edited by
Paul Farmer
Paul Edward Farmer (October 26, 1959 – February 21, 2022) was an American medical anthropology, medical anthropologist and physician. Farmer held an MD and PhD from Harvard University, where he was a Harvard University Professor, University ...
.
Harvard University Press
Harvard University Press (HUP) is a publishing house established on January 13, 1913, as a division of Harvard University, and focused on academic publishing. It is a member of the Association of American University Presses. After the retirem ...
became the publisher of the journal in 2013, succeeding the François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights at
Harvard School of Public Health
The Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health is the public health school of Harvard University, located in the Longwood Medical Area of Boston, Massachusetts. The school grew out of the Harvard-MIT School for Health Officers, the nation's first ...
.
The journal transitioned to an online
open-access publication in the summer of 2008.
It includes two sections: "Critical Concepts" and "Health and Human Rights in Practice". The first focuses on the conceptual foundations and challenges of rights discourse and action in relation to health. The second encourages and promotes new voices from the field—highlighting the innovative work of groups and individuals in direct engagement with human rights struggles as they relate to health.
References
External links
* {{Official website, http://www.hhrjournal.org/
François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights
Human rights journals
Public health journals
Harvard University academic journals
Publications established in 1994
English-language journals
Biannual journals
Open access journals
Harvard University Press academic journals