Black Lives Matter – Part 2: Health inequities between black men and women
Studies have shown that even though the Tuskegee study took place decades ago—the mistrust primarily among black men has become a barrier to accessing health services.
Javaid Iqbal discusses the role of machine learning in healthcare
The i-value By Javaid Iqbal Role of Machine Learning in Healthcare Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning have emerged as one of the most important technologies of Industrial Revolution 4.0. The use of AI and ML will transform and disrupt healthcare as large quantities of data will be transformed into insights for improving the diagnosis of […]
The Value of Volunteers: How Volunteering Improves Health Outcomes
Elizana-Marie Joseph discusses how volunteering positively impacts individual and community health outcomes.
Dr. Heather Tillewein discusses body modification and gender violence
This blog will focus on the realities of how traditional/cultural body modification reinforces gender violence due to cultural norms.
The Big Catfish
The Big Catfish By Jessica Q. Honig, LCSW, EdM The Big Catfish To me, the only thing scarier than my brother is the state of health care. I have woken in night terrors, at a loss of what to do for twenty years. Sharing this point of view cannot be any riskier than the situation […]
Thriving Beyond COVID Series-Sasha K.
Local independent school teacher, Sasha K. shares her story about pregnancy in a global pandemic
Dr. Hannah Nazri discusses FGM/C, period spot checks and sexual harassment in Malaysia
Dr. Hannah Nazri explains why FGM/C (female genital mutilation/ circumcision), period spot checks and rape jokes in school are due to internalised misogyny which we need to continually challenge.
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 […]
