Diversity and Inclusion
by Talia Lewis | Mar 25, 2019 | Discussion Paper, Perspectives
ABSTRACT | Despite significant progress in the fight against HIV/AIDS in the United States, HIV prevention and treatment disparities among key populations remain a national public health concern. While new HIV diagnoses are increasing among people under age...
by Jenna Ogilvie | Sep 10, 2018 | Discussion Paper, Perspectives
Above: Dr. Kristel Carrington and Dr. Forrester Lee are pictured in the catheterization laboratory at Yale New Haven Hospital. Photo by Brooke Jones. Used by permission of Crystal Emery. Introduction The famous quote by African American feminist Audre...
by Jenna Ogilvie | Aug 27, 2018 | Commentary, Perspectives
A refugee is someone who has fled from his or her home country and cannot return because he or she has a well-founded fear of persecution based on religion, race, nationality, political opinion or membership in a particular social group. “Refugee...
by Laura DeStefano | Mar 19, 2018 | Commentary, Perspectives
A journey that begins with a single aspiration to pursue a health care career and concludes with the actual achievement of a degree is filled with challenges, lessons, unexpected detours, and reflection. This discussion will address the need to have programs...
by Laura DeStefano | Nov 27, 2017 | Commentary, Perspectives
Racism affects health through both direct means (for example, the chronic activation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis and associated stress hormones, which increases susceptibility to several chronic conditions [1]) and indirect means (for example,...
by Jenna Ogilvie | Jun 12, 2017 | Discussion Paper, Perspectives
This paper originally appeared in the Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities (2017) 4:317-321. Reprinted by permission. The current state of diversity within the United States medical workforce does not reflect representative numbers of the...
by Jenna Ogilvie | Dec 5, 2016 | Discussion Paper, Perspectives
Abstract In this essay, we focus on the potential and promise that intersectionality holds as a lens for studying the social determinants of health, reducing health disparities, and promoting health equity and social justice. Research that engages intersectionality as...
by Jenna Ogilvie | Oct 31, 2016 | Discussion Paper, Perspectives
Scientists have a central role in addressing the challenges that face society. The primary purpose of research should be to inform policies and practices that address serious problems in our nation and world. Today in America, we have an alarming issue that is...
by Jenna Ogilvie | Jun 23, 2016 | Commentary, Perspectives
In this paper we discuss the importance of the efforts of community health representatives (CHRs) to improve general health on the Navajo reservation and describe the need for new efforts focused on preparing CHRs to act as catalysts for helping improve the...
by Jenna Ogilvie | Mar 1, 2016 | Discussion Paper, Perspectives
“Health disparities are the physical embodiment of inequity in opportunities. And these inequities in opportunity have been socially created, which means we are all a part of creating them and that we can now play a role in actually changing them.” —Jeanne...
