COVID-19 Ravages the COFA Community in Hawai‘i
As of January 31, 2021, Pacific Islanders in Hawai‘i had the highest age-adjusted mortality rate in the United[...]
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
As of January 31, 2021, Pacific Islanders in Hawai‘i had the highest age-adjusted mortality rate in the United[...]
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
Globally, over 800 million women, girls, and gender non-binary persons are menstruating while simultaneously coping[...]
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
The COVID-19 pandemic has challenged communities across the globe to organize and collaborate for effective public[...]
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
Criminalizing survival
Rachel stayed. She stayed to survive, and for that the criminal legal system labeled her a[...]
health equity, climate change, policy, advocacy, public health, climate crisis, fossil fuels, pollution, air quality, climate justice, racial justice
By: Amanda Millstein, MD
Injury and drowning from worsening storm surges and flooding. Smoke inhalation and burns from wildfires. More severe[...]
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
All mentions of tobacco in this article refer to commercial tobacco and nicotine products and not sacred and[...]
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
With rates of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations, and deaths falling dramatically from peaks in January, the United[...]
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
Women are not dying because of diseases we cannot treat. They are dying because societies have yet to make the[...]
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
As COVID-19 vaccines are rolled out across the United States, there is an urgent need to increase vaccination rates[...]
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
Recently, the Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition (MIRA) was a proud sponsor of the New England[...]