Our ‘sick note culture’ debate treats the problem’s symptoms, not the cause The NHS signed a million Brits off work last year for mental illness, but the worklessness crisis has nothing to do with GPs – and everything to do with politicians, says Alexis Paton

Forget "sick note culture", let's talk about the real problem for people's health and wellbeing: politics. My latest for the @the-independent.com: www.independent.co.uk/voices/menta...

#health #determinantsofhealth #politics #publichealth #sicknote

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Crux of #ClassWarfare #SocioEconomics #DeterminantsOfHealth
WHO FUCKIN SAYS MONEY CANT BUY EVERYTHING?!?!
They don’t WANT you to have living wages (too cheap) or opportunity (taking their wealth) or healthcare (they’re exclusively entitled). #PsychopathBroligarchy #ConscienceFreePlutocracy
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Crux of #ClassWarfare #SocioEconomics #DeterminantsOfHealth
WHO FUCKIN SAYS MONEY CANT BUY EVERYTHING?!?!
They don’t WANT you to have living wages (too cheap) or opportunity (taking their wealth) or healthcare (they’re exclusively entitled). #PsychopathBroligarchy #ConscienceFreePlutocracy
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#BasicRemedialCivics #ScienceHistoryEcon #SocioEconomics #DeterminantsOfHealth #HierarchyOfNeeds #SocialAgreementsOfCivilization #DestigmatizePoverty #UniversalHealthcare #JudgedByYourTreatmentOfMostVulnerable #ThePoor #BiggestPotentialEconomicGrowth #MoreWorkersBiggerEconomy #StopHobblingYourself

In 1980, Robert Crawford coined the term “healthism”: treating #health as a personal moral duty.

The result? When people get #sick, we blame their #choices instead of #SDOH.

www.pcplens.com/p/everyone-i...

(And yes, choices play a role, but so do #determinantsofhealth).

#medsky #healthpolicy

Neither the Executive nor the Legislative branch gives a shit. #DeterminantsOfHealth #SocioEconomics #SelfEnrichingExecutive #ClassWarfare #ShameICEGestapo #JusticeRobertsPrezImmunity #CrookedSCOTUS #EpsteinClientList #FirstFelon #LetGhislaineStarve

Canadians mark National Day for Truth and Reconciliation - Hardlines Sept. 30 marks the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. The day honours the children who never returned home and survivors of residential schools, as well as their families and communities. Peop...

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#RememberingTheChildren ✋🏻🚼 #StolenInnocence 😇 🐑 👧🏽 #SubjugationOfTheFirstNations 🪶 #CorrectingInequity ⚖️ ⚧️🟰 #DeterminantsOfHealth ⚕️🏥🩺 #CooperationNotCompetition 🤝 #UniversalBasicHumanRights 🧍🏻🧍🏽‍♀️🧍🏻‍♂️🌌🌐🏛️
#UnwashableColonialShame 🤴🏻🧑🏻‍🌾✝️🆓⛓️‍💥 #InvonvenientTruths #PayTheDebt #Overdue
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Loved this book so much! Literally couldn’t put it down.
If you’re interested in #publichealth, #determinantsofhealth, #history
(Social or science), or #socialjustice, you will enjoy this book.
Thanks @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social for another great read!

Green gradient fills background, w/ black-&-white pattern framing right side. White, bold font toward top left reads, “Role of Structural Determinants of Health on Access and Availability to Services”. In smaller black font below, copy reads, “As public health practitioners, we are called to safeguard the health and well-being of the people we serve, particularly those who are most vulnerable. Understanding the impact social determinants of health have on the communities we serve allows us to have a more comprehensive, responsible, and holistic professional practice. Working from a social determinants of health framework allows us to recognize and challenge systemic violence such as racism, poverty, sexism, and anti-gay oppressions that prevent participants from accessing quality care and services—with the goal of centering the health and well-being of the people we care for.” Over black border @ bottom, white & lime green font reads, “July 16, 2025 2 p.m.—4 p.m. ET” & “bit.ly/ORNJuly16".

In collaboration w/ the Opioid Response Network, NHRC has been providing free trainings that cover person-centered engagement, #MentalHealth & #SubstanceUse impacts & #Stigma, & structural #DeterminantsOfHealth on access to services. Join us for the latest session tomorrow! bit.ly/ORNJuly16

It’s great to see research being published on the #publichealth implications of transgenerational epigenopathy

Public health practitioners need to understand this & share it widely to counter the rhetoric & policies that say health is a personal responsibility
#Alberta
#medsky
#determinantsofhealth

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#CriminalizationOfPoverty #EpicEducationFailure #AmericanAttitude #PoorPeopleAreNotLazy #MassIncarceration #DeterminantsOfHealth #LearnSomeFacts #SocioEconomicsBasics #ChristianParadox #WTAF #SystemicRacismExplosion #ICEGestapo #Nuremberg
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#Science #Statistics #SocioEconomicSense #DeterminantsOfHealth #HierarchyOfNeeds #UniversalBasicHumanRights

Trump signs order to exit @WHO . The US is by far the WHO's biggest financial backer, contributing 1/5 of its overall funding. I wonder - is he motivated by the recent campaign on #commercial #determinantsofhealth ?
#publichealth
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Getting second jobs in the"gig economy" just to be able to pay our bills is far more common than it ought to be in the richest nation on earth. We should be more upset because survival mode every day is not healthy! #determinantsofhealth

Great to connect with leading minds on #DeterminantsOfHealth this past week. Australia has an impressive concentration of people, many in Melbourne, addressing commercial, social, & economic factors shaping health. #CETPH2024 convened even more leading thinkers to further advance these efforts #CDOH

Influence of social determinants of health on quality of life in patients with multimorbidity and polypharmacy Background Multimorbidity is one of the biggest challenges faced by modern medicine, especially when managing older patients who are also often taking multiple medications. Multimorbidity is influence...

Influence of social determinants of health on quality of life in patients with multimorbidity and polypharmacy #determinantsofhealth
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