Despite increasingly frequent references to global health from media, scholars and students, the term is rarely defined. And when it is defined, it is often merely a rephrased definition of public ...

People have been defining and re-defining the word “health” for a long time now. Today the word most often refers to physical health, and the phrase “health care” has come to mean primarily care of ...

Editor’s note: Paula Braveman was one of the theme advisors for the June 2017 Health Affairs equity theme issue. Until recently, talking about “equity” as a health researcher in the United States ...

Not only do I think we need to revolutionize the way we as patients and healers collaborate; I also think we need to redefine how we think about health. It's time to think BIG, baby. "Health" is ...

I recently had the pleasure of opening and moderating the first day of the 2014 Colorado Health Symposium, which had as its theme “Transforming Health: The Power of Engagement.” I found thinking about ...

What leads to happiness? The 2022 World Happiness Report (WHR) identified Finland as the happiest country. The United States slotted in at No. 16 — not bad when you consider the report ranked 146 ...