The Conflict of Culture and Sexuality Among Arab American Women
As Arab American women studying public health at National Arab American Medical Association Next Generation (NAAMA[...]
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Centering the Woman in Maternity Care
Few human experiences match the intensity of stress, pain, exertion, and emotional turmoil as labor. The mortality risk[...]
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Trauma-Informed, Holistic Health Care: A Journey from Patient to Advocate
PurpLE Health Foundation is a non-profit organization in New York City, which invests in the physical, mental, and[...]
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Menstrual Justice Is a Matter of Health Equity: How to Fight Period Poverty and Stigma
While assisting patients in the Emergency Department (ED) one morning, I met a patient I’ll refer to as Mary. When I[...]
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The Power of a Personalized Approach: Physicians’ Fight against Misinformation and Vaccine Hesitancy
“There was so much information out there, I didn’t know what to do. I just wish someone had convinced me to get the[...]
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Medication Abortion – Prioritizing Access in 2021 & Onward
Medication abortion is a common and important part of primary care…and access to safe abortion care will likely soon be[...]
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Decentralizing Knowledge in Public Health Education, One Course at a Time
We can see structural determinants of health all around us, like when we see factories and truck routes constructed in[...]
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The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 & Emerging Opportunities for Community-Based Healthcare
As the largest system for primary care in the United States, federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) (and other[...]
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Health Equity & Reproductive Justice: Transforming Perinatal Care Now
Drug-involved fatal poisonings for 2020 are expected to reach over 100,000 in the United States—a 40% increase from the[...]
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From Redlining to Gentrification: The Policy of the Past that Affects Health Outcomes Today
In the 1980s, a set of historical city maps resurfaced to reveal a hidden facet of our neighborhoods—the redlined[...]
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