How Society Affects Your Health: Crash Course Public Health #4

Society does a lot to improve our health, from sanitation to healthy foods. But society can have negative impacts on our health as well, and whether or not we get the positive impacts or the negative ones, can often come down to social and economic standing. In this episode of Crash Course Public Health, we’re going to take a look at some of the basic societal elements that affect our health, and why they are often tied to economic inequality.

Chapters:
Introduction: Society and Your Health 00:00
Defining Society 01:42
Food Inequality 03:12
Housing Inequality 04:54
Healthcare Inequality 05:31
Income Inequality 07:43
Socioeconomic Status 10:04
Review & Credits 12:14

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[Cristal]

As a disabled person, I find this subject very fascinating. I hope that a future episode talks about the Social Model of Disability to illustrate to what extend disabled people are handicapped by society.

[yavanna]

Really avoided saying "we live in a society" at 1:50

[AtomikHotRod]

Nice touch with the square wombat poos! Didn’t go unnoticed.

[Theguyoverthere]

I haven't watched Crash Course in a while but the health topic interested me, so I clicked on the video and immediately went "Wait, that's the Braincraft lady!"

[AthAthanasius]

02:30 - Just to emphasise... the main thing that happened since the 1800s is the awesomely large reduction in child mortality. Even back then quite a number of adults (i.e. past the hurdle of high child mortality) lived to what we'd still consider 'an old age'. Just because the average age at death was, e.g. 34 years doesn't mean that hardly any adults lived longer than that.

[GaasubaMeskhenet]

it's been a year and a half since i started my disability application. And to qualify i need go to the doctor.... that i can't afford.... and can't get
i used to not understand panic

[Davlavi]

This channel deserves way more likes. Keep up the great videos.

[breannaweiland]

Thank you crash course for continuing this amazing educational channel. This channel is a secret gold mine and I'm so happy it exists!

[PhaythGaming]

As someone in Canada, I am always baffled my American friends are waiting to go for care. If I have even a slight concern, I go to get a checkup and some care, and often I catch things before they inhibit me. Whereas my American friends don’t get help until they’ve already allowed the illness to escalate to the point of sever inhibiting symptoms.

[dustnowpeace]

This is very important. One more component of the systemic racism that affects people of color here in the US.

[Mnusky]

Would have been important to note that the very low life expectancy in the 1800s was mostly due to the large number of children not surviving to 5 years of age. Skews the statistics a bit.

[MegaChickenfish]

As an American, nothing quite demonstrated "how society effects your health" like the COVID pandemic, that's for sure. Our widespread misinformation campaigns and distrust of science paved the way for *over a million deaths and counting.* To say nothing of all those who suffered their way through it and survived, and the long term health defects they'll be stuck with which will burden our health systems for decades to come. I'm truly at a loss in how this absolute catastrophe hasn't caused us to re-evaluate our healthcare priorities as a society. To rebuild on these ashes with the same shoddy oil-soaked wood is to just ensure it catches fire again down the line.

It truly seems like we value an ephemeral, poorly-defined idea of "freedom" above valuing each other. As if there aren't other countries over the bend proving every day it's absolutely possible to do both.

[MrTaxiRob]

Every job is important, every worker matters. Accruing value from investments isn't a job. Capital only matters as long as we rely on money to establish hierarchies.

[diplomatamaravilhosa]

Let's talk about Monsanto and how they determine the food that we eat

[AniBAretz]

Would that be the Virchow of Virchow's Triad? Nice!

[shaduck]

Excellent video.
though I ve been experiencing slow premium blue shield coverage seems to be Discriminating

[Jay-hoio]

I find myself unreasonably fascinated with the soap opera like world of squat, cube poo producing marsupial researchers and support staff.

Please make at least five seasons, I will binge it all.

This is the show the world needs right now. 🤣

[KashimiVioletMoon]

Loved the use of they/them pronouns for Dr. Pouches!

[philoslother]

As someone with Social Anxiety Disorder, I can confirm that the society is affecting my health negatively

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