Public Health Archive
Recently I was able to attend the Canadian National Form on Patient Experience, and felt that my experiences were worth sharing with the SJS community. The conference opened with Dr. Vaughan Glover, CEO, Canadian Association for People-Centered Health (CAPCH) who …
First Focus‘ recently published report, Children’s Budget 2013, shows a decline in total federal spending on children for three consecutive years and reports that less than 8 percent of the federal budget is invested in children. Current Congressional budget negotiations pose a real threat …
The July 22 issue of the New Yorker contains a riveting account (“A Raised Hand: Can a new approach curb domestic homicide?” by Rachel Louise Snyder) of how the tragic 2002 murder of Dorothy Giunta-Cotter by her husband led to …
A recent study suggests that Birth Control costs are unequal across neighborhoods, an inequality that follows a socioeconomic trend. Researchers focused on the price of seven commonly used contraceptives — including various forms of the pill, as well as transvaginal options like …
In a new Public Health Proposal, Mayor Bloomberg proposed to raise the age at which individuals can purchase cigarettes in the New York City to 21 years old, up from 18. According to the NY Daily News: Officials cite data …
