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Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010Men’s Health Caucus in the American Public Health Association
Ramon P. Llamas, MPH
On February 24, 2010, Dr. Georges Benjamin, executive director of the American Public Health Association (APHA), announced the Association’s support for the Men’s Health Caucus, which will draw awareness to an emerging and cross-cutting public health concern. Scott Williams, Chair of the newly [...]
Asking the Tough Questions
Monday, February 22nd, 2010By Adam Dougherty, MPH
This week’s deadly plane crash in Austin, Texas raises important questions regarding national security, anti-government violence, and aviation licensing. One could also make the argument that at the core of the tragedy are questions regarding failure in mental health management. As is frequently mentioned at TAMH, [...]
Time to reassess
Thursday, January 28th, 2010Time to reassess
By Ramon P. Llamas, MPH
“Health is the soul that animates all the enjoyments of life, which fade and are tasteless without it.” – William Temple
I recently read “Wake-up Call” by Erika Lovley in Politico this week and my suspicions have been confirmed through anecdotal evidence: people working in Washington, especially those working on [...]
More Money, More Problems
Friday, January 1st, 2010By Ramon P. Llamas, MPH
First of all, Happy New Year!
USA Today featured a comprehensive story on college football coaches and their total salaries (breakdowns of base salaries and bonuses, etc.) in early November. The highest paid coaches in 2009 lead the most prestigious football programs in the country, including Pete Carroll of Southern California, [...]
Surviving the Holidays
Monday, December 7th, 2009by Brandon Leonard, MA
It seems the holiday season starts earlier every year. Even before Thanksgiving, retailers had taken the opportunity to roll out the lights and specialty goods for a host of upcoming holidays. In some ways, this can be exciting: many people associate this time of year with favorite traditions, time with family and [...]
A Relaxing Holiday?
Monday, November 30th, 2009By Ramon P. Llamas, MPH
Thanksgiving weekend is a time for family and friends and more often than not, a time we overindulge. A mini-vacation (I left for home last Tuesday night) to relax, eat and be merry. There were definitely huge amounts of time to relax, a ton of food to eat and moments of [...]
A Pavlovian Experiment
Thursday, October 29th, 2009By Ramon P. Llamas, MPH
Since June I have participated in several health fairs and I consistently notice a clear trend: Men by-passing our tables like one would do with a slow car on the highway. Men would most likely ignore our table and all the valuable information we have to offer like the plague if [...]
The questions we don’t ask by Ramon P. Llamas, MPH
Monday, September 28th, 2009The Questions We Don’t Ask
by Ramon P. Llamas, MPH
Socioeconomic status, discrimination, housing, physical environment, food security, child development, culture, social support, health care services, transportation, working conditions, age, gender and race. What do they have in common? The factors listed above are believed to contribute, in one way or [...]
It takes effort… by Ramon Llamas
Monday, August 17th, 2009by Ramon Llamas
The summer of 2009 is almost over and looking back at the past two-and-a-half months, I realize that it’s been an extremely busy one. Health reform debates and symposia at various think tanks; briefings with health policy experts on the Hill; and editorials on the public option and “death panels” scatter websites and [...]
In the Market for Better Health
Tuesday, August 11th, 2009by Brandon Leonard
If you’re not familiar with a farmer’s market in your area, you’re missing out. The freshest food is grown locally, you can get some surprisingly good deals, and there’s something special about connecting with the people who are growing the food you eat. Plus, the earlier you get to your food, the more [...]