Stephen A. Bezruchka

Education
MPH Johns Hopkins University, 1993 (International Health)MD Stanford University, 1973 (Medicine)
AM Harvard University, 1967 (Mathematics)
BSc University of Toronto (Canada), 1966 (Mathematics, Physics)
Contact Info
email: sabez@uw.eduoffice: H690C, Health Sciences Building
address:
Department of Health Services
UW School of Public Health
Seattle, WA 98195-7660
campus box: 357660
voice: 206-932-4928
fax: 206-685-4184
About
Stephen Bezruchka also works with the Department of Global Health MPH program. He has spent over 10 years in Nepal working in various health programs, and teaching in remote regions. He tries to draw attention to the socioeconomic determinants of the health of populations.
- HSERV 482
The Health of Populations
Matthews-Trigg N, Citrin D, Halliday S, Acharya B, Maru S, Bezruchka S, Maru D. Understanding perceptions of global healthcare experiences on provider values and practices in the USA: a qualitative study among global health physicians and program directors. BMJ Open. 2019 Apr 3;9(4):e026020. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-026020. PMID: 30948593
Burtle A, Bezruchka S. Population Health and Paid Parental Leave: What the United States Can Learn from Two Decades of Research. Healthcare (Basel). 2016 Jun 1;4(2). pii: E30. doi: 10.3390/healthcare4020030. Review. PMID: 27417618 PMCID: PMC4934583
Bezruchka, S., Inequality Kills. In D. C. Johnston (Ed.), Divided: the perils of our growing inequality. 2014. New York: New Press.
Bezruchka, S., Early Life Or Early Death: Support For Child Health Lasts A Lifetime. International Journal of Child, Youth and Family Studies, 2015, 6(2), 204-229.
Population Health Forum is an organization of health activists originally launched at the University of Washington, raises awareness of, promotes dialogue about, and explores how political, economic and social inequalities interact to reduce the overall health status of our society. We host forums, sponsor discussions, develop curriculum, teach courses, sponsor workshops, and provide speakers to promote knowledge and to advocate for action in service of a healthier society. The Forum's website http://depts.washington.edu/eqhlth/ has much material and notices of our meetings as well as subscription information for the listserve at the bottom left of the home page.
- Studying COVID's health lessons
- COVID joins war, cancer as historic blight on Americans' lives
- America the unhealthy: Inequality kills
- Stop state budget cuts during coronavirus pandemic and focus on tax reform
- COVID-19 & Capitalism
- Why we are troubled by elitist inequality review
- Remembering Victor Sidel
- How educators are informing the next generation with GBD research and tools
- The U.S. is disqualified in trials for "health olympics"
- Early childhood lasts a lifetime (Northwest Public Health magazine, )
- Population Health Forum
- Early life lasts a lifetime
- Income inequality is a health hazard -- even for the rich
- Experts Debate Medical Tourism
- The Impact of Downturns on Physical and Mental Health
- If There Were a Health Olympics, the U.S. Wouldn't Even Medal
- The health boom from economic bust (The Irish Times, )
- Recession watch: fewer road deaths, more suicides, overall health impact debated (The Oregonian, )
- Income gap is bad for our health
- Students ask: Can you save the world? (Humanosphere/KPLU, )