Victor Ekuta – Harnessing Cultural Competency in Schizophrenia to Address Anti-Black Racism in Mental Health
Victor Ekuta Harnessing Cultural Competency in Schizophrenia to Address Anti-Black Racism in Mental Health “The function, the very serious function of racism is distraction. It keeps you from doing your […]
Victor Ekuta – Tackling Racism in Alzheimer’s Disease Research: A Model for Advancing Equity in Neurology Part II
Victor Ekuta Tackling Racism in Alzheimer’s Disease Research: A Model for Advancing Equity in Neurology Part II “For the master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house. They may allow […]
Victor Ekuta – Tackling Racism in Alzheimer’s Disease Research: A Model for Advancing Equity in Neurology
Victor Ekuta Tackling Racism in Alzheimer’s Disease Research: A Model for Advancing Equity in Neurology “Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it […]
Yvette Efevbera -Unlocking Progress in Health: Leadership Matters – Reflections From My Conversation with Dr. Judy Monroe, President and CEO of the CDC Foundation
Dr. Yvette Efevbera Unlocking Progress in Health: Leadership Matters – Reflections From My Conversation with Dr. Judy Monroe, President and CEO of the CDC Foundation Recently, I had a unique […]
Yvette Efevbera -Unlocking Progress in Health: What Celebrity Stories Remind Us About Giving Birth in America
Dr. Yvette Efevbera Unlocking Progress in Health: What Celebrity Stories Remind Us About Giving Birth in America Introduction Childbirth should not be a life-threatening experience. But for so many women […]
Yvette Efevbera -Unlocking Progress in Health: Mariama’s Story – the Case Against Child Marriage
Dr. Yvette Efevbera Unlocking Progress in Health: Mariama’s Story – the Case Against Child Marriage Photo by Dotun Sangoleye on Unsplash Mariama, a Soussou1 woman living in Guinea, West Africa, […]
Ritual Communication: 5 Unconventional Lessons Public Health Can Learn from Twitch Streamers
Communication is more than information. “Ritual” communication focuses on relationships and feelings. This might be just what health communication needs in the pandemic era.
Kate Okorie – Drought and Period Poverty: In Conversation With Anita Soina, Global Youth Champion for the UN-hosted Sanitation and Water for All
Kenya has been hit by its worst drought in forty years. Anita Soina provides insight into how the extreme weather condition has worsened period poverty, a significant public health challenge in the East African country.
Cullen Truett – The Gambit: Is Techquity Possible?
Techquity has become the a priori underpinning of the health tech industry. It refers to the idea that healthcare tech is a driver of equitable care when designed appropriately.
Devin Hursey – HIV Criminalization: Creating an AIDS Predator
I’m continuing a series exploring the relationship between community and public health institutions, with a particular focus on trust. If we have learned nothing else from the Covid-19 pandemic, we have learned that our health is intricately connected with the health of other members of our community. Because of this fact, it is vitally important that communities can trust public health information and interventions enacted by public health institutions.