Health Equity Archives

11.30.2016 The word "thinktank" with a cloud bubble graphic

Do Think Tanks Matter? Think again.

Reports or policy analysis from think tanks are covered by mainstream media, yet may hit a brick wall in government when confronted by skeptical policy professionals.

Guest Author Carey Doberstein

11.29.2016 Governor Steve Beshear making a speech

ACA Politics: Lessons from Kentucky

Steven Beshear, former Governor of Kentucky, the state that most aggressively embraced and succeeded in implementing the Affordable Care Act as a core part of a holistic strategy to improve its collective health, suggests putting partisan fervor aside.

Guest Author Steven L. Beshear

11.23.2016 Protesters carrying a banner saying Stop Dakota Access Pipeline

Health Equity

Standing for Native American Health Care Equity

This Thanksgiving, Americans will imagine an almost mythological scene of pilgrims sharing a meal with the Plymouth natives. A more accurate portrayal of Native-settler relations is on display over the Dakota Access Pipeline.

Guest Author Dennis Wendt

11.22.2016 a yellow gingerbread man with different colored symbols

The Genderbread Person 3.0

The Genderbread Person deconstructs gender and sexuality to clarify the differences and interrelationships of five dimensions of human identity and behavior.

Fellow Maggie Thomas

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

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