HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL PRIMARY CARE REVIEW

Overdose & Harm Reduction in the Time of COVID-19

July 29th, 2020

By: Alejandro Alves, MPP

 

Long before the COVID-19 pandemic, the United States faced an epidemic of drug overdose, topping half a million deaths[...]

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COVID-19 and the Social Determinants of Health

July 28th, 2020

By: Michelle A. Williams, ScD

 

The COVID-19 crisis continues to expose deep vulnerabilities in the U.S. healthcare system—from the dearth of personal[...]

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COVID-19 Exacerbates Food Insecurity in Latino Children & Families

July 23rd, 2020

By: Alberto González, MPP

 

COVID-19 has exacerbated long-standing health disparities that continue to affect Latino families, and further, the[...]

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The State of the South

July 22nd, 2020

By: Ash-Lee Woodard Henderson

 

I refuse to write another state of emergency article. I have no more words to say about the epidemic of anti-Black[...]

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COVID-19 and Oral Health

July 21st, 2020

By: Lisa Simon, MD, DMD and Hugh Silk, MD, MPH

 

During the initial rapid spread of the coronavirus in the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention[...]

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Pandemic-Related Psychological Distress & Tools to Help

July 17th, 2020

By: William C. Sanderson, PhD

 

A mental health pandemic has developed amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, and the increasing number of COVID cases in the[...]

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Environmental Service Workers: Our First Line of Defense Against Infection

July 16th, 2020

By: Sophia Cohen and Kevin Tyan

 

Among the many essential workers putting themselves at risk during the COVID-19 pandemic are environmental services[...]

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Social Mission Now: The Role of Health Professions Education in Addressing Health Equity and Social Justice

July 15th, 2020

By: Autumn Nobles and Candice Chen, MD, MPH

 

The racial equity movement and COVID-19 are bringing needed public attention to the structural racism and inequities[...]

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Primary Care and COVID-19

July 14th, 2020

By: George Q. Daley, MD, PhD

 

Primary care is the foundation for population health and well-being. Unfortunately, our efforts to address the[...]

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Mindfulness Can Improve Mental Health During & After the COVID-19 Crisis

July 10th, 2020

By: Julie Dunne, PhD, PMHNP-BC and Carl Fulwiler, MD, PhD

 

Although there was no shortage of suffering before coronavirus, this global pandemic, compounded by tragic events[...]

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Reflections from a Health Policy Fellow

July 8th, 2020

By: Brian Antono, MD, MPH

 

As many Family Medicine colleagues across the United States complete residency, I find myself looking back to those[...]

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Treatment of Vulvar Pain: A Worthwhile Clinical Challenge

July 7th, 2020

By: Susan Kellogg-Spadt, PhD, CRNP

 

Many people experience sexual pain or dysfunction at various points throughout their lifetime, and women’s sexual pain[...]

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Primary Care Transformation in a COVID-19 World

July 1st, 2020

By: María Fernanda Levis, MPH, MPA, Lara Shadwick, MBA, Julie H. Levison, MD, MPH, MPhil and Sarah Bliss Matousek, PhD, MPH

 

Access to comprehensive primary care has long been a challenge in the United States, and the economic and social[...]

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