Everything is Public Health

A follow-up on your poverty episode. Why does it cost money to be poor? -o- Twitter: https://twitter.com/EverythingisPHPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingispublichealth  Email: EverythingIsPublicHealth@gmail.com      Support the show

Poverty is something that underpins so many other social and public health issues. But what exactly is it? How does it affect people's decision making? We cannot discuss public health without first discussing the complete destructive impact poverty have on individuals. Without addressing poverty, we cannot truly achieve health for everyone. -o- Twitter: https://twitter.com/EverythingisPHPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingispublichealth  Email: EverythingIsPublicHealth@gmail.com      Photo Credit: Photo by Ricardo Díaz on Unsplashhttps://unsplash.com/photos/19GHrC3nFSc?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditShareLinkSupport the show

 What is stigma? It is one of those terms that we have all probably heard at one point, but if we are pressed to define it academically, we may struggle to do so. How does stigma on mental illness and substance use disorder affect how are health policies are formed? Special Guest: Dr. Beth McGinty -o-Twitter: https://twitter.com/EverythingisPHPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingispublichealth  Email: EverythingIsPublicHealth@gmail.com      Photo Credit: Photo by Finn on Unsplashhttps://unsplash.com/photos/nJupV3AOP-U?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditShareLinkMusic Credit: Between Worlds (Instrumental) by Aussens@iter (c) copyright 2017 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/tobias_weber/56664 Ft: (Smiling Cynic)Support the show

Go to www.covidtests.gov to order free COVID rapid tests for your household. How much testing is enough? How much testing is too much and wasting resources? -o-Twitter: https://twitter.com/EverythingisPHPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingispublichealth  Email: EverythingIsPublicHealth@gmail.com      Support the show

 What are the components of a good public health infrastructure and why don't we have it? “The success or failure of any government in the final analysis must be measured by the well-being of its citizens. Nothing can be more important to a state than its public health; the state’s paramount concern should be the health of its people." FDR, 1932-o-Twitter: https://twitter.com/EverythingisPHPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingispublichealth  Email: EverythingIsPublicHealth@gmail.com     Support the show

Is the FDA trying to hard to be friends with the things they are suppose to be regulating?  -o-Twitter: https://twitter.com/EverythingisPHPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingispublichealth  Email: EverythingIsPublicHealth@gmail.com    Support the show

You may have heard of Upton Sinclair's The Jungle, but have you heard of 100,000,000 Guinea Pigs? Food regulations plays an important role in our health and safety. In a capitalistic system where money is highest virtue, it was only a matter of time before something unethical happened. And several unethical things did happen.  Thankfully, several expose revealed these awful practices from the food and drug companies, and regulations stepped in the early and mid1900s to prevent these dangerous products from reaching the consumers. What inspired these changes? Two books come to mind. -o-Twitter: https://twitter.com/EverythingisPHPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingispublichealth  Email: EverythingIsPublicHealth@gmail.com   Photo Credit: Chicago - Meat Packing Industry: dropping hides and splitting chucks, beef dept., Swift & Co.'s Packing HouseH77-14 U.S. No known restrictions on publication.Library of Congress http://www.loc.gov/Support the show

Could ERPO have prevented the Oxford High School Shooting in Detroit?  Tune in for our discussion on this recent tragedy. -o-Twitter: https://twitter.com/EverythingisPHPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingispublichealth  Email: EverythingIsPublicHealth@gmail.com  Support the show

 What if we could have prevented this tragedy? On the 27th of May, 2014, The Onion Published one of their most influential article that turned into a whole series. Almost 8 years later, have we learned the lesson? This episode talks about one of the tools to prevent gun violence, the Extreme Risk Protection Order (ERPO). Tune into to learn more. Special Guest: Dr. Shannon Frattaroli Twitter: @SF4PublicHealth Resources: Implement ERPOhttps://americanhealth.jhu.edu/implementERPO-o-Twitter: https://twitter.com/EverythingisPHPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingispublichealth  Email: EverythingIsPublicHealth@gmail.com     Photo Credit: From Wikimedia, under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported license. Support the show

Is healthcare is a right? First question, positive right or negative right? The UN, and a lot of other countries, recognize healthcare as a right, and therefore have enacted some form of universal healthcare. The US however, have not follow this very reasonable trend. For us, healthcare should be a (positive ) right. Tune in to listen to our debunking of all the arguments against universal healthcare! Welcome to the show after the show! This is where we let our opinions fly free and chat about the subject openly. -o-Twitter: https://twitter.com/EverythingisPHPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingispublichealth  Email: EverythingIsPublicHealth@gmail.com    Support the show