Health Equity Archives

07.18.2024 Rearview shot of a young woman looking at a variety of products in a pharmacy aisle

Health Equity

Menstrual and Intimate Care Product Disparities

Women of color and women who are less educated are more likely to use hygiene products with added scents and other harmful ingredients.

Fellow Dani Weissert

07.16.2024 stressed health care worker sitting on the hospital floor

Mistreatment of Health Care Workers Is Our Problem

Health care workers in the United States are five times more likely to experience workplace violence than workers in any other profession.

Guest Author Katherine Meese

07.16.2024 "Observing Science" title and mission on dark grey background

Health Equity

The Real Reward

On fame, influence, and the power of recognition in science.

Guest Author Sandro Galea

Editor Michael Stein

07.11.2024 Life preserver floating in water

Head Above Water

Swimming lessons are a key protector against drowning, but unequal access leaves some children more vulnerable than others.

Fellow Abby Varker

07.10.2024 A Little Free Library with books inside on a rural neighborhood street

Health Equity

Improving Health Literacy One Book at a Time

Little Free Libraries stocked with health-related books may be a promising way to promote health literacy in rural areas.

Fellow Dani Weissert

07.09.2024 "Observing Science" title and mission on dark grey background

Health Equity

Speaking Out

On how and when scientists speak out and engage, pushing beyond peer review and into the public conversation.

Guest Author Sandro Galea

Editor Michael Stein

07.02.2024 "Observing Science" title and mission on dark grey background

Health Equity

The Pump Handle

On the challenge of shifting ideas in science.

Guest Author Sandro Galea

Editor Michael Stein

06.28.2024 A hand-drawn illustration of five young, diverse, queer individuals in front of a brick wall with a purple haze of smoke surrounding them

The Lavender Haze: Enabling a Healthy Queer Future

PHPod sits down with Kim Nelson, associate professor of community health sciences at Boston University School of Public Health, and Joanne Patterson, a behavioral scientist at Ohio State University, to discuss the current health landscape that queer youth and young adults are facing in the United States.

Fellow Abby Varker

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