A new paper explores the relationship between paid leave among manual laborers and preventive care, including dental services.
Recent pieces address the implications of Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation to the Supreme Court; treating antibiotics as a kind of infrastructure; the new climate change report; responding to Hurricane Michael; and more.
Public Health Practice
Journalist Ken Ward, Jr. awarded prestigious “genius grant,” community health and worker safety his forte
I’ve often thought of journalist Ken Ward, Jr. as a genius. Now it is official.
Recent pieces address the EPA’s sudden hostility to pesticide science, low-income parents’ struggle to get enough diapers, testing an infectious disease early-warning system at the hajj, and more.
Eighty percent of large employers have worksite wellness programs to address obesity and physical inactivity. How well do these activities align with the needs of the low income workers in these firms?
Recent pieces address the effects of detention on young migrant children; why so many women die in a “pro-life” world; the appropriate costs of defending white supremacy; and Supreme Court decisions.
Public Health Practice
Worth reading: Civil rights, Hurricane Maria’s toll, and solutions for Starbucks
Recent pieces address the death toll from Hurricane Maria, how “religious freedom” restricts civil rights, Ebola vaccination efforts, and more.
Recent pieces address how a pharmaceutical company pushed risky pain drugs, FEMA’s failures in Puerto Rico, what cuts to food stamps mean for rural communities, and more.
Public Health Practice
Worth reading: A weaponized census, legitimate science, and blame-the-mother stories
Recent pieces address the addition of a citizenship question to the 2020 Census, Pruitt’s attempt to restrict EPA’s use of science, police shootings of unarmed black men, and more.
This year’s County Health Rankings elevate the intrinsic connections between health and opportunity, underscoring the considerable inequities that put certain communities at greater risk of poor health and disease.