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A critical exploration of the concept of equity.

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Enviornmental injustice researcher's program pages.

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Digital collection of resources for understanding and using critical concepts to characterize and respond to environmental injustice.

Environmental Injustice Reading

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Collections of readings that examine and conceptualize environmental injustice.

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Public Health and the Epidemic of Incarceration

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Where is this study published? Give a brief description of the journal, including what types of studies and topics they usually publish and how the publication is regarded among health professionals.

The final edited version has published via Annual Reviews of Public Health.

“The Annual Review of Public Health, in publication since 1980, covers significant developments in the field of Public Health, including key developments in epidemiology and biostatistics, environmental and occupational health, issues related to social environment and behavior, health services, and public health practice.” [http://www.annualreviews.org/journal/publhealth]

The journal can help the health professionals by exploring not only contents in the sub-sections of Public Health but further more explore other detailed topics with other journal sections such as Medicine, Nutrition etc.

“The mission of Annual Reviews is to provide systematic, periodic examinations of scholarly advances in a number of fields of science through critical authoritative reviews. The comprehensive critical review not only summarizes a topic but also roots out errors of fact or concept and provokes discussion that will lead to new research activity. The critical review is an essential part of the scientific method.” [http://www.annualreviews.org/page/about/our-mission-and-our-founder]

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Intimate Partner Violence and Hurricane Katrina: Predictors and Associated Mental Health Outcomes

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Describe the methodology of the study. Is this a new or inventive way of studying this issue?

The study applied survey, data and analyse the intimate partner violence and Hurricane Katrina. It used recording data for 455 married or cohabiting persons who were from 23 counties of Mississippi at the time of Hurricane.

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Living in Emergency

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What three points, details or references from the film did you follow up on to learn more? Write short descriptions of what you learned in your search, providing citations.

With the lack of medical centers, there is a lot of cost to invest into the help to these countries. But the main reason is the occurrence of war and instable activities.

“In 2015, MSF provided humanitarian assistance in 69 countries.

Around 54 per cent of activities were carried out in settings of instability. Some 57 per cent of programs were in Africa…MSF spent 1,283 million euros: 82 per cent was spent on humanitarian activities…” [http://www.msf.org/en/article/msf-international-activity-report-2015]

2. There is an urgently need of HIV/TB doctors in the field. [http://www.msf.org/en/work-msf/working-in-the-field]

“MSF provided care for 333,900 people living with HIV/AIDS and antiretroviral treatment for 240,100 people in 2015.” With the lack of appropriate medical educations, many people do not know they have infected with HIV. [MSF international_activity_report_2015_en_2nd_ed.pdf]

3. Close of Programs

“When a violent situation has stabilized sufficiently, and access to health services improves, MSF will close its program.”

“When local or national authorities and organizations have the capacity and motivation to restore and develop a medical system that meets the urgent needs of the population, MSF will withdraw.”

“MSF will close a program when a medical emergency ends.”

[http://www.msf.org/en/msf-activities]

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Mobile Vaccine Cooler

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Is this product filling a gap in the market, or does it have much competition from other products?

This product filling a gap in the market. There are some other vaccine transport cooler products in the market, but there are too large size and the cooler system can not be last in a long time. This product is also within aesthetic that other existing products don't have.