scholarly journals COVID-19: Unique public health issues facing Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities

2020 ◽  
Vol 45 (8) ◽  
pp. 100621 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eyad Abuelgasim ◽  
Li Jing Saw ◽  
Manasi Shirke ◽  
Mohamed Zeinah ◽  
Amer Harky
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Ethnic Communities ◽  
Minority Ethnic

scholarly journals Notes on policing, racism and the Covid-19 pandemic in the UK

Race & Class ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 63 (3) ◽  
pp. 92-102
Author(s):  
Scarlet Harris ◽  
Remi Joseph-Salisbury ◽  
Patrick Williams ◽  
Lisa White
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Race Relations ◽  
Research Report ◽  
Ethnic Communities ◽  
Police Violence ◽  
Police Powers ◽  
Health Measures ◽  
Rule Breaking ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Minority Ethnic

This commentary excerpts from the research report ‘A threat to public safety: policing, racism and the Covid-19 pandemic’, carried out by the Centre on the Dynamics of Ethnicity (CoDE) and published by the Institute of Race Relations in September 2021. One of the only pieces of research based on the experiences of the policed and their testimonies, the report suggests that policing during the Covid-19 pandemic undermines public health measures whilst disproportionately targeting Black and Minority Ethnic communities in the UK. The authors raise concerns about the policing of the pandemic and show that racially minoritised communities have been most harshly affected – being more likely to be stopped by the police, threatened or subject to police violence and falsely accused of rule-breaking and wrong-doing. The report argues that lockdown conditions, new police powers, and histories of institutionally racist policing have combined to pose a threat to already over-policed communities and the most marginalised and vulnerable sections of society.

‘These people are vulnerable, they aren’t criminals’: Mental health, the use of force and deaths after police contact in England

2019 ◽  
Vol 93 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-81
Author(s):  
David Baker ◽  
Claire Pillinger
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Use Of Force ◽  
Duty Of Care ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Ethnic Communities ◽  
Mechanical Restraint ◽  
Police Contact ◽  
Mental Health Issues ◽  
Minority Ethnic

This paper considers deaths after police contact 1 in England of people experiencing mental health issues. It uses rich qualitative data from interviews with the families of nine people who died after police contact to examine how they died. The paper aims to assess the police role in providing a de facto service for people undergoing mental health crises and how the use of force might affect the outcomes of such encounters. The paper aims to examine the manifest tensions when an enforcement agency is tasked with providing a duty of care to vulnerable people in society. Key findings are that force is disproportionately more likely to be used on people with mental health issues, and also disproportionately more likely to be used on people from Black and Minority Ethnic communities. Further findings provide insight on the use of mechanical restraint and the way in which inappropriate transportation can exacerbate the effects of restraint.

Public Health Issues Took Center Stage in Election

2006 ◽  
Vol 36 (23) ◽  
pp. 53 ◽  
Author(s):  
MARY ELLEN SCHNEIDER
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Center Stage

EU Health Law & Policy

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anniek de Ruijter
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Human Health ◽  
Fundamental Rights ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Division Of Powers ◽  
Legal Principle ◽  
Legal Competence ◽  
The Eu

This book describes the expansion of EU power in health care and public health and analyses the implications of this expansion on EU health values and rights. The main conclusion of the book is that the EU is de facto balancing fundamental rights and values relating to health, implicitly taking on obligations for safeguarding fundamental rights in the field of health and affecting individuals’ rights sometimes without an explicit legal competence to do so. This brings to light instances where EU health policy has implications for fundamental rights and values without the possibility to challenge the exercise of power of the EU in human health. This begs the question of whether subsidiarity is still the most relevant legal principle for the division of powers and tasks among the Member States, particularly when EU policy and law involves the politically sensitive areas of health care and public health. This question draws out the parameter for continuing the debate on the role of the European Union in promoting its own values and the wellbeing of its peoples, in light of its ever-growing role in human health issues.

scholarly journals Television News Coverage of Public Health Issues and Implications for Public Health Policy and Practice

2019 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 167-185 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah E. Gollust ◽  
Erika Franklin Fowler ◽  
Jeff Niederdeppe
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Policy ◽  
Public Health Policy ◽  
Television News ◽  
News Coverage ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Public Attention ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Tv News ◽  
Health Policy And Practice

Television (TV) news, and especially local TV news, remains an important vehicle through which Americans obtain information about health-related topics. In this review, we synthesize theory and evidence on four main functions of TV news in shaping public health policy and practice: reporting events and information to the public (surveillance); providing the context for and meaning surrounding health issues (interpretation); cultivating community values, beliefs, and norms (socialization); and attracting and maintaining public attention for advertisers (attention merchant). We also identify challenges for TV news as a vehicle for improving public health, including declining audiences, industry changes such as station consolidation, increasingly politicized content, potential spread of misinformation, and lack of attention to inequity. We offer recommendations for public health practitioners and researchers to leverage TV news to improve public health and advance health equity.

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