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**Nothing About Us Without Us** Genuine voices of lived experience are vital, and once again, University Health Network is leading the way—not with tokenized efforts, but with real, meaningful inclusion. Amazing to see this kind of leadership and commitment to co-design in action. #LivedExperienceMatters, #SocialJusticeInAction, #HealthcareLeadership, #InclusiveCare

📚🌍 National Health Education Week is a perfect time to reflect on how education shapes the future of global health. At One Health Society, we explore the vital connections between human health, the environment, and wildlife. Health doesn’t exist in a vacuum - what happens in one sphere affects the other. By raising awareness of these intricate connections, we aim to inspire actions that protect and uplift all forms of life on Earth. Explore how we’re helping to reshape the way we think about health at: https://bit.ly/4dItSuf #HealthEducationWeek #OneHealthInAction #KnowledgeForSustainability

I've been reflecting on the recent British Society of Lifestyle Medicine conference, and the value of health through the life course. Given my recent experience of parenthood, I am aware it takes a village to raise a child. But I've also been reflecting on the fact it takes a village (with its intergenerational support and socialisation) to keep us all healthy. This aligns with the recent Darzi report, calling for 'prevention and community health', and follows some recent conversations I have been having with Andrew Telfer, who shared this wonderful quote with me by Wendell Berry. What does community health look like to you? And how can we enact it? Here's hoping we can seize the momentum afforded by the Lord Darzi report!

👟 We know being active can prevent & help manage conditions. That’s why we look forward to help design the Physical Activity for Health Pathways. 📰 Our collaborative work in the Community of Practice will form a key role in the development of Physical Activity for Health Pathways in England. 🔎 Find out more about Active Together’s involvement in shaping Physical Activity Pathways for Health 🔽 https://ow.ly/B4fz50RtqU5 Sport England Active Partnerships Move Consulting Coventry University Andrew Harris #LetsGetMovingLLR #PhysicalActivity4HealthPathways #LongTermHealthConditions #PhysicalActivity

Many factors influence how well and how long we live, from our access to affordable housing or well-paying jobs to opportunities for a good education for our kids. The County Health Rankings model shows us how these factors work together and illustrates where we can take action to improve health and eliminate unjust barriers to opportunity. https://lnkd.in/g_3rhdXs

🏡 Our homes are the foundations of our lives and our health. But US policy decisions and corporate landlords have prioritized profit over people – treating housing as a commodity, and contributing to a severe public health crisis. 📣 Join us on Tuesday, June 18 at 1pm ET / 10am PT for a report launch and discussion with public health researchers and housing justice advocates on how corporate landlords are extracting massive profits at the expense of community health – and critical actions local governments can take to hold them accountable & support healthy housing for all. Speakers will include: Sukhdip Purewal Boparai, HIP Research Program Director; Larry Brooks, Director, Alameda County Healthy Homes Department; Will Dominie, HIP Housing Justice Program Director; Irma Fabián, Tenant Leader, Strategic Actions for a Just Economy, Sunni Hutton, Co-Founder and Fund Development Manager, Tenants Transforming Greater St. Louis, & Tony Samara, Senior Policy Organizer, Right To The City Alliance.

The great delusion of modern times is that care, wisdom, health & justice are manufactured in the factory & contractualised by the company. The truth is care is created in the family, not the factory, and is amplified and multiplied and given further accountability in the care of the community, not the company's contract. Here are twelve domains of community-powered change; no doubt there are many more. They speak to the power that exists beyond the limits of contracts, institutions and technology and is generated through the discovery of community connections and collective action. They laugh in the face of scale, efficiency and measurability. And they are where care, wisdom, health and justice are produced. It has been ever thus:

📖 Want a book recommendation for 2024? We highly recommend "We’ll Fight It Out Here: A History of the Ongoing Struggle for Health Equity," by Dr. Louis W. Sullivan and David Chanoff. 🏥 As we all collectively work to improve the quality of our health care, this is a great read on health disparities and policy. This book details the history and genesis of health status disparities and how one important association in this country started the drive toward improving health status among Black Americans and other minorities. Link for book: https://lnkd.in/ekJ3rdxm

Long Term Care: what it is, type of communities and how can you afford the monthly costs. Seminar at the Durham Center for Senior Life. May I speak at your group?

Health and well-being is a fundamental human right, and it is a key impact area of the university’s #UMichVision2034. U-M aspires to become a model of excellence for meeting the public health challenges facing our society, as well as addressing the needs within our campus communities. vision2034.umich.edu #LookToMichigan