There are TWO separate discussion posts. Please Respond to each students post and number according to their question and answer. There is no specific word count. Just clear and concise responses.

There are TWO separate discussion posts. Please Respond to each students post and number according to their question and answer. There is no specific word count. Just clear and concise responses.

LaBrittany Norfleet 

Discussion Board #2

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1a. Unnatural Causes is similar to things and ideas that I've heard or seen surrounding community health is that, depending on your social and economic environment can bring lots of disadvantages. By this I mean, proper health care needs and resources, as well as job and home opportunities.

1b. The differences of information that I've seen or heard would be, the wide age cap that is between people with higher advantages than people with lower advantages to proper health care. As well as how much inequality in different social economic environments, that can cause personal health issues. 

2a. After watching Unnatural Causes certain ideas that confirmed the ideas I held were, people living in lower poverty areas having more health and health care issues. It's realizing that they're the ones who usually need and rely on it more than people who are living in higher areas of society.

2b. It also challenged certain ideas I held as well; one would be if this is something that can be quickly changed over time. This is a process that is constantly growing and changing, but as well as a slow process to help everyone that is in daily need.

3. Some information that stood out to me while watching the clips was, realizing that America is 30th in life expectancy. I figured we wouldn't be first, but I didn't expect that we would be that low going down the list that was shown.  Another surprising thing that stood out in the clips was, in episodes one third clip, when the lady was discussing that "something is going to lose, in order for something else to be gained". After listening to that it made me open my eyes to the smaller things that are happening around the world, that some people take advantage of. 

4. A moment or scene that affected me was in episode ones third clip, when the lady was discussing that "something is going to lose, in order for something else to be gained". After listening to that it made me open my eyes to the smaller things that are happening around the world, that some people take advantage of. As well as when she mentioned that small stuff doesn't exist when money is slim, to me meaning that at times people aren't able to enjoy the simple things in life. Due to always worrying and having the fear that something else bigger isn't or can't be taken care of. 

5. I would like to know more about the health issues and causes in inequality, along with how and if this is something that can be changed drastically. 

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Cassandra Brooks 

unnatural causes

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1. Unnatural causes is very similar to other information I have seen/read. For example, World Health Organization states that living in poverty "forces people to live in environments that make them sick, without decent shelter, clean water or adequate sanitation," and in Episode 1, Video Two, Eboni Cochran and her neighbors are a representation of just that. Eboni and her neighbors may not be living in poverty, but they aren’t financially stable to move to a location where air pollution is better thus increasing their risk for chronic diseases such as lung disease. Furthermore, Mary Turner, in Video Three mentions that she is limited to $200 a month for groceries and most of the time she purchases frozen or prepackaged food which are both unhealthy for a person. First off, “prepackaged, processed foods are typically high in fat, salt, and sugar,” (Harvard Health Publishing, 2018) which thus increases one’s risk for diabetes. Secondly, studies indicate there is a connection between processed foods and cancer. On the other hand, there are differences between unnatural causes and other information I have read. Doctor, Ichiro, Kawachi in video one states that lack of health care isn’t the lack of illness and disease, which is somewhat true. There are many preventions a person can take to prevent themselves from illness and disease (i.e., exercising, eating right, taking vitamins), however, even when taking these precautions, a person can still become ill. Breast cancer for example can be genetically passed down but without proper healthcare a person may not be able to get their yearly breast exams to be diagnosed with it thus increasing their risk for death.

2. Most of the information mentioned in the videos already confirmed what I know, which is that those in poverty are more likely to be found sick or ill due to the financial challenges they face. However, I don’t agree with Eboni, as a home buyer you should first get to know the location where you are living. She could’ve easily avoided health issues by living elsewhere, but due to her wrong doings she is now stuck living near a chemical company.

3. The information that stood out to me was how bad the U.S is compared to other states as far as wealth. I think our government has to be and do better, with their help decreases in incidence and prevalence rates for all disease and illnesses can be decreased. Providing free, or affordable healthcare will help many.

4. Mary Turners story was a little emotional for me. I am a person who would love to help if I could and knowing that there’s people like Mary who struggle for food, especially when having to feed kids truly saddens me. I genuinely feel that we as a whole (U.S) need to be better and we need to take care of each other. However, now a days there are tons of resources people like Mary can go to (food drives), so I am grateful for that.

5. What reason does the government have to not help people like Mary or Eboni.  

Harvard Health Publishing. (2018, May). “Eating Highly Processed Foods May Raise Cancer Risk.” Retrieved from,  https://www.health.harvard.edu/cancer/eating-highly-processed-foods-may-raise-cancer-risk

World Health Organization (WHO). (n.d) “Poverty and Health.” Retrieved from, https://www.who.int/hdp/poverty/en/

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