Dr. Caroline Light introduces “In the Crosshairs,” a blog about race, gender, and firearm violence
In the Crosshairs: On Gender, Race, and Firearm Violence By Dr. Caroline Light Introducing “In the Crosshairs: On Gender, Race, and Firearm Violence” Welcome to “In The Crosshairs,” an interdisciplinary blog about U.S. firearm violence and the social landscape and inequalities that make it so difficult to eradicate. I’m a historian who studies the enduring […]
Dr. Ryan Montoya describes abortion consultation during the pandemic
Dr. Ryan Montoya sheds light on providing abortion consultations via telehealth during the pandemic.
Lindsay Rosenfeld, ScD, ScM highlights absurdities of navigating the modern health care system for children with complex needs (#8)
How can we provide the best care for our children if the process is so complex, and sometimes absurd?
Lindsay Rosenfeld, ScD, ScM discusses Health Literacy, Health Equity, and Housing: Focus on the Section 8 Housing Search (#7)
Housing is Health. Health Equity is Health Literacy. What can we do to make systems better so people can use them and improve their health?
Edition 7 – Improving Communities, Improving Health
Improving Communities, Improving Health By Jeffrey Sanchez Citation Sanchez J. Improving communities, improving health. Harvard Public Health Review. Summer 2015;7. Improving Communities, Improving Health When we talk about health care, we are often referring to hospitals or other acute facilities, imagining women and men in scrubs, long waits in emergency rooms, that distinctive smell of disinfectant. […]
Lindsay Rosenfeld, ScD, ScM talks with physician, researcher and children’s author Dr. Kimberly Narain about her book: Cycle of a Dream – A Kids’ Introduction to Structural Racism in America (#6)
How do we talk to kids (and others) about structural racism? Why, a children’s book, of course!
Lindsay Rosenfeld, ScD, ScM explores community-building as central teaching practice, and crucial to engaging health equity (#5)
What can you do to build community in your classroom (or organizational setting)?
Lindsay Rosenfeld, ScD, ScM explains why health literacy is health equity (#4)
Let’s stop focusing on system users (e.g. patients, families, students) as the problem and start focusing on the ways we can create a usable system.
Lindsay Rosenfeld, ScD, ScM explains why engaging health equity requires you to be a constant student (#3)
How do we do Health Equity? Be a constant student.
Lindsay Rosenfeld, ScD, ScM discusses why engaging health equity requires asking questions of *yourself* (#2)
How do we do Health Equity? Start by asking yourself questions to continuously learn.
