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On February 1, 2020, Jessie Gaeta, the chief medical officer for Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program (BHCHP), received news that a student in Boston had tested positive for the novel coronavirus virus that causes COVID-19 disease. Since…

In 2011, the Rhode Island (RI) legislature established the Commission on Health Equity and charged this group with writing a report on health disparities every two years. The case protagonist, Dr. Harper Avery, Director of Minority Health at the RI…

“Suffolk County is experiencing elevated cardiovascular disease mortality relative to New York State,” explained Dr. Humayun Chaudhry, Commissioner for the Department of Health Services of Suffolk County. Given the general affluence of the area, he finds…

This teaching case study examines psychological trauma in a community context and the relevance, both positive and negative, of social determinants of health. Healthy People 2020 views people residing in communities with large-scale psychological trauma…

This module will present two unfolding case studies based on real-world, actual events. The cases will require participants to review videos embedded into three modules and a summary module:Introduction to Concepts of Social Determinant of Health and…

This multimedia module includes three clinical case videos demonstrating a variety of geriatric patient circumstances. Participants will view each case with attention to the medical care provided, as well as the impact of the social determinants of…

Beginning in 2013, Humana Inc., headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky, pursued a major organizational transformation, from being an insurance company focused on paying claims to becoming a health and well-being company focused on improving the health of…

In 2007, Dr. Mark Horton took over as the head of the new California Department of Public Health (CDPH), at time when the governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, had already identified obesity as a prevention priority in his health care reform proposal.…