Syphilis has been on the rise over the past decade around the world, with a 219% increase in the United States.6 This has been a significant concern, particularly for mothers, given that syphilis has the potential for vertical transmission from mother to fetus.2 Once vertically transmitted, side effects include stillbirth, neonatal death, premature delivery, or […]
B62: Unpacking Inequity: Choice and Judgement in Food Pantries
Global health is dedicated to understanding the health status of different populations and creating strategies to improve health equity worldwide. This project allowed me to examine the United States’ social services more deeply and understand the varying complexities of food insecurity. This experience consisted of volunteering in local food pantries and interacting with those who […]
C06: Bridging The Gap: The Importance of Innovation Specific and General Capacities in After-School Programming
This project is a result of my global health immersion experience that I completed in the after-school program at the Oyler School in Cincinnati. After School programs are developed in the early 1900s as a result of social concerns for the safety and care of children living in unsafe neighborhoods, and as a result of […]
C07: Inject Money into Harm Reduction: The Life and Cost Saving Powers of Syringe Services Programs (SSPs)
For this research project, I interned at Syringe Services Programs (SSPs) throughout Butler County in collaboration with the Butler County General Health District. SSPs help provide people in need with sterile syringes, injection equipment, naloxone, and fentanyl test strips. They also help link people in need to rehabilitation facilities and reduce the spread of infectious […]
B16: Tightening the Safety Net: Mental Health Services for Hispanic Patients in Free Clinics
This project focuses on the role of free clinics as an essential part of the healthcare “safety net” that serves those without sufficient healthcare coverage and how free clinics have the potential to provide better mental health care for Hispanic patients. My research draws from both my experience as a Spanish-English translator and public health […]
A47: Depicting Inequities in Oral Health: Barriers to Dental Care Among Marginalized Groups in the U.S.
This project is the final component of Global Health Studies immersion experience. I completed this experience at two different dental clinics within the Cincinnati Health Network. I shadowed dental professionals for approximately 40 hours, taking detailed field notes for qualitative research, in addition to my literature research. Oral health is one of the most integral, […]
A48: Seeing a Future Together: The Potential for Health Programs to Reduce Avoidable Blindness in Rural Communities
My project is about avoidable blindness in rural areas of the United States and is analyzed through the lens of global health. The work was conducted with a mix of in-field work and academic work. My immersion experience involved spending 7 weeks immersed in rural Honduras. During this time I shadowed physicians and community health […]
A08: Food Insecurity and the Healthcare Experience of Adults Living in Over-the-Rhine
The primary focus of this study was to understand food insecurity in the healthcare experience of adults in Over-the-Rhine, Ohio. Food insecurity is often a result of living in a food desert and highlights immeasurable inequality in healthy eating.The conditions that induce food insecurity are also explicitly linked to housing insecurity issues . After conducting […]
A33: “Will they have to miss school again?”: Overarching Concerns with Childhood Wellbeing during the COVID-19 Pandemic
As a global health minor, I have spent the past year completing my global health immersion experience as a COVID-19 contact tracer in Butler County. In conjunction with my experience, I have worked alongside Dr. M. Cameron Hay and Dr. Paul Flaspohler to take further steps to explore childhood wellbeing during the COVID-19 pandemic and […]
A34: COVID-19 and Mental Health: Quarantine, Isolation and Social Stigma in the U.S.
These past two years the pandemic has taken a devastating toll both globally and nationally. In order to combat disease spread, we have seen global lockdowns, stay-at-home orders and social distancing efforts in an attempt to contain this infectious disease. Contact tracing projects have been implemented nationwide as a public health tool to slow the […]