Edition 17 – Urban Climate-Health Strategies: New Opportunities to Promote Health Equity
Urban Climate-Health Strategies: New Opportunities to Promote Health Equity By Dr. Nishi Kumar Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter Share on linkedin LinkedIn Citation Kumar N. Urban climate-health strategies: new opportunities to promote health equity. Harvard Public Health Review. Fall 2018;17. DOI:10.54111/0001/Q2 Urban Climate-Health Strategies: New Opportunities to Promote Health Equity Across North America, […]
Edition 16 – #MeToo: The Perfect Storm Needed to Change Attitudes Toward Sexual Harassment and Violence
Claire Bethel, Former Deputy Director at Department of Health, Croydon, UK, discusses “#MeToo: The Perfect Storm Needed to Change Attitudes Toward Sexual Harassment and Violence.”
Edition 18 – Health Care for India’s 500 Million: The Promise of the National Health Protection Scheme
Dr. Shalendra D. Sharma addresses “Health Care for India’s 500 Million: The Promise of the National Health Protection Scheme.”
Ellen Considine discusses low-cost air quality sensors + environmental justice
Promise and pitfalls regarding the use of low-cost sensors for addressing air inequality
Randevyn Pierre discusses “Black Healthcare Hesitancy and Its Impact Profile 103: Our Body Is (Nothing and Everything)”
“My grandmother was resistant to her food being heated up on a metal plate. Today, most of us don’t even think twice about warming our dinner in a microwave. Change is slow, but it is constant and inevitable. We will get there.”
Stuti Chakraborty discusses the insidious onset of stroke: can your job kill?
Stroke Reimagined By Stuti Chakraborty Insidious Onset of Cerebrovascular Disease: Is your job killing you? Recent Developments On 17th May 2021 the World Health Organisation (WHO) and International Labour Organisation (ILO) published the Joint Estimates of the Work-related Burden of Disease and Injury, of ischemic heart disease and stroke, attributable to long working hours from […]
Rebecca E discusses “The Health of the American Education System: Two Fundamental Questions”
True Curriculum By Rebecca Elliott, MPH Lesson 1: The Health of the American Education System-Two Fundamental Questions Today we’re talking about Let’s start with a question: Is the American education system working? As straightforward as this question might seem, I don’t think that it is a fair one. Asking if our education system is working […]
Jackie Leung discusses “Representation in Office: Why It Matters in Public Health”
Jackie Leung discusses her experience in running for office and her passion in public health.
Joanna Burke-Bajaj identifies concerns of gender and choice in the WHO Global Alcohol Action Plan to reduce FASD
Health with Humanity By Joanna Burke-Bajaj Gender and Choice in Health Promotion: WHO Global Alcohol Action Plan Recommendations to Reduce FASD Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) include a wide range of possible negative effects on birth and fetus development from the consumption of alcohol during pregnancy. The first draft of the WHO Global Alcohol Action Plan […]
Sofia Weiss Goitiandia dives into “Access to Medicines, Vaccines and the COVID-19 Pandemic with Medical Anthropologist and Health Equity Advocate Sarai Keestra”
Sofia Weiss Goitiandia talks to medical anthropologist and medical doctor-to-be Sarai Keestra to discuss a pertinent interdisciplinary issue of our time, access to medicines.
