The Syrian Mental Health Crisis: Present Findings and Future Directions
Hassan A. The Syrian mental health crisis: present findings and future directions. Harvard Public Health Review. 2019;21. Abstract The Syrian refugee crisis has displaced more than 6 million Syrian citizens and has adversely impacted the mental health of millions of people. In the seven years since the Syrian crisis began, a generation has come of […]
Why We Need Price Transparency in Healthcare
Szumigalski K. Why we need price transparency in healthcare. Harvard Public Health Review. 2019;22. As consumers, we expect to see prices before making a purchase. We would probably laugh if a store told us they could only tell us the price 4-6 weeks after we agreed to buy the item. Yet you will likely accept […]
Europe’s Refugee Crisis and the Human Right of Access to Health Care: A Public Health Challenge from an Ethical Perspective
Bolliger L and Aro A. Europe’s refugee crisis and the human right of access to health care. Harvard Public Health Review. Fall 2018;20. “If access to health care is considered a human right, who is considered human enough to have that right?” (Farmer, 2005) Abstract Over a million people fled to Europe in 2015, initiating […]
Death, Violence, Health, and Poverty in Chicago
Fredrick III E. Death, violence, health, and poverty in Chicago. Harvard Public Health Review. Fall 2018;19. Prologue I am by any estimation the product of a privileged upbringing. My father is a physician and my mother was an educator, author, and stay at home mom. I grew up on Chicago’s south side through 6th grade […]
Gun Safety: A Call to License Arms
Kane R. Gun safety: a call to license arms. Harvard Public Health Review. Fall 2018;19. The culture of safety that has developed for automobiles has been no mistake. Decades of advocacy from a plurality of voices were required to implement the intrinsic (e.g. seatbelts and airbags) and regulatory (e.g. speed limits and blood alcohol concentration […]
Contingent Workers and Occupational Health: A Review on the Health Effects of Non-Traditional Work Arrangements
Mullins G. Contingent workers and occupational health. Harvard Public Health Review. Fall 2018;14. The goal of this review is to show a relationship between employment arrangements and occupational health of workers, where contingency of employment has a negative, and perhaps, a causal relationship with worker health. To be included in this review, a study must […]
Dying in the Shadows: Suicide Among the Homeless
Holleran L, Poon G. Dying in the shadows: suicide among the homeless. Harvard Public Health Review. Fall 2018;20. According to the 2017 Annual Homeless Assessment Report to Congress, conducted by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), nearly 554,000 individuals, or 17 per 10,000 people, are homeless within the U.S. on any particular […]
Climate Change: An Emergent Issue of Public Health in Peru
Bedoya F. Climate change: an emergent issue of public health in Peru. Harvard Public Health Review. Fall 2018;17. One of the most known effects of climate change is the increase in temperature of the Earth’s surface as well as its atmosphere. Scientific studies have shown that the rise in overall temperature and weather variability occurs […]
A New Way Forward: Recognizing the Importance of HIV in Controlling Tuberculosis among Canada’s Indigenous Population
Herman D. The importance of HIV in controlling tuberculosis among Canada’s indigenous population. Harvard Public Health Review. Fall 2018;20. Canada’s indigenous population (which includes the First Nations, Inuit, and Metis) suffers from startling health inequities that have been largely attributed to the persisting effects of colonization leading to poverty, overcrowding, and unemployment (Macaulay, 2009). As […]
Preventing Radicalization to Violence Through Partnerships and Collaboration
Ellis H. Preventing radicalization to violence through partnerships and collaboration. Harvard Public Health Review. Fall 2018;19. In the space of a single week in August of 2017, vehicles plowed into groups of pedestrians in two different parts of the world, purportedly in support of two different ideologies. In Barcelona, Spain, a group of young men […]
