Unnatural causes : is inequality making us sick?
(DVD)
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Published
[San Francisco, Calif.] : California Newsreel, [2008].
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| Location | Call Number | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Bloomingdale Public Library - Adult AV | DVD 613 UNN | On Shelf |
| Flossmoor Public Library - Stacks | DVD NON-FIC UNNA | On Shelf |
| Prairie State College - Circulation Desk | DVD RA 448.4 .U53 2008 | On Shelf |
Subjects
LC Subjects
African Americans -- Health and hygiene.
Discrimination in medical care -- United States.
Documentary television programs.
Health and race -- United States.
Hispanic Americans -- Health and hygiene.
Immigrants -- Health and hygiene -- United States.
Marshallese -- Health and hygiene.
Mexicans -- Health and hygiene -- United States.
Minorities -- Health and hygiene -- United States.
Nonfiction television programs.
Social status -- Health aspects -- United States.
Southeast Asians -- Health and hygiene -- United States.
Television programs for the hearing impaired.
Tohono O'odham Indians -- Health and hygiene.
Unemployed -- Health and hygiene -- United States.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Video recordings.
Discrimination in medical care -- United States.
Documentary television programs.
Health and race -- United States.
Hispanic Americans -- Health and hygiene.
Immigrants -- Health and hygiene -- United States.
Marshallese -- Health and hygiene.
Mexicans -- Health and hygiene -- United States.
Minorities -- Health and hygiene -- United States.
Nonfiction television programs.
Social status -- Health aspects -- United States.
Southeast Asians -- Health and hygiene -- United States.
Television programs for the hearing impaired.
Tohono O'odham Indians -- Health and hygiene.
Unemployed -- Health and hygiene -- United States.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Video recordings.
More Details
Published
[San Francisco, Calif.] : California Newsreel, [2008].
Format
DVD
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (236 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded-out guide
Language
English
Notes
General Note
Originally produced for American public television in 2008.
General Note
Container insert includes summaries and complete contents of each episode.
Creation/Production Credits
Series executive producer, Larry Adelman.
Participants/Performers
Narrator, Llewellyn M. Smith.
Description
A seven-part documentary series arguing that "health and longevity are correlated with socioeconomic status; people of color face an additional health burden, and our health and well-being are tied to policies that promote economic and social justice. Each of the half-hour program segments, set in different racial/ethnic communities, provides a deeper exploration of the ways in which social conditions affect population health and how some communities are extending their lives be improving them"--Container insert.
Description
In sickness and in wealth: "What connections exist between healthy bodies, healthy bank accounts and skin color? Follow four individuals from different walks of life to see how their position in society, shaped by social policies and public priorities, affects their health"--Container insert.
Description
When the bough breaks: "African American infant mortality rates remain twice as high as for white Americans. African American mothers with college degrees or higher face the same risk of having low birth-weight babies as white women who haven't finished high school. How might the chronic stress of racism over the life course become embedded in our bodies and increase risks?"--Container insert.
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Becoming American: "Recent Mexican immigrants tend to be healthier than the average American. But those health advantages erode the longer they've been here. What causes health to worsen as immigrants become American? What can we all learn about improved well-being from new immigrant communities?"--Container insert.
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Bad sugar: "O'odham Indians, living on reservations in southern Arizona, have perhaps the highest rate of Type 2 diabetes in the world. Some researchers see this as the literal 'embodiment' of decades of poverty, oppression, and loss. A new approach suggests that communities may regain control over their health if they can regain control over their futures"--Container insert.
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Place matters: "Increasingly, recent Southeast Asian immigrants, along with Latinos, are moving into long-neglected African American urban neighborhoods, and now their health is being eroded as a result. What policies and investment decisions create living environments that harm, or enhance, the health of residents? What actions can make a difference?"--Container insert.
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Collateral damage: "In the Marshall Islands, local populations have been displaced from their traditional way of life by the American military presence and globalization. Now they must contend with the worst of the 'developing' and industrialized worlds: infectious diseases such as tuberculosis due to crowded living conditions, and extreme poverty and chronic disease, stemming in part from the stress of dislocation and loss"--Container insert.
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Not just a paycheck: "Residents of Western Michigan struggle against depression, domestic violence and higher rates of heart disease and diabetes after the largest refrigerator factory in the country shuts down. Ironically, the plant is owned by a company in Sweden, where mass layoffs, far from devastating lives, are relatively benign because of government policies that protect and retrain workers"--Container insert.
System Details
DVD ; widescreen format.
Language
Menus and audio in English or Spanish ; optional English or Spanish subtitles ; English closed-captions for the hearing impaired.
Local note
DVD
Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Adelman, L., Baynard, J., Chisolm, R., Fortier, J. M., Garcia Rios, P., Herbes-Sommers, C., Krause, D., Lee, E., MacLowry, R., McCarthy, S. (., Phillips, T., Ragazzi, C., Rodríguez, M. T., Rutenbeck, J., Scott, C., Smith, L., Stange, E., Strain, T. H., Walker, K., Weaver, J., & Williams, A. (2008). Unnatural causes: is inequality making us sick? (Dual-language edition.). California Newsreel.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Larry. Adelman et al.. 2008. Unnatural Causes: Is Inequality Making Us Sick?. California Newsreel.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Larry. Adelman et al.. Unnatural Causes: Is Inequality Making Us Sick? California Newsreel, 2008.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Adelman, Larry., et al. Unnatural Causes: Is Inequality Making Us Sick? Dual-language edition., California Newsreel, 2008.
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