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Welcome to the Western Public Health Casebooks page. Herein you will find teaching cases authored by students, faculty members, and community partners, as well as summaries of the Integrative Workshops that were held over the last few years. Our goal is to create a searchable database of freely available public health cases, for use by any program across the world.

We welcome feedback and comments on these cases. To do this, please be in touch via the program’s email: publichealth@schulich.uwo.ca.

These casebooks can also be found on our site .

Current Casebook: 2021

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Preface
Amardeep Thind

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Acknowledgements
Regna Darnell and Shannon Sibbald

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Introduction to the Casebook
Regna Darnell and Shannon Sibbald

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CASE 2: The Silent Epidemic of Gender Inequality in Rwandan Refugee Camps
Maame Takyiwa Barnes, Josephine Aimee Utuza, Lloy Wylie, and Amardeep Thind

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CASE 3: Melcom and the COVID-19 Pandemic: Working Toward a Resilient Food Business Industry
Ama Owusu Boamah, Jason Gilliland, Alexander Wray, and Shannon L. Sibbald

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CASE 4: Journeying Together—Unlearning is the New Learning
Annette Chrzaniecki, Yoshith Perera, and Shannon L. Sibbald

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CASE 8: Case Attribution for COVID-19: Who Counts What?
Anam Khan, Dorcas Taylor, Rukshanda Ahmad, Julie Thériault, and Gerald McKinley

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CASE 9: Gun Violence: A Public Health Issue?
Tiffany Kwan, Brandy Tanenbaum, and Shannon Sibbald

Editors

Regna, Darnell, PhD

Distinguished University Professor,
Department of Anthropology,
Schulich Interfaculty Program in Public Health,
Western University,
London, Canada

Shannon L. Sibbald, PhD

Associate Professor
School of Health Studies,
Department of Family Medicine
Schulich Interfaculty Program in Public Health,
Western University
London, Canada
Acknowledgements

The cases that appear in this book are the hard work and dedication of a team we are so proud to be a part of. In particular, thank you to our case authors: you are supporting the pedagogy of public health and providing essential material to help the next generation of public health leaders grow. The final polished look of this book would not be possible without our copy editors and the careful eye of Courtney Hambides, Diana Lee, and Nellie Oliveira. As editors, it is our privilege to provide this book as a tool to further the learning, the thinking and the progress of helping the world’s population recognize the goals of public health.

We would also like to express our gratitude to the following organizations (and the preceptors/supervisors) who supported the training of our students and the development of the cases in this Casebook: ETIO Public Health Consultants, HEALaboratory at Western, Health Equity Action Research Team (HEART) at Western, Middlesex-London Health Unit, Moyo Health Community Services, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Public Health Agency of Canada, and Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre.