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Because I identify as queer, one of the topics that interests me is LGBTQ+ health. We briefly touched upon the AIDS pandemic and the stigma of the syndrome by associating it with this marginalized community as a class. However, I wish to explore the impact of biphobia in the 1980’s, especially given the community was only called the “LG community” at the time. For example, the Northampton municipal government in Massachusetts painted queer people as a potential threat to straight people, claiming that bisexuals in particular could contract HIV from the LG community and transmit it to a straight person.

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Because of my family history with substance use, a topic that interests me is substance use and abuse. In our class readings/discussions, we have explored how various parts of someone's identity such as their socioeconomic status, religion, race, and many other factors can impact their health. Therefore, I would like to examine how these interactions specifically play into people's use of substances and the effects they can have on the body. I already know that lower-income communities can tend to have higher rates of substance abuse, but beyond that, I am not very educated on the topic.

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In more depth than segregation and the Jim Crow laws, I would like to look at the progression of health humanities in law and society. The ingrained social stratification of the United States is both reflected by law and has been impacted by it. Isabel Wilkerson's book Caste is very interesting to me. I would also like to learn more about the introduction and removal of racial segregation laws and how the social caste system was impacted as a result. Unethical scientific testing, it's legality, and it's social acceptability is something I would like to become more educated on.

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Because I have recently been exposed to modes of holistic medicine and wellness practices, one topic that interests me is alternative medicine. My interest is also inspired by Courtney Davis’s struggles with receiving medicine, her thoughts/reactions to treatment, and the ethics behind the administration of harsh drugs. I already know that alternative medicine is not to be used as a sole method of treatment (trust science!), but I am curious about how it can be incorporated into more scientific treatment plans and at-home care. In learning about this topic I am interested in further investigating some common, possibly unethical or unsuitable, practices that can be replaced with alternative medicine or wellness practices.

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Race and Gender Inequities in Healthcare

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Race and Gender Inequities in Healthcare

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One health-related issue or topic that recently piqued my interest is how race and gender play a role in the inequities in healthcare. Specifically, I am interested in further examining how the inequities affect black women. I know that doctors gave lower doses of pain medicine to black people and a disproportionate number of black women die while giving birth. However, I am interested in learning how these practices originated, the statistics on this topic now, and if there is education for doctors related to this now that there has been light shed on it.

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Access to modern healthcare is very limited in many rural areas in Ethiopia. And as a result, there has been multiple mortality rate in the past years . Specifically, maternal mortality rate. I know some of the reasons for this lack of sufficient healthcare are due to the poor education system and political instability in certain areas.  However, I would like to explore more on the contribution of Social, political, economic and educational factors on how the health care system works in my country and on a global scale.

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One topic that I want to explore is how chronic illness and pain is cared for in the healthcare system. I am drawn to this discussion as I have two close family members who live with chronic pain. I feel that in our class we have already discussed many aspects of healthcare that can also be applied to chronic pain and illness such as viewing the patient as a whole instead of a set of statistics or list of symptoms. A lot of medicine especially is aimed at finding the cure or solution but when it comes to living with chronic pain and illness it often can not be looked at that way, rather ways to manage the patients life and learn how to live with their illness and pain. I have seen the effects that living with life-long pain can have and I also know that there is a lot of inaccessibility that comes into play. Who has access to the medicine, the alternative treatments, the best specialist and those who don't.

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I want to discuss in more depth access to healthcare and how socioeconomic status plays into people's overall health. I have worked a lot with the homeless population in Newark and have witnessed firsthand the inequalities in access to healthcare and want to delve deeper into that topic. I would also be interested in discussing the parallels between the education system and lack of resources within low socioeconomic areas and how the resource deficit impacts health.

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A topic I would like to discuss and go more into depth about is Climate Change and its impacts on Health. Climate Change is a continuous problem that has been ongoing for years and has gotten worse. I would like to be able to determine what is the exact cause of Climate Change and how it can be stopped/prevented. Climate Change has brought heavy heat waves, forest fires, and melting ice caps which all affect our health. Intense heat waves have brought upon people dehydration and cerebrovascular accidents. Forest fires have caused respiratory problems due to the carbon that is being released. Finally, melting ice caps have been proven to release bacteria. With this being said, I would like to be able to gather more information and research Climate Change.

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It is fair to say that the majority of our society struggles with their mental health. However, struggling with mental health and mental illness are two different things. What I would be interested in looking at is the rate of mental illness across communities that vary in income level and access to resources. It would be fascinating for me to see if there is any correlation between income level and developing a mental illness. Although right now I am specifically interested in looking at the rate of mental illness across different communities, It would also be beneficial to see what other health complications rise up and have correlations with living situations, levels of income, and access to resources as well. While I know that living in a low income community means that you have lesser access to important resources such as healthcare, doctor's offices, healthy food, and work, and I would assume that this takes a heavy toll on people's physical and mental health, I don't know anything specific about the statistical data. I also don't know anything about the numbers in comparison to communities who live in wealthy areas and have no problem accessing any resource that they need.