Terence Felix – Medium

Dec 2, 2020

Social Theory and Public Health

Introduction Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people (hereafter referred to as Indigenous Australians) have substantially higher notification rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), such as gonorrhoea, infectious syphilis and chlamydia compared to non-Indigenous Australians (1–9). In 2017, notification rates among Indigenous Australians compared to non-Indigenous Australians were six times greater for…

Marxism

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Dec 2, 2020

Why Erving Goffman’s Insights are relevant to the opioid epidemic in America.

Introduction The opioid epidemic in the United States is a public health emergency that has been driven by the excessive consumption and availability of prescription medication such as codeine, illicit substances such as heroin and synthetic opioids such as fentanyl (1–3). As a result, there has been an increase in the…

Public Health

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Dec 2, 2020

Structural Violence and Indigenous Health

Introduction The poor health status among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people (hereafter referred to as Indigenous Australians) is well researched (1, 2), with chronic diseases such as cardiovascular disease (CVD) being the greatest contributor to their health burden (3–5). Rates of CVD are significantly higher among Indigenous Australians compared to…

Public Health

8 min read