Dr. Heather Tillewein discusses artificial intelligence and gender identity
Do artificial intelligence engineers instill their own racial and gender biases? If so, how do these biases impact the lives of gender minority groups?
Edition 30 – Thinking Beyond Purpose-Built Communities: A Vision to Create Structural Change for Housing in the United States
Thinking Beyond Purpose-Built Communities: A Vision to Create Structural Change for Housing in the United States By Kate S. Meyer, MPH Citation Meyer K. Thinking beyond purpose-built communities: a vision to create structural change for housing in the United States. HPHR. 2021; 28. DOI:10.54111/0001/DD10 Thinking Beyond Purpose-Built Communities: A Vision to Create Structural Change for […]
Joanna Burke-Bajaj on moving from health-related deservingness to rights-based approaches to health
Health with Humanity By Joanna Burke-Bajaj Moving from Health-Related Deservingness to Rights-Based Approaches to Health The concept of deservingness is a social idea related to the moral judgements and biased assumptions that we make about whether or not, or to what degree, others are deserving of what they receive. In a sense, the idea of […]
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.
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.
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.”
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 […]
Randevyn Pierre discusses “Black Healthcare Hesitancy and Its Impact Profile 102: The Brown Paper Bag”
“I used to see my mother and grandmother get these brown paper bags full of medications thrown at them. I was sitting there trying to help my mother read and understand them.”
