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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

09.25.2017 Detroit Tiger fan for life

Health Equity

Detroit

This is a special and unique week for Public Health Post: we are devoting all five articles to stories about public health in Detroit. David Jones tells the story of taking his daughter to a Tigers game as a metaphor for falling in love with the city he calls "one of the most fascinating stories in America right now."

Editor David K. Jones

09.14.2017 a group of houses with palm trees and a body of water

Note from the Field: Using Self-Care to Restore Compassion

Compassion helps public health workers face human suffering every day, but compassion fatigue and numbness can set in if public health professionals neglect their own health and self-care.

Fellow Madeline Bishop

09.13.2017 Caution sign: steep and crumbling cliff

Health Center Funding Cliff

Community Health Centers are facing a major funding cliff unless Congress acts soon. Access to affordable health care hangs in the balance for millions.

Guest Author Brad Wright

09.06.2017 Rows of unplugged conference phones

Reductions in Marketplace Enrollment Assistance: Prudent or Politics?

How has Marketplace call center use changed as open enrollment approaches?

Guest Author Paul Shafer

08.23.2017 A table with a cups of coffee

Malnutrition in Older Adults

Malnutrition is a clear threat to our nation’s older adults. However, elder malnutrition is not currently being widely addressed by the American healthcare system.

Guest Author Meredith Ponder Whitmire

Women holds sign at Boston rally against Trump Muslim Ban 1.0. Photo © Gilbert Benavidez.

Health Equity

Will and Representation

The ability to vote is a political determinant of health. However, voter suppression and disenfranchisement have long been utilized to consolidate power, discourage grassroots movements, maintain the class structure, and as a tool of oppression.

Fellow Gilbert Benavidez

08.09.2017 Doula's hands holding a patient's hands

Health Equity

Managing Community Health Worker Contracts

Organizations planning to develop a community health worker (CHW) workforce should prioritize contract design, or health care administrators may unwittingly undermine CHW effectiveness.

Guest Authors Lauren A. Taylor, Michael Anne Kyle

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