This examining health inequities series is created as a part of being a student in Examining Health Inequities at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, where I am challenged to examine health inequities and provide my own opinion. Summary and assessment of Race, Homeownership, and Wealth Summary A racial income gap is commonly recognized andContinue reading “Examining Health Inequities (Part 6) – Wealth and Health”
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Examining Health Inequities (Part 5) – Impact of Allostatic Load
This examining health inequities series is created as a part of being a student in Examining Health Inequities at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, where I am challenged to examine health inequities and provide my own opinion. Allostatic load adversely impacts a person’s health in a cycle that is challenging to break. Allostatic loadContinue reading “Examining Health Inequities (Part 5) – Impact of Allostatic Load”
Examining Health Inequities (Part 4) – Impact of Child Maltreatment
This examining health inequities series is created as a part of being a student in Examining Health Inequities at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, where I am challenged to examine health inequities and provide my own opinion. Summary and assessment of Adverse childhood experiences, allostasis, allostatic load, and age-related disease
Examining Health Inequities (Part 3) – Leading Causes of Death
The changes in the cause of death from 1900 to 2016 tells us a lot about the healthcare needs today and how they have changed over time. Evaluating the leading causes of death each year is one of the most important pieces of information that can be used to focus on improving a communities’ healthcareContinue reading “Examining Health Inequities (Part 3) – Leading Causes of Death”
Examining Health Inequities (Part 2) – Moving Upstream
This examining health inequities series is created as a part of being a student in Examining Health Inequities at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, where I am challenged to examine health inequities and provide my own opinion. Summary and assessment of Moving Upstream: How Interventions that Address the Social Determinants of Health can ImproveContinue reading “Examining Health Inequities (Part 2) – Moving Upstream”
Examining Health Inequities (Part 1) – Culture of Competitiveness
This examining health inequities series is created as a part of being a student in Examining Health Inequities at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, where I am challenged to examine health inequities and provide my own opinion. The United States of America has a culture built upon a philosophy and culture of competitiveness. AsContinue reading “Examining Health Inequities (Part 1) – Culture of Competitiveness”
My Experience as a Guest Lecturer
Throughout my undergraduate and graduate education, my favorite professors have always been the adjunct professors, the educators that also work as industry professionals. These professors always seemed to have a unique ability to share their industry experience and knowledge and most importantly tie what I am learning in the classroom directly to their work asContinue reading “My Experience as a Guest Lecturer”
Global Health Executive Summary
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the danger and positive impact of globalization and a global world. As a Master in Public Health candidate at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, I was tasked with developing a two-page Executive Summary for public health leader that highlighted what global health is and its impact, characteristics of theContinue reading “Global Health Executive Summary”
Road Warrior Life in a Pandemic
My current professional role as a learning consultant with Cerner Corporation has me in a 100% travel role where I have the opportunity to interact with thousands of different people across the world — and pull in some great Hilton Honors, Delta Airlines, and AVIS travel points. However, my travel schedule suddenly stopped in MarchContinue reading “Road Warrior Life in a Pandemic”
Population Health & Information Technology
The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the need to overhaul how the world connects people with their healthcare now more than ever before. This summer I had the opportunity to take a course on Population Health. My final project challenged me to create my own online module about population health and information technology. Take a crashContinue reading “Population Health & Information Technology”
Erik Angus 