Do Not Underestimate the Healing Power of Change
Do Not Underestimate the Healing Power of Change By Dr. Divij Sharma, MBBS Bombay Hospital and Research, Mumbai, India Abstract Healthcare innovation begets a promising future. Despite its shortcomings, and more so during the COVID pandemic, the world’s healthcare infrastructure has much to offer on several fronts. Technology, artificial intelligence and digital acceleration will undoubtedly […]
Racism Is a Disease
Racism Is a Disease By Payton Kim Racism Is a Disease When addressing health disparities, it is easy to dismiss racial inequalities as a problem of only society, not of pathology. Yet I would challenge those in public health to not only condemn racism socially, but to also make an effort to analyze racism as […]
Black Lives Matter Protest in Portland, OR, USA
Black Lives Matter Protest in Portland, OR, USA By Tsechu Dolma Black Lives Matter Protest in Portland, OR, USA About the Author Tsechu Dolma Tsechu Dolma spent the first half of her life as a stateless Tibetan refugee in Nepal moving from one refugee camp to another. At eleven, Tsechu fled the civil war in […]
A Tibetan-American Family Dealing with COVID in Queens, NY
A Tibetan-American Family Dealing with COVID-19 in Queens, NY By Tsechu Dolma A Tibetan-American Family Dealing with COVID in Queens, NY In March 2020, I left my graduate study at Oxford and travelled home to Queens, NY. At 3 pm, I opened the door into our living room to find a very quiet home. Like […]
Shifting the Narrative … Subtly
Shifting the Narrative…Subtly Interview by Dr. Yulin Hswen, University of San Francisco, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics Edited by Siona Prasad Shifting the Narrative…Subtly In a recent interview with Dr. Yulin Hswen, IDK challenged norms in education, in fashion, and in what is considered a flex in pop culture. Could IDK’s subtle, but unique […]
Edition 61 – Smoking & Vaping
This edition of HPHR Journal talks about smoking and vaping.
Edition 59 – Gun Violence
This edition of HPHR Journal the social determinants driving the public health impacts of gun violence.
Edition 58 – Human Trafficking
Edition 58 addresses the public health implications of human trafficking.
Edition 57 – Indigenous Health
This edition addresses the social determinants of public health among First Nations.
Edition 56 – Public Health and Incarceration
This edition examines the impact of incarceration on public health.
