Tag Archives: public health

Did Labour’s social policies fail or succeed 1997-2010?

Posted on August 15, 2013 by

It’s impossible to begin telling a story without knowing the ending. So after 13 years in office (1997-2010), it is only now possible to write the story of New Labour’s social policy record – what they aimed to do, what … Continue reading →

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U.S. Health Disadvantage is Not Inevitable

Posted on July 20, 2013 by

Two major research studies in the last year compare health indicators in the United States with other major upper-income countries. Both exhaustively review government statistics and published articles. The first study, from the Institute of Medicine, draws on a panel … Continue reading →

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Who Gets Health Care Priority? Resource Allocation in a Middle Income Country

Posted on June 18, 2013 by

Adriane Gelpi, a doctoral candidate in Health Policy at Harvard and a fellow at the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics, describes the intricate ethics and politics of health care resource allocation in Chile. This was originally posted on the … Continue reading →

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How did Kools become Black, and Marlboros White?

Posted on March 17, 2013 by

In 1971, a team of ethnographic researchers conducted focus groups with 24 African American young men in Chicago to explore the men’s sense of identity as well as their hopes and frustrations. The authors concluded that although the African American … Continue reading →

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Give George W. Bush Some Credit for this Community Health Success

Posted on August 1, 2012 by

The United States does not have a National Health Service – certainly nothing that we could display with a choreographed song and dance routine – but the federal government does support an extensive network of safety net health clinics. According … Continue reading →

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Doctors as Agents of Public Health Promotion

Posted on January 22, 2012 by

In Britain, the NHS Future Forum issued a report calling on the medical establishment to carry the banner of public health: “every contact must count as an opportunity to maintain and, where possible, improve their mental and physical health and … Continue reading →

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