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PSAs Two Ways: Zika Virus

I saw this bus-shelter PSA about the Zika virus recently and thought it was interesting for a couple reasons. It’s an ad about the sexual transmission of Zika, but does not mention actual sexual transmission. There are kind of a lot of instructions (1. Love your partner. 2. Wait to get pregnant. 3. IfContinue reading “PSAs Two Ways: Zika Virus”

Racism is a Public Health Issue

“Racism is a system of structuring opportunity and assigning value based on the social interpretation of how one looks (which is what we call “race”, that unfairly disadvantages some individuals and communities, unfairly advantages other individuals and communities, and saps the strength of the whole society through the waste of human resources.” —APHA Past PresidentContinue reading “Racism is a Public Health Issue”

Links Roundup: Opioid Addiction

Opioid abuse is a growing epidemic in the United States, and frequently makes headlines. I think it’s particularly hard to get nuanced stories about the opioid epidemic because drug use is highly stigmatized and many journalists, even sympathetic ones, frequently write stories pumped with *shocking* details and descriptions, which is less humanizing than what they’reContinue reading “Links Roundup: Opioid Addiction”