"...scientists who study viral transmission see another lesson in the pandemic school closures: Had the indoor air been cleaner and safer, they may have been avoidable. The coronavirus is an airborne threat, and the incidence of Covid was about 40 percent lower in schools that improved air quality, one study found."

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/27/health/schools-indoor-air-covid.html

#publicheath #airquality #ventilation #schools #covid #longcovid

Car culture plays a huge role in obesity. Insist on walkability and good liveable city design.

Step 1 is eliminating parking minimums, making density possible for walkable distances.

#fuckcars #walkability #publicheath #obesity

What NEAT means in fitness, and how to get more of it : Shots - Health News : NPR
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/07/22/1189303227/neat-fitness-non-exercise-activity-thermogenesis

True, read: Humans invested in public health & sanitation because they got tired of dying from diseases. They dragged their leaders kicking & screaming into public health, after it became painfully clear there was no alternative. It'd be nice if we could pay attention to history instead of constantly repeating it, #PublicHeath https://jessicawildfire.substack.com/p/no-we-havent-lived-with-diseases

"Among those surveyed that did not participate in SNAP, households that were entirely Black or multiracial were more likely to be food insecure than white households.

By contrast, of the households that did enroll in SNAP, those that were entirely Black or multiracial actually had a decreased likelihood of being food insecure when compared to their entirely white counterparts."

https://www.axios.com/2023/06/27/snap-racial-divides-food-insecurity

#publicheath #foodinsecurity #disparities

https://www.reddit.com/r/ZeroCovidCommunity/comments/13nirle/i_feel_like_im_going_crazy_watching_everything_go/jl0tmjp/

#covid #longcovid #sarscov2 #publicheath

"...a new study...finding that the higher mortality rate among Black Americans resulted in 1.63 million excess deaths relative to white Americans over more than two decades.

Because so many Black people die young — with many years of life ahead of them — their higher mortality rate from 1999 to 2020 resulted in a cumulative loss of more than 80 million years of life compared with the white population, the study showed."

https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/black-americans-mortality-gap-racial-disparities-health-care-study-jama/?_hsmi=258680771&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9Zsdu_bw67pB-koLQ-hRC_8AuV9GLBtnOGo5CP5Kmaa5G9n6ZjMn2IHhZsTEm4ZYAViYWEXeUz8INQHnvL82e2P_tgdQ

#publicheath #primarycare #sdoh

Can Labor Market Policies Reduce Deaths of Despair?

The researchers find "no significant effects on drug or alcohol-related mortality, but DO FIND significant reductions in non-drug suicides. A 10 percent minimum wage increase reduces non-drug suicides among low-educated adults by 2.7 percent, and the comparable EITC figure is 3.0 percent."

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0167629620301119?via%3Dihub

#health #suicideprevention #publicheath #policy #minimumwage

"[#NewBrunswick] Government officials misled the public about the “mysterious” New Brunswick neurological disease, and we have the documents to prove it
Here are the 10 biggest takeaways after pouring over thousands of pages of internal government documents obtained through access to information"

#PublicHeath #BackroomDeals #CorporateCaptured

https://www.canadaland.com/new-brunswick-mystery-illness-documents/

I have already been not Liking all of my friends' photos showing you unmasked in restaurants, sports venues, and other large crowds.

At this point I'm going to start hiding posts from friends who do this. I don't think you realize how much harm you are doing to our future by normalizing unsafe activities.

More people died from #COVID in 2022 than 2020 & 2021 combined. We can't keep acting like everything is OK when it is not.

#WearAMask #thepandemicisntover #publicheath #maskup

Unsure what this will achieve except money for companies selling #pcr tests. We've had far too many false divisions imposed under the auspices of #publicheath, both within the country (not being able to travel to Wales or Scotland!! ) and internationally. They're not going to work given #covid is everywhere and just impose hardships on those with relatives abroad. Surprised (and also possibly unsurprised) that #sunak taking this decision.
#jingoistic #restrictions. #China
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/30/rishi-sunak-dithering-over-covid-testing-of-passengers-from-china

Looks like TX finally released their expected to be terrible maternal maternity data, but of course they still tried to massage it to try to make it look better.

https://www.reddit.com/r/skeptic/comments/zptnls/texas_just_released_their_new_maternal_mortality/

#publicheath

Our newly published global systematic review of school-based peer education interventions to improve adolescent health https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-14688-3
#peereducation #health #adolescents #publicheath #school #publication

The People's CDC is out with a new weather report: https://peoplescdc.org/2022/11/28/peoples-cdc-covid-19-weather-report-24/

I highly recommend subscribing to their emails so you can read these updates and watch their excellent videos. Solid information.

#COVID #CovidIsNotOver #covid19 #MaskUp #PublicHeath #Science #LongCovid #accessibility #disability #ChronicIllness

Hi Mastodon 👋 Jumping on the #introduction train so here is a little about me:

🏛️ PhD candidate in my 2nd year at The University of Sydney

📚 researching how to use #socialmedia for #healthcommunication to #youngpeople specifically during #publicheath #emergencies like #COVID19

🧐 fascinated by all things #science #scicomm #media #popculture

Keen to connect with other #academics doing #digitalhealth #research 📱🤝
@academicchatter @academicsunite @phdstudents

Hi Mastodon 👋 Jumping on the #introduction train so here is a little about me:
🏛️ PhD candidate in my 2nd year at The University of Sydney
📚 researching how to use #socialmedia for #healthcommunication to #youngpeople specifically during #publicheath #emergencies like #COVID19
🧐 fascinated by all things #science #scicomm #media #popculture
Keen to connect with other #academics doing #digitalhealth #research 📱🤝
@academicchatter @academicsunite @phdstudents

I'd love to connect with #VisionZero folks here! I'm a VZ Epi!

#PedestrianSafety #BikeSafety #MotorcycleSafety #CarSafety #Walkability #Transit #PublicTransit #CityPlanning #PublicHeath #InjuryPrevention

I'd love to connect with #VisionZero folks here! I'm a VZ Epi!

#PedestrianSafety #BikeSafety #Transit #PublicTransit #CityPlanning #PublicHeath #InjuryPrevention

I thought I would do an academic #introduction

🏫 I'm a Research Fellow in #publicheath at #leicester After a PhD in pediatric health and 10 years post-doc I now work on ethnic minority health, EDI, and multimorbidity.

📚 I sit on the national Long Covid research working group, and am an associate editor of BMC Public Health.

👨‍🎓 Currently supervise 1 PhD student, with 2 more starting 2023 on diversity within precision #medicine

📸 from last weeks THE Awards with my boss Prof Kamlesh Khunti.

They may not call them this but apparently even academic presses have “Black Friday” sales
#goingshopping 📚 📚 📚

#UniversityPress #newbooks #sociodon #MedMastodon #histodons #publicheath #sciencedon #academictwitter

This is so true and applies to #academia every day. #epiverse #epidemiology #publicheath