Archive: Scholarship 2021

19 Articles

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“A Review of Health and Socioeconomic Disparities among Black Older Adults in the District of Columbia”

This report, co-written by Dr. Christopher King for the AARP District of Columbia, studies the health disparities among Black older adults living in.…

June 11, 2021

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“Flourishing: Migration and Health in Social Context”

Emily Mendenhall and other researchers draw on case studies from three world regions, to propose concrete steps clinicians and health institutions can take in order to better…

April 7, 2021

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“Introduction: Migration and Health in Social Context”

Emily Mendenhall and Seth M. Holmes introduce the BMJ Global Health journal's issue on “Migration and Health in Social Context”, focused on the social, political and economic…

April 7, 2021

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“Towards a Rigorous Understanding of Societal Responses to Climate Change”

The team of researchers that includes Timothy Newfield and Jakob Burnham proposes an interdisciplinary framework for uncovering climate–society interactions that emphasizes the…

March 24, 2021

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“On Symbols and Scripts: The Politics of the American COVID-19 Response”

Emily Mendenhall and her co-authors argue that, to unravel the American COVID-19 crisis —and to craft effective responses—, a more sophisticated understanding of the…

March 19, 2021

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“A Spectrum of (Dis)Belief: Coronavirus Frames in a Rural Midwestern Town in the United States”

Emily Mendenhall and her co-authors investigate how society in rural America reacted to the coronavirus outbreaks of 2020. Without government COVID-19 mandates, conflicting moral…

February 9, 2021

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“Transformative Experiences and A Young Doctor’s Notebook”

Dr. Daniel Marchalik and Dr. Andrew Lipsky look at LA Paul's Transformative Experience to understand the implications and rationale behind the decision of becoming a.…

January 23, 2021

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“Pregnant Women & Vaccines Against Emerging Epidemic Threats: Ethics Guidance for Preparedness, Research, and Response”

Maggie Little and other researchers take a look at the way in which pregnant women and their offspring have been historically excluded from research agendas and investment…

January 3, 2021

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“’Thinking Too Much’: A Systematic Review of the Idiom of Distress in Sub-Saharan Africa”

In this systematic review, Emily Mendenhall and her co-authors take a look at the idiom “thinking too much”. This idiom is employed in cultural settings worldwide to express…

January 2, 2021