by kspence | Apr 8, 2014 | Neoliberalism, Public Health
A group of Hopkins students and administrators have gotten together to raise awareness about mental health.The result is Hopkins Speaks Up, a campaign that seeks to reduce the stigma attached to mental health. I participated. A few years ago the National Institute of...
by kspence | May 30, 2012 | Obama, Politics, Public Health |
By now I've seen this image a dozen times. It tells a story far beyond words doesn't it? Today (May 30, 2012) the New York Times tells the story behind the picture. Carlton Philadelphia, An African American member of the National Security Council was done with...
by kspence | May 6, 2012 | Black Politics, Public Health |
Today (Sunday, May 6, 2012) Alice Randall, author and activist, wrote an article on race and obesity in the New York Times. (HT to Tanehisi Coates.) Randall believes that health disparities are the most important civil rights issue of our times, and took the...
by admin | Sep 2, 2009 | Neoliberalism, Obama, Public Health, Public Policy |
California Nurses Association For Immediate Release September 2, 2009 Contact: Charles Idelson 510-273-2246, Shum Preston 510-273-2276, or Liz Jacobs 510-273-2232 More than one of every five requests for medical claims for insured patients, even when recommended by a...
by admin | Jun 9, 2009 | Black Power, Neoliberalism, Obama, Public Health, Public Policy, Racial Politics, things that make you go hmm |
We all agree that our health care system is broken. We get too little care for what we pay, suffer more than we should even after we pay. When Grant Hill first signed with the Detroit Pistons several years ago now he was on "sky's the limit" trajectory....
by admin | Jul 11, 2007 | Gender and Politics, Public Health, Public Policy |
I just received an email yesterday about Randy Parker, who committed suicide at the age of 23. Condolences go out to his mother, father, and extended family. While I maintain that we are and have been a resilient people, able to deal with a lot more (because...
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