Health Equity Archives

06.07.2019 a man and woman sitting on a bench

Meaningful Relationships and Aging Well

With people living longer, practitioners must re-examine how health systems meet the needs of older Americans and better prepare them for quality living.

Fellow Oluwatobi Alliyu

06.05.2019 a close up of a face carved into a rock

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Child and Adolescent Health

Bleak Futures for Oglala Sioux Youth

Young people in Pine Ridge and other reservations around the US deserve the same opportunities as their peers to live longer and healthier lives.

Guest Author Emily George

06.04.2019 a close up of a fence

Measuring HIV Post-Release

There is an urgent need for comprehensive reform to increase HIV testing, prevention, care, and treatment services in prisons and jails.

Guest Author Bisola Ojikutu

06.03.2019 a chart of jails

Who's in US Jails?

In the United States, a person can be held in jail awaiting trial for days, weeks, months, or years because they cannot afford to pay bail bond.

Fellow Jori Fortson

05.30.2019 a stack of apples on top of each other

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Health Care’s Triple Failure

With high health care costs, it is valuable to pursue a balance of efforts to fix health care and to address non-medical influences on health and wellbeing.

Guest Author Alan Sager

05.24.2019 a group of shopping carts in a parking lot

Healthy Corner Stores, Healthier Communities

In San Francisco, the Healthy Retail initiative is building healthier corner stores to improve tobacco control, alcohol prevention, and healthy nutrition.

Fellow Oluwatobi Alliyu

05.23.2019 a person sleeping on a brick wall

Homelessness

Efforts to address homelessness have made slow progress, but we should resist mission fatigue to ensure health equity.

Guest Author Sandro Galea

Editor Michael Stein

05.23.2019 a woman with red hair wearing glasses

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Barbara Stilwell

Public Health Post spoke with Dr. Barbara Stilwell about her work to better define nurses' roles in the field of public health.

Fellow Jori Fortson

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