Reconciling Epidemiology and Social Justice in the Public Health Discourse Around the Sexual Networks of Black Men Who Have Sex With Men

This introductory essay contextualizes the special collection of papers on the pandemic and seeks to map the terrain of extant public health research on Palestine and the Palestinians. In addition, it is a contribution in Palestine studies to a nascent yet propulsive conversation that has been accelerated by Covid-19 on the erasure of structures of violence, including those of settler colonialism and racial capitalism, within the discipline of epidemiology. Using public health as an analytic, this essay asks us to consider foundational questions that have long been sidelined in the public health discourse on Palestine, including the implications for health and health research of eliding ongoing settler colonialism. Rather than ignoring and reproducing their violence, this essay seeks to tackle these questions head-on in an attempt to imagine a future public health research agenda that centers health, and not simply survivability, for all Palestinians.

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Vulnerability and Resilience: Use and Misuse of These Terms in the Public Health Discourse

American Journal of Public Health ◽

10.2105/ajph.2021.306413 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. e1-e5

Author(s):

David H. Chae ◽

Shedra A. Snipes ◽

Kara W. Chung ◽

Connor D. Martz ◽

Thomas A. LaVeist

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

The Public ◽

Public Health Discourse ◽

Health Discourse

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Where is Publicc in the Public Health Discourse?

SSRN Electronic Journal ◽

10.2139/ssrn.2761737 ◽

2016 ◽

Author(s):

Anant Kumar ◽

K. R. Nayar

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

The Public ◽

Public Health Discourse ◽

Health Discourse

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‘Stop kissing and steaming!’: tuberculosis and the occupational health movement in Massachusetts and Lancashire, 1870–1918

Urban History ◽

10.1017/s0963926805002981 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 32 (2) ◽

pp. 223-246 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

JANET GREENLEES

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Occupational Health ◽

Social Welfare ◽

Living Environment ◽

Urban Living ◽

The Public ◽

Health Movement ◽

Social Concerns ◽

Public Health Discourse ◽

Health Discourse

Historians have argued that American social welfare reformers looked to Europe for examples of successful programmes. This article provides a counter-case where a progressive American state, Massachusetts, developed public health reforms prior to their British counterparts. Social concerns about reducing cases of tuberculosis in Massachusetts' cotton manufacturing cities led to the transference of the public health discourse from the urban living environment to the workplace. This same relationship could have been applied within the Lancashire industry. Instead, the urban public health discourse focused on living conditions. In both countries, local and state political structures influenced health campaigners' actions.

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Politics of citizenship during the COVID-19 pandemic: what can educators do?

Journal of International Humanitarian Action ◽

10.1186/s41018-020-00089-x ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 6 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Adeela Arshad-Ayaz ◽

M. Ayaz Naseem

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Social Justice ◽

Educational System ◽

Citizenship Education ◽

Environmental Stewardship ◽

Death Rates ◽

New Normal ◽

The Public ◽

The Social ◽

Fault Lines

AbstractAs a once in a 100 years emergency, the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in repercussions for the economy, the polity, and the social. Also, the ongoing pandemic is as much a teaching moment as it to reflect on the lack of critical citizenship education. The fault lines of the health system have become visible in terms of infection and death rates; the fault lines of the educational system are now apparent in the behavior of the citizens who are flouting the public health guidelines and, in certain cases, actively opposing these guidelines. The main objective of this commentary is to initiate a dialogue on the social contract between the state and the subjects and to see how education and educators can respond to the challenge of the new normal. It is contended that education under the new normal cannot afford to keep educating for unbridled productivity education under the new normal. It must have welfare, human connections, ethical relationships, environmental stewardship, and social justice front and center.

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The history and promise of holism in health promotion

Health Promotion International ◽

10.1093/heapro/day039 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 34 (4) ◽

pp. 824-832 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Valerie Michaelson ◽

William Pickett ◽

Colleen Davison

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Health Promotion ◽

Recent Literature ◽

Holistic Health ◽

Future Health ◽

Conceptual Clarity ◽

Public Health Discourse ◽

Health Discourse

AbstractHolism is an ancient theme concept that has resurfaced in recent literature, and that requires informed and intentional use in order to preserve its utility. This paper provides a historical and conceptual reintroduction of the notion of holism as it relates to health, with the hopes of informing the term's use in public health discourse. It also addresses the challenges that a lack of conceptual clarity about holistic health imposes on public health and health promotion discussions. It describes how the use and conceptualizations of holism are shifting in health promotion and argues that failing to accurately define and delineate its scope risks diluting its utility for future health promotion applications. We address these two problems, and build an argument for a rediscovery of the theory of holism in public health and health promotion, globally.

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Normal Island: COVID-19, Border Control, and Viral Nationalism in UK Public Health Discourse

Sociological Research Online ◽

10.1177/13607804211049464 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 136078042110494

Author(s):

Des Fitzgerald

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Political Ecology ◽

Border Control ◽

Nation States ◽

Climate Action ◽

Public Health Discourse ◽

National Boundaries ◽

The Uk ◽

Health Discourse ◽

The Relationship

In this contribution, I present emergent analysis of a preoccupation with managing COVID-19 through border control, among non-Governmental public health actors and commentators. Through a reading of statements, tweets, and interviews from the ‘Independent Sage’ group – individually and collectively – I show how the language of border control, and of maintaining immunity within the national boundaries of the UK, has been a notable theme in the group’s analysis. To theorize this emphasis, I draw comparison with the phenomenon of ‘green nationalism’, in which the urgency of climate action has been turned to overtly nationalistic ends; I sketch the outlines of what I call ‘viral nationalism,’ a political ecology that understands the pandemic as an event occurring differentially between nation states, and thus sees pandemic management as, inter alia, a work of involuntary detention at securitized borders. I conclude with some general remarks on the relationship between public health, immunity, and national feeling in the UK.

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The Trouble With “MSM” and “WSW”: Erasure of the Sexual-Minority Person in Public Health Discourse

American Journal of Public Health ◽

10.2105/ajph.2004.046714 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 95 (7) ◽

pp. 1144-1149 ◽

Cited By ~ 276

Author(s):

Rebecca M. Young ◽

Ilan H. Meyer

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Sexual Minority ◽

Public Health Discourse ◽

Minority Person ◽

Health Discourse

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Perceptions of Needs, Assets, and Priorities Among Black Men Who Have Sex With Men With HIV: Community-Driven Actions and Impacts of a Participatory Photovoice Process

American Journal of Men s Health ◽

10.1177/1557988318804901 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 13 (1) ◽

pp. 155798831880490 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Christina J. Sun ◽

Jennifer L. Nall ◽

Scott D. Rhodes

Keyword(s):

Black Men ◽

Structural Changes ◽

Group Discussion ◽

Black Msm ◽

Documentary Photography ◽

Medical Systems ◽

The Public ◽

Future Aspirations ◽

Community Forum ◽

Sex With Men

Black men who have sex with men (MSM) with HIV experience significant health inequities and poorer health outcomes compared with other persons with HIV. The primary aims of this study were to describe the needs, assets, and priorities of Black MSM with HIV who live in the Southern United States and identify actions to improve their health using photovoice. Photovoice, a participatory, collaborative research methodology that combines documentary photography with group discussion, was conducted with six Black MSM with HIV. From the photographs and discussions, primary themes of discrimination and rejection, lack of mental health services, coping strategies to reduce stress, sources of acceptance and support, and future aspirations emerged. After the photographs were taken and discussed, the participants hosted a photo exhibition and community forum for the public. Here, 37 community attendees and influential advocates collaborated with the participants to identify 12 actions to address the men’s identified needs, assets, and priorities. These included making structural changes in the legal and medical systems, encouraging dialogue to eliminate multiple forms of stigma and racism, and advocating for comprehensive care for persons with HIV. As a secondary aim, the impacts of photovoice were assessed. Participants reported enjoying photovoice and found it meaningful. Results suggest that in addition to cultivating rich community-based knowledge, photovoice may result in positive changes for Black MSM with HIV.

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