Reclaiming Public Health: Making Our Health a Shared Human Story
// When we think about health in America, our minds often shift directly towards medicine: hospitals, doctors, nurses, and vaccines. Yet, as Dean Linda Fried of Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health reminded me during a recent conversation, medical care accounts for only 20% of a population's health. The other 80% is determined by the conditions and factors we live in: clean air and water, access to education, income, and the ability to age in a supportive community. All of...
