
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

Apr 11, 2024 • 28min
Housing is Public Health - A Shallow Dive into Public Housing
What is public housing? And why is it not housing first? Email: EverythingIsPublicHealth@gmail.com Instagram and Threads: Everything is Public Health Bluesky Social: @everythingisPHMastodon: @everythingispublichealth Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingispublichealth Photo Credit: Photo by Alex on Unsplashhttps://unsplash.com/photos/brown-wall-paint-high-rise-building-tLydkN5h77s?utm_content=creditShareLink&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplashReferences: https://www.usa.gov/public-housinghttps://www.cbpp.org/research/policy-basics-introduction-to-public-housinghttps://homesnow.org/short-history-of-public-housing-in-the-us-1930s-present/https://nurseledcare.phmc.org/advocacy/policy-blog/item/641-a-brief-history-of-housing-policy-in-the-u-s.htmlhttps://nlihc.org/resource/public-housing-historyhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Section_8_(housing)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subsidized_housing_in_the_United_States#Public_policy_and_implicationshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affordable_housing_in_the_United_Stateshttps://citylimits.org/2022/09/21/opinion-americas-public-housing-as-told-by-those-who-live-there/Support the show

Apr 4, 2024 • 24min
Labor is Public Health - Labor Rights are Fundamental to Public Health
Why labor rights is inseparable with public health. Email: EverythingIsPublicHealth@gmail.com Instagram and Threads: Everything is Public Health Bluesky Social: @everythingisPHMastodon: @everythingispublichealth Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingispublichealth Photo Credit: Photo by Joshua Olsen on Unsplashhttps://unsplash.com/photos/black-and-brown-analog-desk-clock-4XZ_vIH1x3M?utm_content=creditShareLink&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplashReferences: Support the show

Mar 21, 2024 • 35min
Transportation is Public Health - Transit Apartheid
What is a transit apartheid and why is that term better than transit desert? Special Guest: Dr. Erica Twardzik Email: EverythingIsPublicHealth@gmail.com Instagram and Threads: Everything is Public Health Bluesky Social: @everythingisPHMastodon: @everythingispublichealth Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingispublichealth References: Dr. Diane Allen text: https://www.routledge.com/Lost-in-the-Transit-Desert-Race-Transit-Access-and-Suburban-Form/Jones-Allen/p/book/9780367207823Food apartheid: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/may/15/food-apartheid-food-deserts-racism-inequality-america-karen-washington-interviewFood apartheid: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277953622005275It’s Transportation for All of Us (ITS4US): https://its.dot.gov/its4us/htm/overview.htm Dr. Chandra Ford and colleagues text: https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/book/10.2105/9780875533049Public Transit Disability Dashboard: https://disabilityhealth.jhu.edu/transitdashboard/https://www.americanbar.org/groups/crsj/publications/human_rights_magazine_home/human_rights_vol34_2007/summer2007/hr_summer07_bujoto/Photo Credit: Photo by Taylor Vick on Unsplashhttps://unsplash.com/photos/empty-train-seats-XnQAPnqnboM?utm_content=creditShareLink&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplashSupport the show

Mar 14, 2024 • 26min
Food is Public Health - Pasteurization!
Pasteurization is great! Raw milk on the other hand, not so much. Email: EverythingIsPublicHealth@gmail.com Instagram and Threads: Everything is Public Health Bluesky Social: @everythingisPHMastodon: @everythingispublichealth Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingispublichealth Photo Credit: Photo by Jack Cole on Unsplashhttps://unsplash.com/photos/a-bottle-of-organic-milk-sitting-on-a-table-4PhVsBICtJQ?utm_content=creditShareLink&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplashReferences: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasteurizationhttps://www.cdc.gov/foodsafety/rawmilk/raw-milk-questions-and-answers.htmlhttps://www.fda.gov/food/buy-store-serve-safe-food/raw-milk-misconceptions-and-danger-raw-milk-consumptionhttps://www.healthline.com/nutrition/drinking-raw-milk#claimed-benefitshttps://www.cdc.gov/foodsafety/rawmilk/nonpasteurized-outbreaks-maps.htmlSupport the show

Mar 7, 2024 • 38min
How Guns Are Portrayed in the Media
When we see guns being purchased in media, what message are those scenes sending?Email: EverythingIsPublicHealth@gmail.com Instagram and Threads: Everything is Public Health Bluesky Social: @everythingisPHMastodon: @everythingispublichealth Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingispublichealth Photo Credit: Photo by Jason Dent on Unsplashhttps://unsplash.com/photos/a-black-and-white-photo-of-a-movie-projector-SnXIF8_2oPw?utm_content=creditShareLink&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplashUse of audio from TV shows falls under fair use. References: https://www.kansascity.com/opinion/readers-opinion/guest-commentary/article285702091.htmlSupport the show

Feb 22, 2024 • 28min
Prevention is Public Health - Sunscreen!
Sunscreen! It protects your skin! Email: EverythingIsPublicHealth@gmail.com Instagram and Threads: Everything is Public Health Bluesky Social: @everythingisPHMastodon: @everythingispublichealth Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingispublichealth Photo Credit: Photo by Philippe Murray-Pietsch on Unsplashhttps://unsplash.com/photos/a-womans-hands-holding-a-blue-nail-zjEMATxNeeo?utm_content=creditShareLink&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplashReferences: https://www.skincancer.org/skin-cancer-information/skin-cancer-facts/https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/causes-of-cancer/sun-uv-and-cancer/how-does-the-sun-and-uv-cause-cancerhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SunscreenSupport the show

Feb 15, 2024 • 26min
Child Care is Public Health - A Moral Panic Made Parents' Lives Harder
Nixon vetoed the Comprehensive Child Development Act. Because helping kids is not American enough. Email: EverythingIsPublicHealth@gmail.com Instagram and Threads: Everything is Public Health Bluesky Social: @everythingisPHMastodon: @everythingispublichealth Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingispublichealth Photo Credit: Photo by Aaron Burden on Unsplashhttps://unsplash.com/photos/selective-focal-photo-of-crayons-in-yellow-box-1zR3WNSTnvY?utm_content=creditShareLink&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplashReferences: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_panichttps://www.congress.gov/bill/93rd-congress/house-bill/1083https://time.com/6125667/universal-childcare-history-nixon-veto/https://time.com/child-care-crisis/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_panicSupport the show

Feb 8, 2024 • 26min
Accessibility is Public Health - What is a Disability?
Why making spaces more accessible benefits everyone. Email: EverythingIsPublicHealth@gmail.com Instagram and Threads: Everything is Public Health Bluesky Social: @everythingisPHMastodon: @everythingispublichealth Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingispublichealth Photo Credit: Photo by Daniel Ali on Unsplashhttps://unsplash.com/photos/black-and-white-brick-wall-ju1yFZkrxVg?utm_content=creditShareLink&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplashReferences: https://www.aucd.org/docs/add/sa_summits/Language%20Doc.pdfhttps://www.courts.ca.gov/partners/documents/7-terminology.pdfhttps://webapps.dol.gov/dolfaq/go-dol-faq.asp?faqid=67https://www.ada.gov/topics/intro-to-ada/https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/07/24/8-facts-about-americans-with-disabilities/https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/disabilityandhealth/infographic-disability-impacts-all.htmlSupport the show

Feb 1, 2024 • 25min
Sexual Health is Public Health - STIs not STDs
EDIT: There were multiple mistakes we made in this episode that we want to amend: We did not use appropriate people first language when discussing STIs, this is our mistake. When discussing topics like STI we should always default to people first language to avoid stigmatization. HIV can be treated to undetectable viral loads, which also means they cannot transmit the virus in this state. Using the term "infected" and "carrier" for people living or diagnosed with HIV is stigmatizing and problematic (see people first language). Thank you to the listener who pointed this out! We are always open to learning and becoming better. The audio of the episode has been edited as well, hence the abrupt cuts at certain points. Apologies for the inaccurate information. We also want to recognize the important activism of people living with HIV, which transformed our public health and healthcare system. Sexually Transmitted Infections are a public health concern! Email: EverythingIsPublicHealth@gmail.com Instagram and Threads: Everything is Public Health Bluesky Social: @everythingisPHMastodon: @everythingispublichealth Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingispublichealth Photo Credit: Photo by Testalize.me on Unsplashhttps://unsplash.com/photos/brown-wooden-sticks-on-blue-surface-lnrN95ooxFg?utm_content=creditShareLink&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplashReferences: https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/risk/art/index.htmlhttps://www.drugsandalcohol.ie/31683/1/HIV-Terminology-Appropriate-Language-Guidelines-V1.0-01-2020.pdfhttps://www.plannedparenthood.org/blog/sti-vs-std-whats-the-differencehttps://www.cdc.gov/std/general/default.htmhttps://www.cdc.gov/nchhstp/newsroom/docs/factsheets/std-trends-508.pdfhttps://clsjournal.ascls.org/content/30/2/124https://www.who.int/news/item/02-09-2022-stis-in-2022-emerging-and-re-emerging-outbreakshttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9282687/Support the show

Jan 25, 2024 • 21min
Climate is Public Health - The Insects Are Coming!
What does the current climate crisis have to do with insects and what do insects have to do with public health? Email: EverythingIsPublicHealth@gmail.com Instagram and Threads: Everything is Public Health Bluesky Social: @everythingisPHMastodon: @everythingispublichealth Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingispublichealth References: https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/12/15/1219478835/arboviruses-mosquito-tick-borne-viruses-tropical-diseasehttps://www.si.edu/spotlight/buginfo/diseaseshttps://entomologytoday.org/2023/12/14/new-study-expands-knowledge-kissing-bug-range-missouri-illinois-chagas-disease/https://cmns.umd.edu/news-events/news/entomologists-issue-warning-about-effects-climate-change-insectshttps://www.fs.usda.gov/ccrc/topics/insect-disturbance-and-climate-changehttps://www.cdc.gov/westnile/statsmaps/historic-data.htmlhttps://www.cdc.gov/dengue/statistics-maps/historic-data.htmlPhoto Credit: Photo by Wolfgang Hasselmann on Unsplashhttps://unsplash.com/photos/brown-winged-insect-photograph-nZgpg4xYhjM?utm_content=creditShareLink&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplashSupport the show