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Time Capsule: Popular Guests of 2020 – A One-Year Anniversary Recap

Gordon Thane April 2, 2022 No Comments

It has been two years since Public Health Insight launched our podcast in March of 2020, and we are excited to celebrate this incredible milestone with our followers in over…

COVID-19 as a Case Study: Real World Applications of the Socioecological Model (SEM)

Gordon Thane March 29, 2022 No Comments

The Socioecological Model (SEM) has been widely adopted in public health and considers how health is determined by complex, interrelated factors at individual, community, and environmental levels. This model can…

UN Sustainable Development Goal 3: Achieving Universal Health Coverage Through Digital Transformation

Gordon Thane March 15, 2022 No Comments

Digital technology has transformed life as we know it - from automating daily tasks, to essentially allowing us to carry around pocket-sized computers. Health systems are also rapidly transforming as…

Public Health and Preventive Medicine: The Intersection of Population Health & Clinical Practice – Insights from a PHPM Resident

Gordon Thane March 14, 2022 No Comments

For many, the term ‘medical doctors’ invokes images of people in white coats practising as family physicians, paediatricians, or surgeons that treat individual patients. One specialty that is often overlooked…

COVID-19 Variants of Concern: Social Consequences and Implications for the Vaccine

Gordon Thane March 4, 2022 No Comments

At the time of this writing, Canada (and, indeed, most of the world) is still in the midst of the Omicron wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Omicron variant of…

Reproductive Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Gordon Thane February 27, 2022 No Comments

Global responses to the COVID-19 pandemic have primarily focused on reducing and preventing direct infections from the virus. Meanwhile, the pandemic is having a profound impact on how people live…

Health Taxes: How Do They Incentivize Healthy Behaviors?

Gordon Thane February 25, 2022 No Comments

Imagine you’re on your way to the grocery store to buy a case of your favorite soda. When you get to the cash register, you realize that the price of…

All About Strokes: Warning Signs, Risk Factors, and Mission Thrombectomy 2020+

Gordon Thane February 17, 2022 No Comments

Every year, about 15 million people experience a stroke worldwide (World Health Organization, n.d.). Among them, 5 million lose their lives and another 5 million are left with long-term disabilities…

Understanding Public Health: MPH Journeys and Early Career Reflections

Gordon Thane February 17, 2022 No Comments

A special essay by Shenbei Fan, BMSc, MPH (c)

Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD): Winter is Coming

Gordon Thane February 7, 2022 No Comments

Many of us living in the Northern Hemisphere are all too familiar with the sight of leaves gradually changing from green to red, orange, brown, and eventually dropping. When we…

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