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If we care about maximizing health for all, and ensuring health equity, we have to overcome some major issues in how we confront problems as a society.
"Public health" is a big part of that toolkit, but it is inadequately understood and appreciated outside of the field. 1/
"Public health" is a big part of that toolkit, but it is inadequately understood and appreciated outside of the field. 1/
Glaringly, it's #PublicHealthWeek.
... in a time when many don't know what "public health" really means
... even as we find ourselves in the midst of a pandemic. 2/
... in a time when many don't know what "public health" really means
... even as we find ourselves in the midst of a pandemic. 2/
Explore "what is public health" searches online yourself, but to me, public health is a field with the goal of and tools for understanding and preventing suffering and death *at the macro level.* 3/
