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Limitations of Human Development in Times of Uncertainty
The following piece was written as part of The Pandemic: Science and Society course offered from Aug. 17 – Sep.…
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The Comorbidity of Major Depressive Disorder with COVID-19 in…
The following piece was written as part of The Pandemic: Science and Society course offered from Aug. 17 – Sep.…
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VOLUME 13 ISSUE 2 OUT NOW!
Dear Reader, In the last several weeks the progression of the global coronavirus pandemic has left us quite shocked, and…
The Burden of Stigma
The following illustration was submitted as part of The Pandemic: Science and Society course offered from Aug. 17 – Sep. 4. If you find this interesting, visit related articles including: Racial and Socioeconomic Identity and their Influence on Health, The Need For Cross-Sector Collaboration In Addressing Social Determinants of Health, and A Legacy of Racism:…
COVID Meter
The following piece was written as part of The Pandemic: Science and Society course offered from Aug. 17 – Sep. 4. If you find this interesting, visit related articles including: The Positives of COVID-19, Racial and Socioeconomic Identity and their Influence on Health, The Need For Cross-Sector Collaboration In Addressing Social Determinants of Health.
Limitations of Human Development in Times of Uncertainty
The following piece was written as part of The Pandemic: Science and Society course offered from Aug. 17 – Sep. 4. As the Covid-19 pandemic continues to play out, it has become clear that there are many underlying struggles that have stemmed and caused every community to be affected in one way or another. Viewing…
Preventing Another Pandemic Means Protecting the Planet
The following piece was written as part of The Pandemic: Science and Society course offered from Aug. 17 – Sep. 4. Climate change and environmental degradation is a public health crisis. While we are stuck navigating the immediate tragedies of the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been little attention to the impact habitat destruction and climate…
COVID-19 and Domestic Violence
The following piece was written as part of The Pandemic: Science and Society course offered from Aug. 17 – Sep. 4. Domestic and interpersonal violence has existed since the beginning of time. It has not been recognized to be such a major concern until recently.But what is intimate partner violence? In the lecture led by…
As Climate Change Continues, Expect More Pandemics
The following piece was written as part of The Pandemic: Science and Society course offered from Aug. 17 – Sep. 4. When COVID-19 forced most of the country, and our world, into a lockdown, many of us were shocked at the “unforeseen circumstances” that would inevitably lead to an everlasting impact on our society and…
The Comorbidity of Major Depressive Disorder with COVID-19 in Populations
The following piece was written as part of The Pandemic: Science and Society course offered from Aug. 17 – Sep. 4. Comorbidity is frequently used in psychology and medicine to describe a state in which two or more conditions and/or disorders present together. In the midst of the global COVID-19 pandemic brought on by SARS-CoV-2,…
Hippocrates in Danger: COVID-19 and the Missed Care Epidemic
“Wait,” the nurse says, poking her head through the curtain into my room in the ER, “I haven’t told them yet.” My heart drops and my teeth start to chatter; this must mean my chest and back pain weren’t as benign as I’d thought. “Well,” the doctor who had been cut off by the nurse,…
The Need for Cross-Sector Collaboration in Addressing Social Determinants of Health
“No single, individual, organization, or sector can change the course of America’s health.” (Robert Wood Johnson Foundation) The field of public health works to protect and improve the health of people and their communities and can provide the knowledge needed to support the forces and systems that shape the conditions of daily life, most commonly…
“Ethnic Species” and the Dangerous, Evolutionary Heart of Implicit Bias
I want to clarify at the outset that this article is not about any actual differences among ethnic groups. Instead, the theory I will be discussing, from Francisco J. Gil-White’s paper, “Are Ethnic Groups Biological “Species” to the Human Brain?”, addresses why our brains fixate on the perceived differences among groups to the point of…