Climate Change Is Not Good for Health and Living Things
There is an image from my childhood, drawn by Lorraine Schneider, which reads “War is not healthy for children and other living things.” As I read through a paper published this week on climate change’s contribution to the burden of chronic disease, I couldn’t help but conjure up Lorraine’s observation from my little girl memory bank. One of the largest meta-analyses mashing up research evidence on the impact of climate change on human health was featured in the journal Nature Climate Change this week. Lorraine could replace the word “war” with “climate change” and be clinically sound in the eyes
Pondering War, Peace, Democracy and Dad on Memorial Day, 2022
My father, Charles Sarasohn, was a member of the U.S. Army serving as a Jungleer in World War II. He fought in the Pacific Theatre, in New Guinea and the Philippines. Dad’s the one on the right, holding what was a cheeky pin-up drawing. The root of the noun “Jungleer” is “jungle.” Dad carried a long gun with a bayonet on the end, a sort of small sword he and his Best Generation Band of Brothers in the 41st Infantry Division of the U.S, Army used to slash their way through the
Mental Health Risks in Mid-2022 Related More to Global Anxieties and Safety, Not-So-Much COVID
With peoples’ anxiety about COVID-19 at its lowest point since 2020, folks are most anxious in spring 2022 about current global events and the safety of their families, based on the latest Healthy Minds study from the American Psychiatric Association (APA). Morning Consult conducted the poll for the APA in March and April 2022 among 2,210 U.S. adults. The survey covered peoples’ perspectives on mental health care, anxiety, COVID-19, children’s mental health, and the workplace. The results were published May 22, 2022. The key findings of the study were that, 3 in 4 people are
How Trust and Geopolitics Will Impact Health and Business – Edelman 2022 Trust Barometer at the World Economic Forum in Davos
When we think about the state of Trust in in mid-2022, there is some good news: Trust is rising (at least in democratic countries, while falling in autocratic ones). The bad news: the gap in Trust has dramatically widened between higher-income people compared with those earning lower-incomes, globally. And that gap is “tinder” that can be quickly sparked into a socio-political fire in countries around the world, Richard Edelman cautioned today when introducing the latest look at the 2022 Edelman Trust Barometer, focusing on geopolitics and business. We have never seen numbers like this
Stress in America on the Pandemic’s 2nd Anniversary: Money, Inflation, and War Add to Consumers’ Anxiety
As we mark the second anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic, the key themes facing health citizens deal with money, inflation, and war — “piled on a nation stuck in COVID-19 survival mode,” according to the latest poll on Stress in America from the American Psychological Association. Financial health is embedded in peoples’ overall sense of well-being and whole health. Many national economies entered the coronavirus pandemic in early 2020 already marked by income inequality. The public health crisis exacerbated that, especially among women who were harder hit financially in the past two years than men were. That situation was even worse
While the OTC Hearing Aid Act was passed in 2017, it took a long and winding road via regulatory, health advocacy and marketing workflows to launch commercially in October 2022. Read my take on what health/care industry sectors can learn from the OTC hearing aid experience in the Medecision Liberate Health blog.
"Are blogs still relevant in this era of TikTok and Instagram dominance?" Colin Hung asked Jane. Colin co-leads the #HITMC community (Healthcare and IT Marketing Community), convening the largest annual conference and social media network in the space. We brainstormed the answer which (spoiler alert) is "Yes"....provided you find your voice, speak authentically and with facts, and stay fresh along the way. Health Populi celebrated our 15 year anniversary over Labor Day 2022, so I share lessons learned in this conversation for which I'm very grateful.
Molly McCarthy, Chief Nurse Strategist and national health care leader with Microsoft, discusses the growing omni-channel, hybrid health care landscape taking off with a quote from Jane. #TelehealthIsHealth is our mantra this week and ongoing, supporting the growing concept and reality of care delivered "anywhere,"
