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| Bulletin #6 - Remember to watch UNNATURAL CAUSES this week! |
April 8, 2008 |
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April 10: Bad Sugar and Place Matters
Bad Sugar: Visit the Indian reservations of southern Arizona, where decisions made by government and private interests diverted the tribes' water, plunged them into poverty, and left half the adult population with diabetes. New approaches to prevention are built around community self-determination.
Place Matters: What policies and investment decisions create neighborhood environments that can harm--or enhance--the health of residents? What actions can make neighborhoods healthier?
April 17: Collateral Damage and Not Just a Paycheck
Collateral Damage: Thousands of miles away in the Marshall Islands and closer to home in Springdale, Arkansas, we see how U.S. military bases, foreign policy, and globalization can impact people's health in unanticipated ways.
Not Just a Paycheck: We travel first to western Michigan, then to Vastervik, Sweden, to see how job insecurity and layoffs can affect a community's health – and how public policies could protect it.
In other broadcast news:
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PBS stations in Pittsburgh, Louisville, Chicago and Cincinnati and others are developing local "wrap-around" programs tied to the UNNATURAL CAUSES broadcast.
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Series creator Larry Adelman and psychologist Sheldon Cohen were interviewed by Matt Lauer for a Today Show segment. Watch the video.
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Link to UNNATURAL CAUSES and New Web Features
Help spread the word by linking your site to UNNATURAL CAUSES! Our convenient Web button is available at the bottom of the Action Center page and other series graphics are on the Handouts page.
Since launching in late March, the UNNATURAL CAUSES Web site has generated a steady stream of traffic and interest. We are still adding new content to the site, so check back regularly. Some highlights include:
- Share Your Story - Tell us about your struggles and successes in working to advance health equity in your community and workplace.
- Perfect Neighborhood interactivity - Find out why conditions in some communities might be less favorable to health than others and what can be done to change them.
- Health Equity database - Read our topic introductions and find articles, charts, video clips, and more. New resources are added every day!
- Action Center - Check out our Action Toolkit, Discussion Guides, handouts, graphics, and many other resources to help reframe the debate over health.
Coming soon: scholar interview podcasts, responses to Ask the Experts
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Is your organization listed in our directory of groups working to advance health equity? Sign up and tell us about your health equity initiatives. Search by focus or geographic area to find other organizations around the country who are active in addressing the root causes of health inequities.
NOTE: Organizations who signed up as CAMPAIGN PARTNERS prior to the new site launch are not automatically included in Connect Up! To list your organization, please fill out the ConnectUp! sign-up form and indicate that you are a campaign partner.
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Health for Sale asks whether the world's largest drug companies are, paradoxically, major obstacles to creating a healthier world. For more information, visit California Newsreel.
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