Health Disparities
by Jenna Ogilvie | Oct 5, 2020 | Commentary, Perspectives
Introduction to the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS) The Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS) is the largest public health surveillance system in the United States dedicated to monitoring a broad range of health-related behaviors among...
by Jenna Ogilvie | Jul 27, 2020 | Commentary, Perspectives
Introduction Two fundamental mysteries characterize the health care sector’s embrace of the concept of population health [1]. Mystery A is why health care systems cannot control the extraordinary concentration of cost among the sickest 1–10 percent of patients....
by Jenna Ogilvie | Jul 27, 2020 | Commentary, Perspectives
When my brother told me he had been diagnosed with COVID-19, I was scared. My memory immediately jumped to visions of his childhood struggles with asthma, which he described as having an ever-tightening chain around his chest. I thought of intubated COVID-19...
by Jenna Ogilvie | Apr 6, 2020 | Commentary, Perspectives
Introduction Training the future dental workforce in understanding the impacts of the social determinants of health (SDOH) can begin to prepare oral health specialists to identify and address health disparities and to promote overall health equity. Oral health...
by Jenna Ogilvie | Mar 23, 2020 | Commentary, Perspectives
This year, the U.S. Census Bureau is attempting to count every person living in the United States. The government has conducted such a census every 10 years since 1790, as required by the Constitution. [1] Census numbers determine how many representatives each...
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