title: Public health, conflict and human rights: toward a collaborative research agenda.
abstract: Although epidemiology is increasingly contributing to policy debates on issues of conflict and human rights, its potential is still underutilized. As a result, this article calls for greater collaboration between public health researchers, conflict analysts and human rights monitors, with special emphasis on retrospective, population-based surveys. The article surveys relevant recent public health research, explains why collaboration is useful, and outlines possible future research scenarios, including those pertaining to the indirect and long-term consequences of conflict; human rights and security in conflict prone areas; and the link between human rights, conflict, and International Humanitarian Law.
authors.affiliation: Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada.
authors.forename: Oskar Nt
authors.initials: ON
authors.lastname: Thoms
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ron