Stories
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Guerrilla public health
From safe-use guides to needle exchange schemes, Harry Shapiro reflects on 40 years of drug harm reduction in the UK.
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The birth of Britain's National Health Service
Starkly unequal access to healthcare gave rise to Nye Bevan’s creation of a truly national health service.
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What Black women do when the NHS fails them
Sabrina-Maria Anderson explores misogynoir – hatred of Black women – within the NHS, and how women like her are consequently turning to other sources of medical support.
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WhatsApp aunties and the spread of fake news
The advantages of WhatApp chat groups – especially as a cost-free way of keeping in touch with family around the world – make them fertile ground for the spread of bogus medical advice. Writer Rianna Walcott explores how to encourage ‘aunties’ in the community to question the truth of unattributed health hoaxes.
Catalogue
- Books
Climate change, the indoor environment, and health / Committee on the Effect of Climate Change on Indoor Air Quality and Public Health, Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies.
National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on the Effect of Climate Change on Indoor Air Quality and Public Health.Date: [2011], ©2011- Books
Health literacy implications for health care reform : workshop summary / Theresa Wizemann, rapporteur ; Roundtable on Health Literacy, Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies.
Date: [2011], ©2011- Books
Leading health indicators for healthy people 2020 : letter report / Committee on Leading Health Indicators for Healthy People 2020, Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies.
Date: [2011], ©2011- Books
Bringing public health into urban revitalization : workshop summary / Robert Pool and Kathleen Stratton, rapporteurs ; Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine, Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, Institute of Medicine, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, Medicine.
Pool, Robert, 1955-Date: [2015]- Books
Public health effectiveness of the FDA 510(k) clearance process : balancing patient safety and innovation : workshop report / Theresa Wizemann, editor ; Committee on the Public Health Effectiveness of the FDA 510(k) clearance process, Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies.
Date: 2010