Social Determinants

For my final project, I knew that I wanted to focus on a health problem in Jamaica, the country where my parents and family came from, initially choosing to research acral lentiginous melanoma. However, while researching acral lentiginous melanoma, I kept...

Homelessness is a major public health issue in the United States. Homeless individuals are at critically higher risk for health issues such as malnutrition, HIV, violence/rape, substance abuse disorder, and mental illnesses such as anxiety/depression...

Artist Wonuola Obasa (2022) Caption Nearly 7 million deaths a year throughout the world are attributable to air pollution. In the United States, four out of ten residents live in counties with unhealthy levels of air pollution. However, this exposure to...

Artist Clare Morris (2022) Caption There are many social determinants of health influencing suicide risk in college students—economic stability and community support should be identified as two substantial risk factors. Studies have shown that low-income...

While doing research for my policy brief on homelessness and mental illness in California, I saw a statistic that left me speechless: 40-50% of youth in foster care become homeless within a year and a half of emancipation. I’ve since dug deeper into the...

Prior to this course, I knew little to nothing about the mortality penalty that exists in rural America. Sure, I knew that lack of access to healthcare because of location challenges (lack of access to specialty care, problems with continuity of care, etc...

Blood plays an important role in human health and the transmission of disease. The image depicts the word “Blood” connected by a sprawling network of veins. For the student, it had a double meaning: it represents the importance of blood in global health...