Public Health
Public health focuses on the systematic prevention of disease and prolonging of life by governments, NGO’s and other groups. Pulitzer Center stories tagged with “Public Health” feature reporting on communicable and non-communicable diseases, the development of medical systems and infrastructure to provide public access to health care services. Use the Pulitzer Center Lesson Builder to find and create lesson plans on public health.
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In this lesson, students will analyze data showing that Black and brown people are over-represented in COVID-19 mortality statistics, investigate structural causes, and search for solutions.
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![Dr. Claudette Crawford-Brown interacts with Shaniqua Long during an art therapy session at Shortwood Practising Infant, Primary and Junior High School in Kingston, Jamaica. Long's mother migrated to the United States. Image by Sabriya Simon. Jamaica. From Melissa Noel's Pulitzer Center-supported project, "Beyond The Barrels: How Migration Impacts Caribbean Children."](/sites/default/files/styles/510x315/public/07-29-19/2_1.jpg.webp?h=f2fcf546&itok=dF8mTdKw "Dr. Claudette Crawford-Brown interacts with Shaniqua Long during an art therapy session at Shortwood Practising Infant, Primary and Junior High School in Kingston, Jamaica. Long's mother migrated to the United States. Image by Sabriya Simon. Jamaica. From Melissa Noel's Pulitzer Center-supported project, "Beyond The Barrels: How Migration Impacts Caribbean Children."")
