BY MICHAEL LEBWOHL Source: Watershed Post “Down in the blood pit they say that the smell of blood makes you aggressive. And it does. You get an attitude that if that hog kicks at me, I’m going to get even. You’re already going to kill the hog, but that’s not enough. It has to suffer. … Continue reading A Call to Action: Psychological Harm in Slaughterhouse Workers
BY CARLIN SHERIDAN A poster advocating that vaccines work despite what supporters of the anti-vaccine movement claim. Source: Raed Mansour Parents want what is best for their children. In the modern era where many first world families with the means to do so pursue healthy lifestyles centered on organic food, natural household care products, and … Continue reading The Anti-Vaccine Movement: A Lesson in Ignorance
BY CLAIRE CHANG A farmer in the Bogor Regency of West Java, Indonesia ploughing a rice field during a drought. Due to lack of irrigation in rural areas, farmers who grow rain-dependent crops such as cucumbers, onions, and rice—staple foods in Indonesia—will be forced to delay planting or rely on other crops during droughts. Source: … Continue reading Human Health and Climate Change: The Co-benefits of Climate Change Mitigation
BY AARON BERMAN Source: Ahron de Leeuw How do vulnerable communities come to reckon with the unthinkable? The question of how best to respond to communal atrocities in the wake of violence has occupied much scholarly discourse in response to recent outbreaks of violent conflict. In particular, a recent trend toward collective acknowledgement and verbal … Continue reading India: Resilience-Based Responses to Sexual Violence
BY GRACE YI Since 2011, over 12 million Syrian citizens have been displaced by the Syrian civil war: around 7.6 million citizens have been displaced within the country, while 4 million are seeking refuge abroad[i]. In 2015 alone, more than 500,000 people have fled to Europe, which is now struggling to manage its worst refugee … Continue reading Syrian Refugee Crisis
BY HOLLY ROBINSON Women in Oregon will be able to get their birth control without ever walking into a doctor’s office after a new law comes into effect in January 2016. Policymakers in Oregon and California have recently passed legislation allowing pharmacists to prescribe birth control pills, patches, and rings. Pharmacists will be required to scan … Continue reading New Horizons in Family Planning
BY AKHIL UPNEJA Facing a graying population, a less competitive labor industry, and long-standing humanitarian outcries, the Chinese Communist Party announced the end of China’s one-child policy, set to start in March 2016 (Beauchamp). The policy originated during the Mao Zedong regime in the late 1970s. Previously, Chinese families had been encouraged to procreate in … Continue reading The End of China’s One-Child Policy
BY BRENDA CALDERON At first, there's just darkness and silence. "Are my eyes open? Hello?" I can't tell if I'm moving my mouth or if there's even anyone to ask. It's too dark to see. I blink once, twice, three times. There is a dull foreboding in the pit of my stomach. That, I recognize. … Continue reading Disease Misdiagnosis Institutionalizes Individuals Unnecessarily
BY HOLLY ROBINSON This past September, world leaders gathered to determine the future of global health. Their discussions, aims, and goals, however, reached far past the traditional boundaries of “health,” as evidenced by the expansive list of Sustainable Development Goals, or SDGs, that resulted from the United Nations Sustainable Development Summit, held in New York … Continue reading Sustainable Development Goals–The Future of Global Health?
BY ANABEL STAROSTA Mental health is an incredibly debilitating health problem around the world, yet due to the stigma and lack of understanding, it is an extremely difficult issue to address. According to a study by the World Health Organization, the World Bank, and Harvard University, in high-income countries, mental disorders have the second largest … Continue reading Race and Ethnicity as Persistent Contributors to Poor Mental Health
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