Viewpoint Archives

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

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

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