Primary Care Blog

health equity, pandemic, COVID-19, public health, racial disparities, structural violence, structural intervention, Pacific Islanders, COFA migrants, Medicaid, Hawaii, Compact of Free Association

By: Nash Witten, MD

primary care, health equity, policy, pandemic, advocacy, COVID-19, public health, domestic violence, WASH infrastructure, sanitation, hygiene, menstrual health, menstrual hygiene management, water

By: Rachel Fisher Ingraham, MSW, MPH, Bonita B. Sharma, PhD, MSSW, and Karen Joe, MPH

primary care, policy, pandemic, COVID-19, public health, vaccine hesitancy, misinformation, COVID vaccine, American Muslim Health Professionals, Muslim, Pfizer, Moderna, religion, faith-based, Emergency Use Authorization, trusted messengers

By: Sana Syed, MD, MPH and Arshia Wajid, MBA, MPH

community health, policy, mental health, Black Lives Matter, law enforcement, advocacy, public health, white supremacy, intimate partner violence, gender-based violence, criminal legal system, justice, safety, substance use treatment, privilege, sexual violence, police coercion, violence, survival, survivor, domestic violence, oppression, carceral feminist lens

By: Katie Bement, BA

health equity, climate change, policy, advocacy, public health, climate crisis, fossil fuels, pollution, air quality, climate justice, racial justice

By: Amanda Millstein, MD

Addiction, health disparities, policy, pandemic, social determinants of health, COVID-19, equity, public health, racism, exploitation, commercial tobacco, nicotine, vaping, Tobacco Industry, environmental, cigarettes, Big Tobacco

By: Lauren Kemmeter

Trump Administration, primary care, pandemic, COVID-19, public health, Public Charge, immigration, deportation, asylum, carceral facilities, frontline workers, immigration policy, Biden administration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, ICE arrests, green card holder, public benefit programs, naturalized citizen, refugee

By: Randy Capps, PhD

primary care, family medicine, health equity, pandemic, COVID-19, crisis, public health, maternal mortality, obstetrics, rural America, maternity care desert, rural hospital closures, cesarean delivery, infant mortality, generalist physician

By: John Cullen, MD

pandemic, COVID-19, public health, racism, trust, essential workers, physical distancing, COVID vaccine, vaccine equity, primary care providers, vaccine acceptance, medical mistrust, criminal legal system

By: Jennifer Lorvick, DrPH, Jordana Hemberg, MPH and Megan Comfort, PhD

pandemic, COVID-19, public health, immigration, essential workers, path to citizenship, Temporary Protected Status, TPS holder, Dreamer, COVID-19 stimulus relief, U.S. Citizenship Act of 2021, Citizenship for Essential Workers Act, Dream and Promise Act, Work and Family Mobility Act, undocumented immigrants, Safe Communities Act

By: Eva Millona, JD, MA