Everything is Public Health

In this episode of the public health explained, we talk about the important process of sampling in research. What are the different ways of sampling. How do we make sure that the sample we select out of the population is representative? What's the implication of a good sampling methodology?

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There's a lot of misconceptions about addiction and substance use disorder. Let's talk about them.

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Medical debt is a big problem that affects millions of Americans, which raises the question: Why is healthcare so expensive in this country? 

Perhaps we are asking the question from the wrong perspective.

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What is the Nudge principle? And how can we apply it to help people make better choices?

References:
Nudge by Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein

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Traffic Deaths are preventable.

Links:
https://visionzeronetwork.org/
https://www.nhtsa.gov/press-releases/early-estimate-2021-traffic-fatalities
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Happy Thanksgiving Everyone! Join us by the fire as we chat about our experience applying to public health schools and some of the dos and don'ts of applications! 

Helpful Resources for applying to a public health program: 
https://sophas.org/
https://aspph.org/

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Our hot takes and chats about diet fads and this never ending attempt to find the single "magic bullet" solution to all of our nutritional issues. 

Edit: Nutritionism is credited to Gyorgy Scrinis, not Michael Pollan. Yes we are aware that Michael Pollan is problematic.

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There are things beyond calories that we must get from our food. Essential fatty acids, amino acids, vitamins and minerals! And what did they do to bread that made it just a block of nutrition-less carbs?

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The cousin of sensitivity and specificity, positive predictive value and negative predictive value is a powerful measure of a diagnostic test. 

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Resources: 
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Why is vision insurance separate from health insurance?

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Why don't they leave? (They do, but sometimes they can't) Why don't they call the police? (It's complicated).

Special Guest:
Dr. April Zeoli PhD, MPH
Associate Professor
Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention
Dept. of Health Management & Policy
School of Public Health
University of Michigan

Resources:
National Domestic Violence Hotline: 800-799-7233
https://www.thehotline.org/

References:
https://www.theguardian.com/us...

Sounds and noise are all around us. How does that affect our health? 

Special Guest: Dr. Richard Neitzel, PhD, MS, CIH, FAIHA
Professor, Environmental Health Sciences
Associate Director, Global Public Health
Professor, Global Public Health
University of Michigan School of Public Health 

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Second episode of the Public Health Explained series!

One question public health researchers love to ask is "what makes us sick?" One tool we can use is the case control study. 

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Mental illness has a big burden on the individuals and the society. Giving people the resources to address their own mental illness or help them address the mental illness of the loved ones around them can help so many people out of difficult situations. Mental health affects our health and vice versa. It's time we recognize that mental illness is just as serious as a physical illness. What is the deadliest mental illness? The ...