Welcome to Reconcile Digest #6. I’m so glad you’re here.
In the midst of a crisis, first responders respond, the news teams report (mostly), and researchers research. One of the most valuable uses of research is learning from past experiences, benefiting from the rigorous inquiry researchers apply to the tough things that happen in the our society.
Vignettes from a lecture I delivered on the same topic to my School of Health colleagues last month.
Today’s research digest does exactly that. Published in 2017, it reviews various major hurricanes across the Caribbean in order to explain the health consequences that follow such events - consequences we could be better prepared for if we consider the evidence and lived experiences we already have access to.
