Public Health Insight
Episodes
The Principles of Harm Reduction: Looking Beyond Abstinence
21 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Abstinence-based messaging and interventions have long been used as the gold standard to deter populations from adopting various types of behaviours t...
Integrating Cultural Competence in Healthcare
14 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Systemic racism in institutions such as the healthcare system can amplify already existing racial and ethnic health disparities. For the past decade, ...
Healthcare in Canada and the United States: A Brief Comparative Analysis
07 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The United States of America’s multi-payer privatized healthcare system is drastically different from Canada’s universal single-payer healthcare s...
One Minute Insight: The Institutional Knee of Anti-Black Racism
03 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Outrage continues in the US and all around the world as a result of George Floyd's death and others at the hands of police brutality, which uncov...
Opioids: The Prescription that Caused the Epidemic
30 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Opioids are a specific class of analgesic drugs that can be found naturally occurring in the opium poppy plant. It has been documented that this drug ...
The Ticket to Freedom or A License for Segregation? Two sides of the Immunity Passports Discussion
23 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Prior to the ongoing multi-phased strategies to ease restrictions in jurisdictions across the world, countries were actively exploring innovative ways...
Racism, the Black Experience, and the Perpetual Fight for Equality (Part 2)
16 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On Monday, May 25th, 2020, George Floyd, a 46-year old African American man was killed while in police custody in Minneapolis, Minnesota in the United...
Racism, the Black Experience, and the Perpetual Fight for Equality (Part 1)
09 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On Monday, May 25th, 2020, George Floyd, a 46-year old African American man was killed while in police custody in Minneapolis, Minnesota in the United...
Colour-Coded Health Disparities: An Argument for the Collection of Race and Ethnic Data
02 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
During the initial stages of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, it became abundantly clear that there were no comprehensive surveillance systems in pla...
Gun Violence and Public Health: No Silver Bullet?
26 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On May 1st, 2020, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced a nation-wide ban on military assault-style weapons. This ban was implemented 13 da...
The Paradox of Vaccine Preventable Diseases
19 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Vaccinations have been one of the greatest public health achievements of the twentieth century, credited with extending global life expectancy, reduci...
Strengthening Public Health Systems in Developing Countries
12 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Natural disasters and infectious disease outbreaks can disproportionately affect communities in developing countries with vulnerable public health inf...
Artificial Intelligence in Public Health, Both Sides of the Coin
05 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has made significant contributions to human society, most recently in modelling and predicting the spread of infectious d...
Food Production, Food Insecurity, and Our Health
01 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The agricultural and food production industries have been drastically disrupted by the ongoing pandemic, creating an imbalance in supply and demand th...
Reshaping the Climate Change Narrative
28 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Global warming has become synonymous with polar bears and melting ice caps. In order to achieve sustainable climate action, climate change advocates a...
Public Health and Misinformation
21 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The ongoing coronavirus pandemic has impacted virtually every country, forever changing the lives of many of the world’s citizens. Lost in all of th...
Episode 8 - COVID-19's Impact on Global Poverty and SDGs
17 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The ongoing pandemic has now directly or at least indirectly affected the health and economies of the world's 195 countries. The public health pa...
Episode 7 - Forgotten Impacts of COVID-19: Refugee Health
14 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Refugees are displaced in many countries all around the world in countries with limited financial aid and healthcare human resources. The Public Healt...
Episode 6 - Healthcare Workers' Mental Health in the COVID-19 Warzone
10 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
There is a growing concern that front-line healthcare workers from all disciplines in hospitals and other care settings are not being provided with th...
Episode 5 - Global Health Expertise and Power
07 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
More than ever before the world is interconnected through the process of globalization. The Public Health Insight Team discusses the real-world implic...
Episode 4 - Sociocultural Consequences of COVID-19
03 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The societal benefits of social distancing have been well-documented in the prevention of the spread of COVID-19 - often left behind are the social, e...
Episode 3 - Wildlife Trade & Coronavirus
31 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Public Health Insight Team discusses how the COVID-19 pandemic can be traced to wildlife trade and wet market practices in China. This topic was i...
Episode 2 - COVID-19: Tales from the Quarantine Pt.2
28 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Public Health Insight Team will continue their discussion around the ongoing 2019 novel coronavirus or COVID-19 pandemic.Share your thoughts with ...
Episode 1 - COVID-19: Tales from the Quarantine
28 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Public Health Insight Team will be highlighting the significant challenges from the ongoing 2019 novel coronavirus or COVID-19 pandemic. Email us ...
Episode 0 - Intro to Public Health Insight
28 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the introduction of the Public Health Insight Podcast. Here we discuss what we will be covering in future episodes. Our five hosts introduc...