HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL PRIMARY CARE REVIEW

Advocacy

Relating Place, History, and Neighborhood Context to Mental Health: A Baltimore Case Study

March 2nd, 2023

By: Emilie Gilde MPP, Elizabeth Murphy MPH, Karen Jiang MPH, Hannah De los Santos PhD

 

By Emilie Gilde, MPP, with The MITRE Corporation; Elizabeth Murphy, MPH, with The MITRE Corporation; Karen Jiang, MPH,[...]

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Advocacy

P is for Period and P is for Power: Attending to Menstrual Hygiene in Rural India

December 13th, 2022

By: Garima Vats, MBBS

 

“Can I take a bath during my period?” comes a feeble voice from one corner of the classroom. I struggle to put the[...]

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Personal Perspectives

Behind the Wall I Escape

September 29th, 2022

By: Deborah Oniah

 

Behind the wall of unemployment, I escape. I have a right to work. I have a Law Degree and a Life Coaching Certificate.[...]

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Stories

The Various Faces of Trauma

July 1st, 2022

By: Samra Zafar

 

Trigger warning: Parts of this piece may be triggering. Please take the time and space to look after yourself and seek[...]

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Stories

The Salutary Impact of Listening to the Trauma Story

June 8th, 2022

By: Richard F. Mollica, MD, MAR

 

I entered the Brighton Marine Public Health Center in Massachusetts in December 1981, where hundreds of Indochinese[...]

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Advocacy

Centering the Woman in Maternity Care

April 12th, 2022

By: Ketura’h Edwards-Robinson, MSN

 

Few human experiences match the intensity of stress, pain, exertion, and emotional turmoil as labor. The mortality risk[...]

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Stories

Trauma-Informed, Holistic Health Care: A Journey from Patient to Advocate

February 24th, 2022

By: Keisha Walcott

 

PurpLE Health Foundation is a non-profit organization in New York City, which invests in the physical, mental, and[...]

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Advocacy

Whose Trauma? De-Colonizing Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Refugee Mental Health Frameworks

January 27th, 2022

By: Suad Joseph, PhD, Osama Tanous, MD, Nadine Hosny, MSc, and Patrick Marius Koga, MD, MPH, FRSPH

 

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and trauma needs in the Arab region

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Advocacy

Healing Across the Divides: Peace Building Through Health, Part 2

January 7th, 2022

By: Norbert Goldfield, MD

 

Healing Across the Divides is based on the simple idea that all humans desire good health. And it was created because[...]

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Stories

Mindfulness and the Societally Marginalized Person

December 29th, 2021

By: Bryan Cadel, JD

 

Mindfulness, in its simplest construct, is generally defined as deliberate present moment awareness, without judgment,[...]

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