In the U.S., for so long we’ve been led to believe individual behaviors, socio-economic factors, or a combination of both are the cause and effect of vast differences in health outcomes. This article suggests otherwise, surprisingly the policy environments are listed as the reason. Really interesting read.
We know we're living in a divided America. But I hadn't thought about how that affects longevity and healthcare for EVERYONE in a community. Different health outcomes based on political decisions that created better or worse health outcomes -- regardless of wealth, race and other factors. "It’s as if we are living in different countries. Because in a very real historical and political sense, we are."
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This was a very interesting article on health in the U.S., regional politics, and analysis of life expectancy for the vulnerable and powerful alike within and across regions of the country.
Please share ✍🏾 what surprised 💭or annoyed 😑 you as you read this article?
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"In France, overall life expectancy has increased about equally in the richest and poorest areas. In the U.S., there’s been a widening gap."
"Britain has a national health system focused on people, not profits."
Someday, I hope our leaders will find the courage to recognize our plight for what it is and take the kind of bold action needed to address it. This does not need to cost more. Indeed, with health systems deeply influenced by the profit motive, we spend far more per capita on heathcare than any other nation, yet have far inferior health outcomes. This isn't rocket science.
Don't miss the Urban Institute's insightful discussion on 'The Forgotten Middle: Exploring Life Expectancy Outcomes among the Lower-Middle Class.'
Join us this Thursday to uncover the stark disparities in life expectancy and #health challenges faced by Americans in the lower-middle class compared to their wealthier peers.
Columbia University and USC Schaeffer Center for Health Policy & Economics experts will dive into the causes and potential policy solutions to bridge this growing gap.
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In a powerful new series by the Washington Post, focused on the erosion of life expectancy in the United States, Dr. Bob Phillips talks about the role of the loss of primary care access and robustness. The 2021 National Academies' report, Implementing High-Quality Primary Care, offers a blueprint for getting the U.S. back on track. https://wapo.st/3taQ9i2
I’ll be discussing ADHD and the unmet needs throughout society around neuroatypical people more, because I’ve seen ADHD be a terminal illness for too many people, who needed support for ADHD, maybe did or didn’t even have a diagnosis.
Stigma was a huge part of the complications of their deaths. And - hell yes - anecdotes matter, OUR stories matter. Don’t let anyone tell you your story doesn’t matter — your ANECDOTE IS YOUR DATA.
Wouldn’t it be great for society to support people who hit a rough patch, no matter what state you live in or who you vote for.
And medication isn’t enough, never was, never should have been approved without other support being part of the package. Maybe we are learning something.
I had a paper diagnosis for years before I even figured out how extensive the challenges I experienced traceable to ADHD were, but one of them was simply acute stress-associated reduction of information processing ability. “Brain fog” gives you kind of the idea.
The article touches on disparities with cultural roots. This doesn’t surprise me, because a quarter of my heritage may be traced through that part of the country.
I’ve seen with my own eyes how my relatives who moved to Oklahoma and those that remained in California faced and continue to face similar challenges. With different outcomes.
I mentioned my youngest first cousin took his own life, several weeks ago. The context there was Oklahoma. There is also my original Black co-psychonaut friend who I believe died due to racism compounded by ADHD. If he had just had a few more years, I’m sure he would have started to piece together what I did, soon after his death.
None of us may have been helped very much by the current institutions of medicine in the US, but the cultures in southern California, Boston, MA, and Tulsa, Oklahoma, are different enough that somehow I’m still alive, even though they are not, and I’m pretty sure it was ADHD that proved fatal to them, and I live to see that doesn’t have to be so common, because those minuscule percentages in data of someone’s study — THOSE PEOPLE WERE PEOPLE WHO SHOULD NOT HAVE BECOME STATISTICS.
The results show enormous gaps between the regions that don’t go away when you parse by race, income, education, urbanization or access to quality medical care. They amount to a rebuke to generations of elected officials in the Deep South, Greater Appalachia and New France — most of whom have been Republican in recent decades — who have resisted investing tax dollars in public goods and health programs.
“We don’t have these differences in health outcomes because of individual behaviors, it’s related to the policy environments people are living in,” says Jeanne Ayers, who was Wisconsin’s top public health official during the Covid pandemic and is now executive director of Healthy Democracy Healthy People, a collaboration of 11 national public health agencies probing the links between political participation and health. “Your health is only 10 percent influenced by the medical environment and maybe 20 or 30 percent in behavioral choices. The social and political determinants of health are overwhelmingly what you’re seeing in these maps.”
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Why does it matter if we understand the historical context of public health in history? In my opinion, there are endless reasons.
I found this article by Sandro Galea this morning, and I appreciate the sentiment of history as a determinant of health. I believe this topic should be a core component of public health curriculum. There is much to be learned from our past. From helping us to understand the root causes of systemic health disparities to teaching the principles of public health and lessons learned, there is value in a critical review of the past.
This week, my students look at the impacts of anti-vaccine movements throughout history. From the vaccination monster in 1807 to the dissemination of disinformation during the COVID-19 pandemic, much is to be learned from how society responds to outbreaks and preventative measures, how it is political, and the role culture plays in that response.
"The effect that historical factors like war, economics, intellectual movements, and mass migration can have on the long-term health of populations argues for a consideration of the past itself as a determinant of health."
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The theme for #WorldHealthDay 2024 on 7 April is 'My health, my right’. At King's Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine, King's Faculty of Social Science & Public Policy and Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College London we highlight the importance of understanding the context of healthy #ageing across the life course in all regions, especially where the population demographics will be leading to an increase in incidence of NCDs and economic burden of health care provision in ageing societies.
This year’s theme was chosen to champion the right of everyone, everywhere to have access to quality health services, education, and information, as well as safe drinking water, clean air, good nutrition, quality housing, decent working and environmental conditions, and freedom from discrimination to promote enhanced #healthspan through sustainable physical, mental and financial #longevity. Read more at: https://lnkd.in/e52RwFP5
🚀 New Insights into Life Expectancy Inequality 🌍
A recent study reveals surprising reasons behind the growing inequality in life expectancy across socioeconomic groups. Innovations in healthcare benefit everyone, but lifestyle and other factors mean that less-affluent individuals often do not live long enough to reap the full benefits. This research underscores the need for targeted interventions beyond just healthcare access.
🔍 Learn more about the findings and their implications for public health policy.
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Such timing Christie VanHorne, M.Ed, MPH! I'm working on an informal presentation on the history of Epidemiology to provide context for why we need to be intentional in applying data equity to our work. The contents starts with the Greek and skips to 17th Century Eurpoean contributions the field and fail to include the contributions non-European epidemiologist from China, Middle East, Africa. The modern epidemiology practice is built by colonizers, the wealthy, and slave owners. You can't know that and still say that our scientific practice is pure is unbiased.
Public Health Leader | Consultant | Adjunct Professor | DrPH Student at Tulane SPHTM
Why does it matter if we understand the historical context of public health in history? In my opinion, there are endless reasons.
I found this article by Sandro Galea this morning, and I appreciate the sentiment of history as a determinant of health. I believe this topic should be a core component of public health curriculum. There is much to be learned from our past. From helping us to understand the root causes of systemic health disparities to teaching the principles of public health and lessons learned, there is value in a critical review of the past.
This week, my students look at the impacts of anti-vaccine movements throughout history. From the vaccination monster in 1807 to the dissemination of disinformation during the COVID-19 pandemic, much is to be learned from how society responds to outbreaks and preventative measures, how it is political, and the role culture plays in that response.
"The effect that historical factors like war, economics, intellectual movements, and mass migration can have on the long-term health of populations argues for a consideration of the past itself as a determinant of health."
#publichealthhistory#publichealth#historymattershttps://lnkd.in/eXkij__x