How neighborhoods make us sick : restoring health and wellness to our communities

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Label

How neighborhoods make us sick : restoring health and wellness to our communities

Title remainder

restoring health and wellness to our communities

Statement of responsibility

Veronica Squires and Breanna Lathrop

Creator

• Squires, Veronica, 1983 -

Contributor

• hoopla digital

Author

• Squires, Veronica, 1983 -

Subject

• Human rights -- Health aspects
• Medical policy
• Electronic books
• Right to health
• Health -- Social aspects

Language

eng

Summary

Our neighborhoods are literally making us sick. Buildings with mold trigger asthma and other respiratory conditions. Geographic lack of access to food and health care increases childhood mortality. Community violence traumatizes residents. Poverty, unemployment, inadequate housing, food insecurity, racial injustice, and oppression cause physical changes in the body, resulting in disease and death. But there is hope. Loving our neighbor includes creating social environments in which people can be healthy. While working in community redevelopment and treating uninsured families, Veronica Squires and Breanna Lathrop discovered that creating healthier neighborhoods requires a commitment to health equity. Jesus' ministry brought healing through dismantling systems of oppression and overturning social norms that prevented people from living healthy lives. We can do the same in our communities through addressing social determinants that facilitate healing in under-resourced neighborhoods. Everyone deserves the opportunity for good health. The decisions we make and actions we take can promote the health of our neighbors

Cataloging source

Midwest

Dewey number

362.1

Index

no index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Target audience

adult