2017 Archives - USC Institute on Inequalities in Global Health

Sofia Gruskin: We must follow California’s example and repeal archaic HIV laws

Posted on December 15, 2017January 7, 2019

California made national headlines when it repealed an HIV criminalization law and reduced penalties for exposing other people to the virus, writes Sofia Gruskin in her BMJ blog Dec. 15. She calls for other ... read more →

A novel methodology for strengthening human rights based monitoring in public health: Family planning indicators as an illustrative example

Posted on December 8, 2017August 25, 2018

The last few years have seen a rise in the number of global and national initiatives that seek to incorporate human rights into public health practice. Nonetheless, a lack of clarity persists regarding the most appropriat... read more →

Traditional beliefs and practices in pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum: A review of the evidence from Asian countries

Posted on December 8, 2017August 25, 2018

According to researchers, Asian women suffer the largest proportion of the world’s maternal deaths, and low rates of maternal health care utilization to access services persist. To better understand maternal health in Asia,... read more →

Best Practices in Global Health Practicums: Recommendations from the Association of Pacific Rim Universities

Posted on December 8, 2017August 25, 2018

Association of Pacific Rim Universities Global Health Program researchers published an article about best practices for global health practicums in the Journal of Community Health Nov. 11, 2017. (more…)... read more →

A new vision for global health leadership

Posted on November 30, 2017August 25, 2018

The complexity of global health problems demands leadership that represents the pluralism in society, according researchers in their Nov. 30 article, "A new vision for global health leadership" published in the Lancet. The ... read more →

Domestic Violence Victims Kept Silent by Trump’s Policies

Posted on November 15, 2017August 25, 2018

Mellissa Withers, associate professor of clinical preventive medicine, continues her exploration of human trafficking in Psychology Today’s series, “Modern Day Slavery.” (more…)... read more →

Implications of the Trump Administration’s Policies: Climate Change, Environment and Global Health

Posted on October 24, 2017April 4, 2019

Assistant Professor at Occidental College in the Urban and Environmental Policy Department, Mijin Cha, and Albert G. and Frances Lomas Feldman Professor of Social Policy and Health and also Chair of the Department of Children... read more →

Quantifying underreporting of law-enforcement-related deaths in United States vital statistics and news-media-based data sources: A capture–recapture analysis

Posted on October 18, 2017August 25, 2018

Official death certificates in the U.S. failed to count more than half of the people killed by police in 2015 -- and the problem of undercounting is especially pronounced in lower-income counties and for deaths that are due t... read more →

Killed by Police: Validity of Media-Based Data and Misclassification of Death Certificates in Massachusetts, 2004–2016

Posted on September 28, 2017August 25, 2018

Professor Sofia Gruskin and co-authors published an article, “Killed by Police: Validity of Media-Based Data and Misclassification of Death Certificates in Massachusetts, 2004–2016,” in the American Journal of Public He... read more →

The Under-recognized Victims of Trafficking: Deaf Women

Posted on September 21, 2017March 13, 2019

Mellissa Withers, assistant professor of clinical preventive medicine, continues her exploration of human trafficking in Psychology Today's series, "Modern Day Slavery." (more…)... read more →