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Social Determinants of Health: How Social Equity Affects Health …

WEBUnbeknownst to the average patient, the care we receive from our doctors says relatively little about our overall health. The answer is not found in our genetic makeup, either.

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The State of Value-Based Care and Its Potential Effect on Maternal

WEBThe U.S. faces a maternal mortality crisis, particularly for women of color. Maternal mortality rates for Black and Hispanic patients remain the highest of any …

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The Emergence and Implications of Gender Affirming Healthcare …

WEBAs of March 2022, at least 20 percent of transgender youth in the United States are at risk of losing access to gender-affirming healthcare as states across the …

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HPV is Not Just a “Women’s Disease”: Men Should get Vaccinated …

WEBHPV has traditionally been framed as a disease that largely affects females, but should males get vaccinated as well? Ng Qi Siang argues that gender-neutral vaccination is …

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Reproductive Rights Extend to Sexual Education As Well

WEBSince the Dobbs decision, reproductive rights have increasingly become criminalized and polarized within the United States. More than 22 states have passed …

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Cultural Competency the Key to Latino Health Policy

WEBDespite more than three decades of empirical evidence from sociological and anthropological research that clearly shows that culture plays a significant role in the …

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Menstrual Equity in US Prisons and Jails: A Gender-Based Analysis …

WEBSummary Across the United States, many incarcerated people have inadequate access to menstrual products. Because policies that surround requiring …

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Tauhi Vā As A Tool For Advocacy In A Time Of Crisis And …

WEBThis piece was published in the 31st print volume of the Asian American Policy Review. Our current work tells us what we have always known — that we have …

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Data, Community, and Meaningful Change: Mental Health …

WEBThis piece was published in the 29th print volume of the Asian American Policy Review. Perhaps most importantly, individual and institutional conversations that aim to radically …

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Sex/Gender Identity Policies in Kazakhstan: Reviews and …

WEBKazakhstan is the largest landlocked country in the world, nestled in the heart of Central Asia between Russia, China, and “the other –stans.” It is a country that …

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Jails: America’s Biggest Mental Health Facilities

WEBCatia Sharp is a second-year master in public policy student at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. She previously worked in state …

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Dr. Paul Farmer: “He felt most alive helping people”

WEBCover photo courtesy of UGHE Editor’s Note: The late Dr. Paul Farmer and his colleagues pioneered novel, community-based treatment strategies that demonstrate …

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Frances Perkins: The Leader Today’s American Workers Need

WEBCOVID-19 exposes injustice in the workforce. Frances Perkins offers a model to fix it. We are only beginning to understand the economic repercussions of COVID-19. …

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Understanding the Ebola Narrative

WEBBY CLAIRE CHAUMONT “From now on it can be said that plague was the concern of all of us.” The Plague, A. Camus, 1947. On 24 January 2014, the head of …

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Ignored LGBTQ Prisoners: Discrimination in Education, …

WEBEditor’s Note: Given the limited technology and communication pathways afforded prisoners, this manuscript was edited by Reed Miller of Black and Pink, Inc. …

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Expanding Postpartum Medicaid Coverage: A Racial and Gender …

WEBAmerican society was not built for birthing people to thrive—or at times even to survive. The United States lacks paid parental leave and universal childcare policies …

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The Quest for Sexual Reproductive Health Rights in Morocco

WEBOn September 6th, 2022, a 14-year-old Moroccan child died from unsafe abortion. Her pregnancy was a result of rape. She died in the home of her abuser. Her …

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African health conference sparks conversation on healthcare …

WEBThe Harvard Chan School of Public Health recently hosted the first-ever Africa Health Conference from February 18th to 19th, 2023, bringing together students, …

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Kenya’s vision for an equitable, rights-based health system fails to

WEBAbstract This paper assesses the strength of the Kenya Health Policy 2012-2030 to determine the extent to which it upholds the right to health and explicitly …

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