Unequal Rates of Poverty and Access to Care Play a Role in Widening Health Disparities
By Sara Grossman America’s alarming racial disparities have come to the forefront of our national consciousness in recent years, at least partly thanks to the activism of the Black... continue reading.
Health is a critical component of prosperity
By Chris Allen The following comments were offered to the Southeast Michigan Council of Governments during a public comment period earlier this year.The Southeast Michigan Council of Governments’ “Partnering... continue reading.
Structural Racism & Public Health: Forging the Collaborative Foundation of the Next Civil Rights Movement
By Peter J. Hammer The United States is facing two great crises; one of race and the other of health. Beneath recent protests of Black Lives Matter against police... continue reading.
Reflecting on the value of comprehensive testing for assuring public health
By Dennis L. Green I’ve heard Gov. Rick Snyder’s complaints about the complex and confusing EPA regulations, but I find them specious. Codes and regulations are minimum standards for... continue reading.
Building an Ethic of Shared Ownership for Health
By Kevin Barnett, DrPH As the wealthiest nation on the planet, one committed to the idea of minimally regulated capitalism, we are engaged in a perpetual struggle between two... continue reading.
Providers need to address ‘marginalization, exclusion, discrimination’ in the populations served
By Esperanza Cantu In the TED Talk https://www.ted.com/talks “Why your doctor should care about social justice,” Mary Bassett, MD, MPH, current commissioner of the New York City Department of... continue reading.
Social Work’s Grand Challenges and their relevance to health concerns in Detroit
By Tam Perry, PhD I am just back from the 2016 Society of Social Work and Research Annual Conference in Washington D.C. At this conference, social work researchers celebrated... continue reading.
‘Walking Man’s’ weight gain offers new chapter in cautionary tale
By Dennis Archambault Last winter, James Robertson personified the transportation problem in Southeast Michigan through a series of articles in the Detroit Free Press, which dubbed him “Walking Man”... continue reading.
Structural racism in Flint
By Stephen Menendian On Jan. 16, 2016, President Barack Obama signed an order declaring a state of emergency in Flint, Michigan. It was not because of a tornado or... continue reading.
President Obama: What about housing?
By Dennis Archambault In last night’s State of the Union address, President Obama soberly admitted that due to political opposition to his agenda, there’s not likely to be much... continue reading.
Thoughts on ‘culture of health’
By Paul Draus The phrase “Culture of Health” calls up mixed images for me. On the one hand, we can imagine a crass consumer version, where we are pitched... continue reading.