Edition 7 – Improving Communities, Improving Health

Improving Communities, Improving Health By Jeffrey Sanchez Citation Sanchez J. Improving communities, improving health. Harvard Public Health Review. Summer 2015;7. Improving Communities, Improving Health When we talk about health care, we are often referring to hospitals or other acute facilities, imagining women and men in scrubs, long waits in emergency rooms, that distinctive smell of disinfectant. […]
Lindsay Rosenfeld, ScD, ScM talks with physician, researcher and children’s author Dr. Kimberly Narain about her book: Cycle of a Dream – A Kids’ Introduction to Structural Racism in America (#6)

How do we talk to kids (and others) about structural racism? Why, a children’s book, of course!
Lindsay Rosenfeld, ScD, ScM explores community-building as central teaching practice, and crucial to engaging health equity (#5)

What can you do to build community in your classroom (or organizational setting)?
Lindsay Rosenfeld, ScD, ScM explains why health literacy is health equity (#4)

Let’s stop focusing on system users (e.g. patients, families, students) as the problem and start focusing on the ways we can create a usable system.
Lindsay Rosenfeld, ScD, ScM explains why engaging health equity requires you to be a constant student (#3)

How do we do Health Equity? Be a constant student.
Lindsay Rosenfeld, ScD, ScM discusses why engaging health equity requires asking questions of *yourself* (#2)

How do we do Health Equity? Start by asking yourself questions to continuously learn.
Lindsay Rosenfeld, ScD, ScM explains why engaging health equity requires you to continuously learn more (#1)

How do we do Health Equity? Start by asking questions to continuously learn.
Edition 29 – Disability, Depression, and Dogs During COVID-19: Is There a Relationship?

Disability, Depression, and Dogs During Covid-19: Is There a Relationship? By Liza D. Molina, ScD, MPH Citation Molina L. Disability, depression, and dogs during COVID-19: is there a relationship?. HPHR. 2021; 29. DOI:10.54111/0001/cc6 Disability, Depression, and Dogs During Covid-19: Is There a Relationship? Introduction Human-dog interaction has long been recognized for its therapeutic value. Studies […]
Edition 29 – Community-level Factors Associated with COVID-19 Morbidity and Mortality in Queens, New York City

Community-level Factors Associated with COVID-19 Morbidity and Mortality in Queens, New York City By Harlem Gunness Citation Gunness H. Communty-level factors associated with COVID-19 morbidity and mortality in Queens, New York City. HPHR. 2021; 29. DOI:10.54111/0001/cc7 Community-level Factors Associated with COVID-19 Morbidity and Mortality in Queens, New York City Abstract The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) […]