Homelessness and COVID-19: Protecting vulnerable populations
How are people experiencing homelessness affected by the pandemic and how can health policy address their unique needs during this time?
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Policywise
Shift the conversation: Racism – not race – is the problem in healthcare
Dr. Salman Ahmed discusses how racial effects on health are better explained as racism’s effects on health.
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Unaccompanied immigrant children: Who should advocate for their interests?
Drs. Russell and Placencia discuss caring for unaccompanied immigrant children and who should be informed about their health.
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Holy smoke! Does income and the price of cigarettes impact use?
Drs. Al Rifai and Virani dicsuss their work on the frequency of vaping and smoking by annual household income and policy implicatations.
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Improving health literacy: Lessons from clinical ethics
Rohit Gupta discusses the importance of promoting health literacy, how a patient can obtain, communicate, and understand health information.
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How to disagree kindly
Elizabeth Sult Case describes how the field of ethics gives us tools to connect with one another and to consider difficult questions deeply together.
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A turn of events: Do virtual conferences increase collaboration?
A look into how we collaborate, discuss, and share during a pandemic, and if there’s utility in virtual engagements not found in person.
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Predicting the value of a postdoc
How do you make decisions about training when you’re training for something you don’t really understand until you do it?
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Healthcare and incarceration: How can providers help make the justice system more just?
Exploring how every healthcare worker has a role to play in improving the health effects of justice system involvement.
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Social Determinants Digest: Promoting health equity through research
How to define social determinants of health and ways that research can better consider sociological constructs to change perception.
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