Everything is Public Health

It's EMS Week! Show some love and appreciation to all the EMS working tirelessly and silently around us. EMS Week: https://emsweek.org/about-ems-week/ https://www.ems.gov/ http://www.naemt.org/initiatives/ems-week Twitter: https://twitter.com/EverythingisPH Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingispublichealth  Email: EverythingIsPublicHealth@gmail.com    Photo Credit: Photo by Mat Napo o...

What do anti-homeless architecture look like? Twitter: https://twitter.com/EverythingisPH Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingispublichealth  Email: EverythingIsPublicHealth@gmail.com    Support the show

A discussion about the ambivalent nature of homeless shelters, and how they distract us from the root cause and ultimate solution. Twitter: https://twitter.com/EverythingisPH Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingispublichealth  Email: EverythingIsPublicHealth@gmail.com    Photo Credit: Photo by Randy Jacob on Unsplash https://unsplash.com/photos/B95VRTAEf-M?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium...

So what was all the drama regarding the 2020 Census about? Who was over counted and who was under counted? Also, a misleading headline from The Washington Post Twitter: https://twitter.com/EverythingisPH Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingispublichealth   Email: EverythingIsPublicHealth@gmail.com       Support the show

Why is The Census important for public health? Twitter: https://twitter.com/EverythingisPH Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingispublichealth  Email: EverythingIsPublicHealth@gmail.com      Photo Credit: Photo by Enayet Raheem on Unsplash https://unsplash.com/photos/0UxQZNoLnlk?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditShareLink Support the show

What is a ghost gun? And why are they a public health concern? Featuring Special Guest: Prof. Alex McCourt Twitter: https://twitter.com/EverythingisPH Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingispublichealth  Email: EverythingIsPublicHealth@gmail.com      -o- PhotoCredit Photo by Jacob Boavista on Unsplash https://unsplash.com/photos/5XM32s3dfzA?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm...

For the first time since World War II, US life expectancy has fallen. What does that mean? How is life expectancy calculated?  -o- Twitter: https://twitter.com/EverythingisPH Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingispublichealth   Email: EverythingIsPublicHealth@gmail.com     Support the show

You may see those poster of "every month, 1 in x children go hungry", but what does that really mean? How is food insecurities defined?  -o- Twitter: https://twitter.com/EverythingisPH Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingispublichealth  Email: EverythingIsPublicHealth@gmail.com    Photo Credit: Photo by Enrico Mantegazza on Unsplash https://unsplash.com/photos/B0ADZiToKgw?utm_sour...

When doctors see something questionable and problematic, do they speak up? -o- Twitter: https://twitter.com/EverythingisPH Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingispublichealth   Email: EverythingIsPublicHealth@gmail.com       Support the show

What are medical errors? Why do they occur? And how often do they harm patients? The place people go to be healed is also where some get hurt. **EDIT** The 250,000 death from medical errors has been debunked. Real number is much lower, though still not clear. HOWEVER, medical errors is still a serious issue that needs to be addressed. -o- Twitter: https://twitter.com/EverythingisPH Patreon: https:...

We can't fix the plastic pollution problem without killing the source of plastics. Paper is renewable and compostable. Plastic is not. All that don't use paper because it kills trees is plastic propaganda. Also, use bamboo and glass and metal.   -o- Twitter: https://twitter.com/EverythingisPH Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingispublichealth   Email: EverythingIsPublicHealth@gmai...

Why is taking care of the environment public health? In the case of the ocean, what we dump in there comes right back to us . -o- Twitter: https://twitter.com/EverythingisPH Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingispublichealth  Email: EverythingIsPublicHealth@gmail.com      Photo Credit: Photo by Sebastian Pena Lambarri on Unsplash https://unsplash.com/photos/YV593oyMKmo?utm_source=unsplash&a...

I made one of my biggest sacrifice I've made for this show.   -o- Twitter: https://twitter.com/EverythingisPH Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingispublichealth   Email: EverythingIsPublicHealth@gmail.com     Support the show

Part 2 of our first discussion about abortion access as a public health concern. In this episode: all the reasons some states use to justify abortion regulations, and why abortion is a public health issue. -o- Twitter: https://twitter.com/EverythingisPH Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingispublichealth  Email: EverythingIsPublicHealth@gmail.com    Photo Credit: Photo by Gayatri Malhotra on...

 For better or for worse, freedom has always been a part of the American legal ethos. But when it comes to abortions, all that seems to go out the window. Why?  Digression includes social media feed, going to the sources, and other spicy takes.  -o- Twitter: https://twitter.com/EverythingisPH Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingispublichealth   Email: EverythingIsPublicHealth@gmail.com     ...

How did a medical procedure get tangled in all these legal and political controversies?  -o- Twitter: https://twitter.com/EverythingisPH Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingispublichealth  Email: EverythingIsPublicHealth@gmail.com      Photo Credit: Photo by Gayatri Malhotra on Unsplash https://unsplash.com/photos/0XFPG5ntedo?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=credi...

What is the Medicaid Gap? Why does it exists? -o- Twitter: https://twitter.com/EverythingisPH Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingispublichealth   Email: EverythingIsPublicHealth@gmail.com     Support the show

Your health insurance does not cover dental or your eyes. Why not? Why isn't the teeth part of the body? -o- Twitter: https://twitter.com/EverythingisPH Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingispublichealth  Email: EverythingIsPublicHealth@gmail.com    Photo Credit: Photo by Jon Tyson on Unsplash https://unsplash.com/photos/kpLEaeScdHY?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_c...

Tough on Crime is broke. I want Tough on White Collar Crime.   When people say Tough on Crime, they mean tough on a specific type of crime.  -o- Twitter: https://twitter.com/EverythingisPH Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingispublichealth   Email: EverythingIsPublicHealth@gmail.com   Support the show

"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The spirit of public health is about the health of everyone, which means anything at disproportionately affect one community over another is a public health concern. Our criminal justice system is not a fair one, and that has devastating impact on what it means to live in this country. -o- Twitter: https:/...

We need to talk about the police. Broken window theory has been bastardized into broken window policing.  -o- Twitter: https://twitter.com/EverythingisPH Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingispublichealth   Email: EverythingIsPublicHealth@gmail.com      Support the show

The trauma remains long after the bullets are removed. When we think of gun violence in America, we either think of mass shootings or gangs and drugs.  But that's not an accurate picture of gun violence in this country. A significant portions of gun violence exists in the community, and the majority of gun related deaths are tied to suicides. How can we prevent community violence? How can we...

School choice (conservatives) people love blaming everything on public schools. Stop blaming public schools on problems caused by almost a century of concentrated disadvantage.  Also, summer breaks are too long.   -o- Twitter: https://twitter.com/EverythingisPH Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingispublichealth   Email: EverythingIsPublicHealth@gmail.com     Support the show

There is a strong connection between educational attainment and health outcomes. Although our education system has faults and flaws, public school is nonetheless an earnest effort to provide everyone with education and future opportunities. In addition, public school is not just a school, but often times a resource for the students, the family, and the community surrounding it.  So why do some peo...

" New Zealand will ban the sale of tobacco to its next generation, in a bid to eventually phase out smoking. Anyone born after 2008 will not be able to buy cigarettes or tobacco products in their lifetime, under a law expected to be enacted next year." - BBC News https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-59589775 More discussion about the tobacco industry and their unethical ways, and Cass giv...