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From public goods to private and profitable property
The idea of collective action for the common good has slowly given way in this country to private and for-profit … by design. If we’re going to improve health and health equity for everyone, we have to understand the shift away from the things once considered sacred public goods (i.e., public schools, transportation, infrastructure, and investment in all communities). In this episode, we talk with author Donald Cohen, who recently published The Privatization of Everything: How the Plunder of Public Goods Transformed America and How We Can Fight Back, to find out how we got here and how we can return to a mindset of social solidarity.
Health Behaviors
Tobacco Use How many pregnant women or high school age individuals smoke? What local or state policies are in place regarding secondhand smoke? How...
Health Gaps Report
These reports (from CHR&R) help answer the question: Why is there so much difference in the health of residents in one county compared to...
Housing & Transit Measurement Strategies
Researchers have used a variety of strategies to measure the quality of housing and transit in communities, ranging from geographic information systems to observational...
How to Use Your Health Snapshot
Income Measurement Strategies
Researchers have used various strategies to measure poverty; these include: indicating severity of poverty, such as “near poverty” or “extreme poverty,” differentiating the population...
Introducing a new model of health
The University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute’s model of health focuses on how power and society’s rules—such as laws, policies and worldviews—shape health and well-being.