Category: Unnatural Causes: Place Matters

This episode was important because it goes along with just how many factors go into a person’s health, in this case, their environment.  In fact, incredibly accurate predictions about one’s health can be made about where someone lives. Not only does it indicate the kinds of chemical/physical factors one is exposed to, but it alsoContinue reading Unnatural Causes: Place Matters →

In this episode of Unnatural Causes, we discussed how external environment matters when it comes to a person’s health. The video discussed how place matters because it determines what physical or chemical agents your exposed too, the social environment, violence and crime, if it is easier to walk or find healthy foods, neighbors you haveContinue reading Unnatural Causes: Place Matters →

This episode entitled “Place Matters” dove into the environmental determinants of health. Place is a critical determinant of health and can have an incredible impact on one’s health outcomes. Much like what we have discussed in class, there are so many aspects of an environment, some of which are less obvious than others, that affectContinue reading Unnatural Causes: Place Matters →

This segment of Unnatural Causes focused on the idea that health is embedded in where and individual lives and works. The video explored the residential neighborhoods in two cities located in Seattle and California. Richmond, California was shown to have a lot of negative risk factors in the environment that affected the health of itsContinue reading Unnatural Causes: Place Matters →

This documentary episode titled, “Place Matters” focused on environmental determinants of health and how important the location of where one lives is to an individual’s health outcomes. The video touched on a lot of the same ideas as the textbook such as access to resources such as healthy food, safe housing, desirable establishments, walkability ofContinue reading Unnatural Causes: Place Matters →

      This installment in the documentary series Unnatural Causes, was aptly named Place Matters as it focused on the effects of location on health. The video opens with the statement that quality of housing and neighborhood have dramatic effects on health. This episode focused on Gwau,a  refugee from Laos, who settled in California. It wasContinue reading Unnatural Causes: Place Matters →

This episode of Unnatural Causes is about how important your environment and where you live is to your health. The documentary discusses how where you live can impact your health almost as much as genetics. The movie explained how access to food, crime rates, how walkable your neighborhood is, and the construction of your homeContinue reading Unnatural Causes: Place Matters →

This documentary discussed the importance of place and environment on health. It related well to our discussions on racial housing segregation and what factors of a person’s environmental can affect their health. Where you work, go to school and live determines what you are exposed to. An example that blew me away was the 10+Continue reading Unnatural Causes: Place Matters →

Unnatural Causes: Place Matters focuses on the stories of Gwai Boonkeut and other Southeast Asian immigrants, including the Vietnamese and Laotian, immigrating into neglected urban neighborhoods across the United States. Boonkeut lives in Richmond, California where a number of problems have long plagued its residents. Such struggles include the presence of pollutants, unaffordable housing, “povertyContinue reading Unnatural Causes: Place Matters →

Episode 3 of Unnatural Causes discusses the idea that simply where you live can make you sick. Your environment includes social matters, violence and crime, healthy food, and walkability. We have repeatedly learned in class that there are many determinants of health – including SES, race, gender, etc. This video discusses how much place mattersContinue reading Unnatural Causes: Place Matters →