The impact of COVID on racially minoritized communities in the United States has forced us all to look square in the face of the systemic racism that is embedded in every fabric of our society. As the number of infected people continues to rise, the racial disparities are glaringly obvious....
They can do a lot, says the US Surgeon General, Vivek Murthy, MD, MBA, who in June took the step ofdeclaringfirearm violence a public health crisis. A newadvisoryfrom Murthy highlights the impact of gun violence and, in particular, its toll on mental health and community safet...
Through lobbying, campaign contributions, control of a media that limits public debate on topics of environmental importance, and, in some cases, human rights abuses, corporations, in pursuit of greater profits, have fought to weaken environmental legislation designed to protect the public's health,...
JV Lazarus,A Bollerup,S Matić - 《Central European Journal of Public Health》 被引量: 15发表: 2006年 AIDS-a Public Health Crisis Lazarus JV, Bollerup A and Matic S. HIV/AIDS in Eastern Europe: More Than a Sexual Health Crisis. Cent.Eur.J.Public Health 2006; 14(2):55-58... Be...
All this points to how our social media usage has become a public health crisis. I believe we need to start treating these platforms like we do cigarettes and alcohol. That means implementing warning labels and age restrictions, and conducting better research into the health effects of long-term...
Earlier this week, the New York City Board of Health declared racism a public health crisis in a first step toward addressing the staggering health inequities that communities of color have faced during the Covid-19 pandemic. Theresolutionoutlines actions for a “racially just recovery...
In Canada, the healthcare system in general, and the nursing profession, in particular, has acknowledged that racism toward Blacks is pervasive and in need of great reform. The Canadian Nursing Association’s (CNA) CEO issued the following statement: “CNA condemns all forms of raci...
Declaring racism a public health crisis brings more attention to solving long-ignored racial gaps in health by Paul K. Halverson,The Conversation Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has joined hundreds ofcities and counties across the countryin declaring ...
Concussion--A Public Health Crisis.The article discusses the impact of concussion, a public health crisis, on a huge population and posing limitations on diagnostics and treatment methods. Topics discussed include consideration of concussion to be a functional disturbance rather than structural ...
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