Health policy activism

Policy activism is now gradually appearing in the public health lexicon. Though still embryonic in professional practice, there appears to be a modest conceptual foundation that supports many of today’s public health policies and programs designed for expansive community engagement. Like many newly minted Masters in Public Health (MPH), I was also lost when I […]

Mapping public health

Back when I was a graduate student with heaps of time to spare, I developed this fondness with cartography, and collecting guide maps as souvenirs has been my favorite hobby ever since I decided to be a wandering learner. But seriously for friends who know me very well, they always think I am doing it […]

Rebirth of Atticus Finch in the new public health

In my first three months as a Global Health Fellow at the Boston Public Health Commission, I have slowly begun to gather concrete actions needed to eliminate health inequity in Boston. These actions – whether taken through education, policy change, or community collaboration,  are not magical solutions, yet are practices of the world’s most thriving […]