Where You Live Has a Huge Impact on Your Health

[@healthcaretriage]

We had to re-upload this one, as I put up the wrong version of the video. Sorry to blow up your feed, and thanks for watching! -stan

[@fionafiona1146]

Vienna is a popular positive example for affordable housing in 🇪🇺.

[@paxundpeace9970]

You sould definitely reupload the other view too.

[@undinae]

Definitely going to share this. It’s not just relevant to the US, but also other countries like the UK. We keep talking about various issues in isolation, such as exclusions from schools and containing the rising costs of healthcare as the population ages. We need to start thinking about all of these issues more holistically.

[@kageisuke]

It's not that hard to figure out. If you have a stable place to live, aren't worried about getting kicked out, and have a healthy environment, you're less stressed. Less stress on the body usually means you're healthier. Your mental health is better too. When you have your basics cover, you can invest in bettering yourself, your family, and your community.

[@dfresh1524]

It crazy twenty-five studies were done on this. Not that hard to figure out. Would be better if they spent the time on those studies elsewhere.

[@kageisuke]

@@dfresh1524 Problem is if the studies aren't done, people love to claim that there's no proof. "Well how do you KNOW" they'll say. Concrete numbers help for policy, and policy is what drives the nation. Whether that's good or bad, eh.

[@dfresh1524]

And you could also say there are too many changing dependent variables. Bottom line, it's a waste of time.

[@pyrotheevilplatypus]

My mom bought me your book for Christmas. She hasn't given it to me yet. She keeps lending it to ALLLLLLLLLL her friends...

[@Exarian]

My landlord REQUIRES that we don't remove the wall-to-wall carpeting in the bathroom. So like, that's PROBABLY impacting my health. I swear there's something about being a landlord that just turns some people into absolute sociopaths.

[@juliahanderson6126]

They typically do that in places with older adults because they're at more of a fall risk, but I think it's disgusting and this is what non-slip bathroom rugs were made for.

[@Hecket]

I worked for a slumlord. Bathroom probably has mold issues due to poor air circulation, and the carpet prevents this by soaking some of the condensation and slow releasing it after. The mold is likely in the carpet now which hides the mold instead of growing visibly on the paint/tiles/concrete boards.

[@oliverallen5324]

I come from a line of landlords and yours is just unreasonable :/

[@timwcronin]

I suggest the podcast Street Fight Radio for some cathartic listening, and contacting local authorities to see what you're able to do. Lastly, if nothing else, pull the carpet up, paint the subfloor with Kilz paint, and putting the carpet back down.

[@SoggyBagelz]

its called owning property and not wanting someone else to do something to your property that you dont want

[@xfrancescanicolex]

Thank you for caring about this issue, especially from a medical perspective. Sometimes it's hard to believe my doctor knows or cares about these problems or how they affect me. Hearing doctors talk about this is meaningful beyond what I can express in a comment.

[@o0Avalon0o]

I'm still remodeling, but I just switched to an ionic air filter and a dehumidifier but I wasn't expecting results so soon. All week I've been more awake, had less sniffles, and better sleep.

[@majorfallacy5926]

ionic air filter? you mean an electrostatic precipitator like in power plants to filter small particles?

[@o0Avalon0o]

@@majorfallacy5926 I just read the label, that's all. No idea if it's the same or not.

[@majorfallacy5926]

@@o0Avalon0o I'm just curious because I have never heard of something like that in housing before. Do you live in an area with high air contamination?

[@o0Avalon0o]

@@majorfallacy5926 Google ionic breeze and you'll find something similar that might describe it. I have family in the city that recommend it (it's silent & easy to clean); my area is rural with a lot of pollen and mold, but the device also reduces pet dander, dust... stuff like that. As far as I know, it does not kill bacteria, but unless you live in a hospital, you don't need that.

[@jordanackernecht7329]

Yes!!! Coming from a Population Health major, social determinants of health are SO important. This is what your future generation of health care professionals will be working on.

[@JogBird]

% spent on housing isnt a good measure, e.g. if you live in an urban core, your rent may be higher but transportation and other living costs will be way lower than if you lived in the middle of nowhere

[@lunacouer]

Depends. Where I live, in a large urban area, we have crap as far as public transportation infrastructure. We're also having an affordable housing shortage, and since the ones that are cheaper are concentrated in only a few areas, a lot of people can't choose to live near work. So, they're paying even more in commute costs.

[@danieljensen2626]

That feel when spending 30% of your income on rent is supposed to be high... Two years ago I was spending 70% of my income on rent (and utilities). And that was with two roommates.

[@javiarazavika6238]

One big problem now day results in renters having to pay 3 times the amount in order to afford housing leaving many workers living in long term motels which in many cases are unclean.

[@ninjapirate123]

That is true, because the quality of housing impacts on the way you live. The bigger and better the house is, the healthier you'll be.

[@petersonum5511]

thanks for creating these videos and relaying the information carefully.

[@anthonybutler8151]

Have you got any references? Thank you

[@Emile-philia]

This topic is so unbelievably important and barely talked about at all!!

[@belladonnaRoot]

"But the system we have works well enough!" -most native Tennesseans. Or rather, they don't want to pay the income tax. It's funny how a lot of the poor people here are so against paying like $50/mo of their 25k/yr when they'd probably get $200/mo in benefits.

[@nathansheth8986]

Great video on a broad topic of discussion. Isn't most of the data for stability and safety being based on urban areas because most of the people in the US live in urban areas (according to the last census)?

[@1312KW]

Love the videos!

[@theriveroftruth]

Someone send this to Ben Carson

[@jiffyb333]

Very important information

[@jnzkngs]

If you live in public housing, and people keep breaking windows, it very negativity effects your health.

[@Exarian]

a solution would be to make public housing not means-based but competitive with most sections of the real estate market. Public housing not as a welfare program directly but as a "pacer car" on housing prices, since tax subsidies for it can make them able to force private landlords to be competitive with rent.

[@mikecarone7320]

Just blame the Taxpayer

[@mikecarone7320]

Nothing drives up rent prices like Section 8

[@ERYN__]

Yep every other paycheck = rent, but still fairly well off.

[@Exarian]

landlords should have to attend a class about the events of the french revolution, not as a threat, but as a reminder of what tenancy laws are hoping to prevent happening to them. And why they probably shouldn't have the bare minimum legally required.

[@RelaxingRainMusics]

WHO ALWAYS WATCH BUT NEVER TRY

[@timwcronin]

Can we discuss these topics in the framing of the pitfalls of capitalism? Please?

[@timwcronin]

@@Agtsmirnoff sure. Why not?

[@timwcronin]

@Haile Selassie capitalism commodifies housing. You're talking about market solutions, but, funnily enough, don't point out there is enough empty housing in the US to supply the demand. That's what capitalism has to do with housing - pricing people out of housing because it's people's retirement plan. You might blame them, or the system, or a bit of both, but we should at least have a conversation about what should and shouldn't be commodities in society.

[@timwcronin]

@Haile Selassie Western Samoa is an example of supply meeting demand, Mexico will only allow leases to foreigners, there are several examples across Europe... You should probably just Google places where housing isn't a commodity.

[@timwcronin]

@Haile Selassie way to skip over my arguments, but it was your assertion that non-commodified housing doesn't exist. Back it up, bruh.

[@phungphan2245]

Maybe this doc should be replacing the current secretary of the HUD...

[@kirbyrules55]

i spend >50% of my income on housing part of that is my lazyness part is living in so cal

[@mark.hapsis4315]

I Jesus demand low cost Houseing we told trump through ftc. sec

[@h35d85bs0]

start ur own bizniz

[@ResortDog]

Duhhh

[@carrrexx7190]

Why are you yelling....christ

[@Rebbyrag]

This is all correlation, while the data is interesting, it doesn’t really lead to any action.

[@radishraccoon3657]

That's what the rest of the series is going to be about, presumably! Some of the data go beyond correlation, anyway - for example the asthma intervention study.

[@Bc232klm]

le first

[@goremall]

It’s good to know we are discussing important issues in this country like whether to call a trans person he or she and not focusing on something important like this that is devastating people financially like myself. In all seriousness though, as long as there is money to made form peoples’ basic human necessities (food shelter water) there will be those that exploit it that dominate the market. This will not change until we fundamentally change our economic system and make it impossible for these people to exploit basic needs.

[@Hecket]

If there was no money to be made in food, most farmers would quit. Hence why many western Nations are forced to subsidize their farmers because having to adhere to food standards from the third world isn't going to be acceptable; even though they can produce/create/manufacture cheaper food items, though often with lesser quality. The reaction of socialists/communists to this farmer walking away from farming is to then force the farmer under penalty of imprisonment or implied death to farm his land and to sell his produce at fixed pricing set by the government, exporting food is impossible. Most of the food is seized not for feeding their own people but for the State whom exports it for personal gain. In reaction to this form of violence the farmer holds a large portion of his produce behind and sells it on the black market for personal gain. The housing issue in the west wouldn't be an issue if it wasn't for mass migration bumping up the cost of housing. With population decline comes cheaper cost of living, instead this natural reaction was prevented by mass importation.

[@oliverallen5324]

As long as we have capitalism, people will be exploited. Social Capitalism(what we have now) is the best system. The problem is the hodgepodge of social programs don’t work. UBI as a unified assistance is a solution supported by the data.

[@celestialpainter1356]

Trans issues are important. You dont need to invalidate trans issues in order to say social health determinants are important. Especially when trans women of colour are murdered at disproportionally high rates

[@luisfdconti]

"My problems are more important than other people's". Newsflash: you can care about more than only one problem at a time.