Health Equity Archives

11.21.2016 A protest with two chalk outlines of bodies were drawn on the street

Health Equity

How Public Health Can Show Up (for Police Reform)

Sara Satinsky discusses four specific ways that public health practitioners can show up to work on policing reform.

Guest Author Sara Satinsky

11.15.2016 Faiz Kidwai

Health Equity

A Pakistani-American In Trump’s America

"We now have something tangible that we can work with to take the next step towards diluting this climate of hate which is fueled in large part by economic frustration."

Guest Author Faiz Kidwai

11.14.2016 Warning on a box of Winston cigarettes

What is Public Health?

We are about to witness a major fight over the fate of Obamacare. This is an important moment in U.S. social policy with very serious implications for millions of people. Public health needs to step up and assert its place in the debate over health reform.

Editor David K. Jones

11.09.2016 The White House at dusk

20 Questions for President Trump

Donald Trump's victory throws the future of health reform into complete chaos. Here are my first 20 questions about health reform under the Trump administration.

Editor David K. Jones

11.08.2016 Red and blue map of vanishing marginal states

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The Vanishing Marginals

Democrats may win the presidency and the Senate but have almost no chance of winning the House. Only 18 of 435 House seats are considered toss-ups. Why?

Editor David K. Jones

11.03.2016 Djamil Bangoura on a rooftop in Paris with Eiffel Tower in the distance

Djamil Bangoura

In part two of PHP's four-part series on LGBT health in Senegal, Nick interviews Djamil Bangoura, founder of Association Prudence, a LGBT health and human rights advocacy group based in Dakar.

Editor Nicholas Diamond

11.02.2016 Health inequities in Boston by T-stops

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Health Inequalities in Boston by T-Stops

Boston is a relatively healthy city, with a high density of physicians and world-class hospitals. But Boston also has some extraordinary differences, both in health indicators and in the drivers of those indicators within its borders.

Guest Author Sandro Galea

11.01.2016 a white house with a flag on top with White House in the background

Pascal's Wager & Obamacare Politics

Mississippi is a case study in what could have been for the exchanges. Insurers were willing to participate until conservative leaders & Obamacare politics got in the way.

Editor David K. Jones

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