Public health stories #9

Curated public health stories for this week from my reading shelf. I. Swiss cheese metaphor explained in the context of COVID defense. II. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice have this super impressive special edition full of insightful papers on COVID-19 and its impact on public health. Access the entire supplement index here. The […]

Public health stories #8

Curated public health stories for this week from my reading shelf. I. “The coronavirus is amplifying racial, class and other disparities, just as HIV has been doing for decades.” On this World Aid’s Day, we are also reminded why a comprehensive public health strategy to deal with multiple pandemics. This Scientific American opinion piece lays […]

Public health stories #4

Curated public health stories for this week from my reading shelf I. We all know the life isnt going to be the same in the post pandemic world. Architects have already started redesigning how our cities and urban living will look like in the futurehttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-07-14/10-design-concepts-for-city-living-under-covid-19 II. If you live in the US, here is a […]

Public health stories #3

Curated public health stories for the week I. ““I feel like I’m living in at least three realities at the same time,..” Public health and health care experts are experiencing burn out with the pandemic’s end nowhere in sight. https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/07/pandemic-experts-are-not-okay/613879/ II. Death reporting in US is complex. COVID-19 has made it even more complex and confusing. […]

Public health stories #2

Curated public health reads for the week I. ” If you do not know how to ask the right question, you discover nothing. If you stay in this world, you will never learn another one.” – Edward DemingWhen we see data points in the news or elsewhere, we should start by asking questions. With right practice, […]

Public health stories #1

Curated public health reads for the week: I. “When public-health programs are successful, they are invisible, and what is invisible is almost always taken for granted.” The New Yorker The Coronavirus and the Gutting of America’s Public-Health System When public-health programs are successful, they are invisible, and what is invisible is almost always taken for […]

What is public health informatics?

This possibly could be the most popular question asked to me both at work and by my friends. Being a visual person and an animation aficionado, I totally love these video series that explain what is public health informatics from 3 perspectives: 1)the practitioner, 2)program manager and 3) senior leader https://phii.org/academy/informaticsforeveryone