Category: 2022

By Ashley Habig Stigma is a very prevalent problem in mental health care that does not get talked about often enough. Stigma is often rooted in experiences and cultures people are surrounded by growing up, but can be broken down … Read more

By Baylee Materia “Well, it was pretty darn scary,” recalls Don Chaplin when asked about the early days of the HIV epidemic in North Carolina (Chaplin 0:34:45-0:34:50). An openly gay physician, Chaplin bore witness to an aggressive, unsympathetic social and … Read more

By Harrison Hayes Introduction “A cluster of negative attitudes and beliefs that motivate the general public to fear, reject, avoid and discriminate against people… Stigma is about disrespect. It is the use of negative labels to identify a person living with … Read more

By McKenzie Roller In her interview with the Southern Oral History Project, Chasity Hargrove, a white woman from Newton Grove, NC, shares some details of her mother’s battle with mental illness. Hargrove describes how her mother “would try to medicate … Read more

By Anna Seaman Most people who reside within rural areas of the country lack access to healthcare facilities, physicians, and vital health-related resources. Spleen explains that rural populations have been associated with more significant rates of “healthcare avoidance” (Spleen). The … Read more

By Mike Hostutler Veterans in the United States require extensive healthcare following their service to our country as they are disproportionally affected by chronic injuries and illness resulting from their work. As such, it is vital that veterans access quality … Read more

By Kathryn Haenni Introduction Rural health, as it relates to the field of medical study, can be divided into two categories: health and health care delivery. Rural healthcare is lacking, to say the least. The barriers rural populations encounter are … Read more

By Morgan Jordan Racism and Medical Mistrust have been a barrier for the Black community for as long as medicine has been around. Black people worldwide, including right here in North Carolina, have been subjected to repeated trauma caused by … Read more

By Nerrissa Crawford Depression is a common mental disorder affecting 5.7% of older adults and still, this universal experience is underserved in African American elders. While navigating the process of aging, elders are battling with ongoing emotional symptoms of depression … Read more

By Te’Aja McCoy How important is a healthy lifestyle? What does it mean to you? Whether it means spending more time with your grandchildren or living to see your thirtieth birthday, a healthy lifestyle is extremely important and often very … Read more