Health Reform — Volume 20, Issue 1 & 2

Produced by Design: How the Inequities Experienced by Immigrants During the COVID-19 Pandemic were Created

The United States’ long history of legislation restricting access to comprehensive health insurance, labor protections, and economic opportunities for immigrants set the stage for disproportionate morbidity and mortality during COVID-19. If we continue to erect and fortify policy barriers to the equitable distribution of healthcare and economic opportunities, the impact of COVID-19 will remain disproportionately experienced by our immigrant neighbors, colleagues, and friends.

Health Reform, Determinants of HealthHHPRFebruary 22, 2021covid-19, immigrant rights, health policy, health inequityComment

Emerging Better: Personal and Public Health Goals after the Covid-19 Pandemic

Many of us are anxiously looking forward to a “return to normal” after the Covid-19 pandemic. But as much as we miss the interactions and activities of pre-Covid life, it’s an ideal time to consider the possibility of “emerging better” instead of normal. For many people, how they decide to live after Covid-19 may determine if they have vibrancy vs. debilitating chronic diseases in their later years.

Health ReformHHPRFebruary 17, 2021cardiovascular disease, dementia, determinants of health, smoking, health reform, covid-19, obesity, Health DisparitiesComment

Lung Cancer Screening in the United States

Lung cancer has the potential to save thousands of lives every year; however, misconceptions and unfamiliarity with the lung cancer screening process among primary care providers and patients, little funding and public support, and the negative public perception of lung cancer prevent the widespread adoption of screening.