December 2022 – April 2026

Furthering The Narrative

Scientific writing about community power and health

Building on my Agency, Belonging & Health project, I sought to further the narrative that community power matters for health equity by collaborating with leading health institutions, researchers and practitioners to write a series of articles for high-quality, peer-reviewed publications. This project was in partnership with the California Endowment.

Furthering the narrative

Publications

  • 2026 Iton, How Health Departmes to Achieve Structural Change - Cover
  • 2026 Canady, Getting Away From Leadership Performance to Leaders Performing - New Ways of Being and Responding to Today’s Public Health Challenges
  • Changing the Story on Health and Racial Equity
  • Voting Is Critical To The Pursuit Of Health Equity
  • What SCOTUS’s Affirmative Action Ruling Reveals

Related Posts

  • Signing Off by Defining a ‘New’ Field of Practice

    Pritpal S Tamber | March 12, 2026
    I wrap up 13 years of work with a practice-informed illustration of how public health can work with community power-building organisations
  • Leading versus Leadership

    Pritpal S Tamber | January 26, 2026
    Our new article proposes what’s required to create a version of public health that’s fit for today’s challenges
  • Norms, White Supremacy & Health Equity

    Pritpal S Tamber | September 18, 2025
    How Okun & Buford’s nine characteristics of white supremacy can help move us beyond conflating disparities and inequities
  • The Infrastructure of Narrative Power

    Pritpal S Tamber | September 4, 2025
    Building on our NEJM article on social narratives and health, our new articles looks at where narratives come from
  • Social Narratives and Population Health

    Pritpal S Tamber | August 13, 2025
    How the stories in society affect our sense of belonging, sense of hope, and health
  • Power & Belonging

    Pritpal S Tamber | July 10, 2025
    How agency and power are fueled by belonging and how belonging requires agency and power
  • Public Health, Movements and Inside-Outside Strategies

    Pritpal S Tamber | June 12, 2025
    How health departments have to see themselves as part of ecosystems pursuing better health for all
  • The Power of Plain Language

    Pritpal S Tamber | May 28, 2025
    Rejoice in governments banning lingo; saying things clearly can help us pursue the things that matter when the powerful try to stop us
  • The Green Shoots of The Equity Movement

    Pritpal S Tamber | February 27, 2025
    A field high on rhetoric, low on knowledge and busy persuading the persuaded never had roots deep enough
  • What Santa Could Bring to Health Equity

    Pritpal S Tamber | December 12, 2024
    Definitional discipline is badly needed if the pursuit of health equity is going to move past declarations and sloganeering