Viewpoint Archives

01.24.2018 Teenager in a hoodie sitting on a fence looking at a cellphone

Where They’re At: Phones and Homeless Youth

Phones, social media, and technology are critical to connect homeless youth with parents, potential employers, peers and social services.

Fellow Madeline Bishop

01.17.2018 Figure during a snowstorm in New York City

Following the Law while Improving Public Health

Governor Andrew Cuomo used executive action to place the homeless in shelters on freezing winter nights, raising questions about paternalism and public health.

Fellow Gilbert Benavidez

12.12.2017 a close up of a fist

Speaking Truth To Power

Gilbert Benavidez reflects on his recent AJPH article with Dr. Sondra Crosby on the role of medical professionals in the War on Terror, and speaking truth to power.

Fellow Gilbert Benavidez

11.27.2017 A red photo of an open mouth

Health Equity

Words Matter: Where Public Health Professionals Can Do Better

Public health professionals have an obligation to promote language that prevents distortion and discrimination.

Guest Authors Erika Crable, Stephanie Ettinger de Cuba, Veronika J. Wirtz

11.17.2017 Question marks painted on a rusty peeling wall

The Unanswered Questions of Health Reform

The ACA seems here to stay, but major questions remain about the future of American health reform. David Jones highlights the question he will be paying attention to as we move into the second year of the Trump era.

Editor David K. Jones

11.16.2017 Donald Trump delivers his Joint Address to Congress

Health Equity

What We Have Learned This Year

The day after Trump’s election David Jones outlined 20 questions about what the new presidency meant for health reform. One year later, he discusses the answers to his questions. Most importantly, the ACA seems to have survived - or has it?

Editor David K. Jones

10.23.2017 Black and white photo of a bird in the middle of a chain link fence

Allies in Criminal Justice Reform

Massachusetts is one of only four states that has not implemented medical parole, which allows allows incarcerated individuals with terminal illness or permanent incapacitation to return to their communities.

Guest Authors Brena F. Sena, Cherie L. Ramirez

10.10.2017 Tweets on Puerto Rico by President Donald Trump

Puerto Rico: In Need of Real Actions, not Tweets

Despair, anxiety, sadness, anger, frustration, desolation... a few of the emotions felt by Paola Sepulveda-Miranda while waiting for news of her family before and after Hurricane Maria's destruction of Puerto.

Guest Author Paola Sepulveda-Miranda

10.04.2017 a busy street with cars and people

Injection Drug Use in Ghana

People living with addiction in the United States are increasingly visible, as are the challenges they face. In Ghana, they are still living in the shadows.

Editor Jennifer Beard

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