Edition 48 – Disposable Masks: A Potential Source of Environmental Pollution and Hygiene
Measures Against Disposable Masks: A Potential Source of Environmental and Biological Pollution By Nayab Sheikh and Chanchal Maheshwari Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter Share on linkedin LinkedIn Citation Sheikh N, Maheshwari C. Measures against disposable masks: a potential source of environmental and biological pollution. HPHR. 2021;48. 10.54111/0001/VV1 Measures Against Disposable Masks: A […]
Edition 58 – Partnering for Human Trafficking Prevention: Implementing Love146’s Not a Number Curriculum through Minnesota’s Safe Harbor Program
Partnering for Human Trafficking Prevention: Implementing Love146’s Not a Number Curriculum through Minnesota’s Safe Harbor Program By Caroline Palmer, JD; Beatriz Menanteau, JD; Erin Glaccum, BS; Aria Flood, MPH; Jennifer Miller; Paula Schaefer, MS; Emma Cook, MPH/MSW; Matt Orley Citation Palmer C, Menanteau B, Glaccum E, Flood A, Miller J, Schaefer P, Cook E, Orley […]
Edition 47 – Medication Overload: An Overlooked Public Health Burden
Medication Overload: An Overlooked Public Health Burden By Ednner Oketch, MSc, MPH Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Citation Oketch E. Medication overload: an overlooked public health burden. HPHR. 2022;47. 10.54111/0001/UU1 Medication Overload: An Overlooked Public Health Burden Polypharmacy, most commonly defined as the use of five or more medications concurrently, is associated adverse outcomes including increased risk […]
Edition 32 – Necessity Is the Mother of Invention: Advocating for Alternatives to Banked Blood
Necessity Is the Mother of Invention: Advocating for Alternatives to Banked Blood By Anusha Jayaram; Alaska Pendleton, MD; Rohini Dutta; Nobhojit Roy, MD, PhD; Nakul P. Raykar, MD, MPH Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter Share on linkedin LinkedIn Citation Jayaram A; Pendleton A, Dutta R; Roy N, Raykar N. Necessity is the […]
Evelyn Masterson
Evelyn Masterson is a deputy editor for BCPHR.
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 […]
