Everything is Public Health
Everything is public health and public health is for everyone.So many things impact our health. The physical things around you, the social interactions, the policies you may never notice, are all quietly there, protecting our health and well-being in subtle ways everyday. This is the world of public health; a science of understanding the countless forces and designing solutions to help prevent or mitigate harm and improve the health and well-being of the people. Public health saved your life today, and you probably didn't notice. https://www.everythingispublichealth.com/
Latest episodes
Nov 18, 2021 • 23min
Drug Policy is Public Health - What We Should Have Learned from Prohibition
Roughly a century ago America tried banning the production and distribution of alcohol which failed spectacularly. However, it seems like we did not learn the lesson. -o-Twitter: https://twitter.com/EverythingisPHPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingispublichealth Email: EverythingIsPublicHealth@gmail.com Support the show
Nov 15, 2021 • 17min
Public Health+ : The Good Guy with a Gun Fallacy
How a flawed idea became a central piece of the gun lobby's argument and shaped gun policies in this country, despite its many, many problems. This episode is on the longer side as far as our bonus episodes go, but we believe the information here is important to keep in the episode. Hope you enjoy it! -o-Twitter: https://twitter.com/EverythingisPHPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingispublichealth Email: EverythingIsPublicHealth@gmail.com Support the show
Nov 11, 2021 • 29min
Gun Violence is Public Health - Microstamping
What is microstamping? Join us and special guest Josh Horwitz, the executive director of The Educational Fund to Stop Gun Violence to talk about this simple but ingenious new technology which has the potential to transform the way we gather data about guns. This includes potentially revolutionizing ballistics forensic to drastically improve our ability to solve gun related crimes. -o-Twitter: https://twitter.com/EverythingisPHPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingispublichealth Email: EverythingIsPublicHealth@gmail.com Support the show
Nov 8, 2021 • 10min
Public Health+ : Appropriate Statistics
A quick bonus episode about statistics and its misuses. What's the difference between statistically significant and practical significance? -o-Twitter: https://twitter.com/EverythingisPHPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingispublichealth Email: EverythingIsPublicHealth@gmail.com Support the show
Nov 4, 2021 • 18min
Sleep is Public Health - Daylight Savings Should Go
Why do we still have Daylight Savings? Where did it come from? Regardless of whether you like it on or off, the general feeling is that we should definitely stop changing the clocks twice a year. Some arguments both for and against daylight savings: https://healthblog.uofmhealth.org/wellness-prevention/why-we-should-abolish-daylight-saving-timehttps://theconversation.com/5-ways-life-would-be-better-if-it-were-always-daylight-saving-time-111506-o-Twitter: https://twitter.com/EverythingisPHPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingispublichealth Email: EverythingIsPublicHealth@gmail.com Support the show
Nov 1, 2021 • 11min
Public Health+ : Taxes pay for things
No one likes paying taxes. But they do pay for important things. -o-Twitter: https://twitter.com/EverythingisPHPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingispublichealth Email: EverythingIsPublicHealth@gmail.com Support the show
Oct 28, 2021 • 25min
Water is Public Health - Who has Clean Running Water?
We often take clean running water for granted, but there are lots of Americans to this day without access to safe running water, or sometimes without adequate indoor plumbing. Join us on our first of many episodes on water in this country. -o-Twitter: https://twitter.com/EverythingisPHPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingispublichealth Email: EverythingIsPublicHealth@gmail.com Support the show
Oct 25, 2021 • 12min
Public Health+ : Asbestos is Not Banned
You know that awful, terrible, cancerous, harmful thing that you've been constantly warned about? Turns out, not banned. -o-Twitter: https://twitter.com/EverythingisPHPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingispublichealth Email: EverythingIsPublicHealth@gmail.com Support the show
Oct 21, 2021 • 23min
Regulation is Public Health - Leaded Fuel
Ever wonder why gas pumps say "Unleaded Gas" when it's practically impossible to find leaded gas? What even is leaded gas? What happened to it? How was it phased out? Was is phased out completely? Are there communities affected by leaded gas today? (yes)Reid Hillview Airport:https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/08/03/a-crisis-on-our-hands-san-joses-reid-hillview-airport-exposes-children-to-high-lead-levels-study-finds/-o-Twitter: https://twitter.com/EverythingisPHPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingispublichealth Email: EverythingIsPublicHealth@gmail.com Support the show
Oct 14, 2021 • 28min
Messaging is Public Health - A Tale of Two Elements I and F
The tales of iodine and fluoride in the history of public health found two very different endings. Tune in to learn more about the origin of iodized salt and fluoridated water! -o-Twitter: https://twitter.com/EverythingisPHPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingispublichealth Email: EverythingIsPublicHealth@gmail.com Support the show
