Money can’t buy love, but it can buy better health and a longer life
by Kim Krisberg A recent report again confirms what comes as no surprise to public health practitioners: that income and education are inextricably tied to the opportunities for better health and...
View ArticleInequality, stress, and health: The Whitehall Studies
This post is part of The Pump Handle’s new “Public Health Classics” series exploring some of the classic studies and reports that have shaped the field of public health. View the first post of the...
View ArticleWorth reading: NRA, CIA, and the insides of chicken factories
A few of the recent pieces I’ve liked: Tim Dickson in Rolling Stone: The NRA vs. America Tammie Smith of the Richmond Times-Dispatch and Reporting on Health: Where you live determines how long you live...
View ArticleWhere you live may be hazardous to your health: Two reports show “place matters”
Where you live may be hazardous to your health. This is the conclusion of several recent reports and studies, among them a supplement to the most recent examination of health disparities by the US...
View ArticleTwenty-three years and millions served: CDC’s National Breast and Cervical...
Next time someone asks you what exactly public health does, repeat this number: 4.3 million. That’s the number of women — mothers, sisters, wives, aunts, grandmothers, daughters and friends — who might...
View ArticlePoorer health, shorter lives and lower incomes: ‘We don’t really appreciate...
Low income and poor health tend to go hand in hand — that’s not a particularly surprising or new statement. However, according to family medicine doctor Steven Woolf, we have yet to truly grasp the...
View ArticleStudy: Poor eye health prevalent across the U.S. South, where poverty and...
Another day, another study that finds poverty is linked to adverse and often preventable health outcomes. This time, it’s vision loss. Last week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
View ArticleMore evidence that paid sick leave is good for working families and public...
It seems obvious that workers with paid sick leave are more likely to stay home and seek out medical care when they or a family member is ill. But it’s always good to confirm a hunch with some solid...
View ArticleGood news from CDC: Teen births decline, and disparities narrow
A study in CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report last week reported that the birth rate for US teens aged 15-19 declined by 41% nationwide from 2006 to 2014. Disparities in teen birth rates also...
View ArticleWorth reading: Racism, fighting epidemics, and environmental justice in...
A few of the recent pieces I’ve liked: Clint Smith at the New Yorker: Racism, Stress, and Black Death Maryn McKenna at Germination: CDC Director: ‘This Is No Way to Fight an Epidemic’ Natasha Geiling...
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