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03.26.2018 a group of cupcakes with medical symbols

Disease

Clinical Pharmacy Innovations and Team-Based Healthcare

Clinical pharmacy specialists make significant contributions to patient care and are recognized as performing as well as physicians in managing chronic disease.

Guest Author Megan McCullough

03.15.2018 A black and white photo of a mop

The Undeserving

Qing Wai Wong questions the assumptions behind Medicaid work requirements policy, that everyone could pull themselves up by the bootstraps. Medicaid enrollees in states that have yet to expand Medicaid will face a unique challenge.

Fellow Qing Wai Wong

03.13.2018 a close-up of words

Health Equity

A Writing Teacher’s Take on the Seven Words Controversy

Public health, scientific, and academic writing are plagued by jargon and words that are so overused they become meaningless. PHP’s Associate Editor, Jennifer Beard offers a new spin on the recent “seven words” controversy.

Editor Jennifer Beard

03.12.2018 a pregnant woman holding her belly

Chemical Endangerment Laws Hurt Pregnant Women

Laws originally meant to prevent exposure of children to drug-related environments such as meth labs are being expanded to criminalize substance use during pregnancy.

Guest Authors Katrina Hui, Cara Angelotta, Carl Erik Fisher

02.28.2018 Black and white drawing of a group of people under a roof

Beyond Marginalization: Supporting Life in the Community

Project Connect operates on the edges of the mental health system by providing individuals with serious mental illness opportunities to develop community connections.

Guest Authors Billy Bromage, Liat Kriegel

02.21.2018 A case of glass soda bottles, one with a red Coca-Cola cap

Health Equity

Tomorrow in Mind: Corporate Social Responsibility

PHP Fellow Gilbert Benavidez writes on corporate social responsibility to respect and protect human rights, and how public health must be a leader in building partnerships with corporations to influence social policy.

Fellow Gilbert Benavidez

02.12.2018 Hands showing dirt from manual labor

A History of Work Requirements

Nine states have pending waiver requests that would require work as a condition for receiving Medicaid benefits. Work requirements are not a new policy idea. Politicians, especially conservatives, have been proposing the addition of work requirements to every existing type of public benefit program for decades.

Guest Author Allyson Baughman

02.08.2018 Rally for DREAMers at the US Capitol building

The Health of DREAMers

DREAMers suffer from stress and anxiety related to their immigration status and poor access to health care including vaccination, reproductive care, and annual physicals. PHP Fellow Gilbert Benavidez writes on how congressional intervention can play a major protective role in these hundreds of thousands of lives.

Fellow Gilbert Benavidez

02.02.2018 a truck with a sign on the side

Public Health Post

But What Exactly is Public Health?

Our Associate Editor Jen Beard writes on the elusive and expansive definition of public health and asks readers to share their own examples of public health in action.

Editor Jennifer Beard

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