Posts tagged disease prevention
Plant-based Prevention of Disease: A Conversation With Kim A. Williams Sr.
Plant-based Prevention of Disease: A Conversation With Kim A. Williams Sr.

The medical literature is replete with data indicating the dangers of eating animal products. Plant-based diets are associated with lower rates of obesity and diabetes, high quality of life and longer life-expectancy, as well as less hypertension, dyslipidemia, peripheral artery disease, coronary disease, myocardial infarction, erectile dysfunction, heart failure, stroke and death.

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Cardiovascular DiseaseHHPRPlant-based, Prevention, Cardiology, disease preventionComment
Maximizing the Impact of Contact Tracing for COVID-19: The Importance of Human-Centered and Equity-Driven Programming
Maximizing the Impact of Contact Tracing for COVID-19: The Importance of Human-Centered and Equity-Driven Programming

Successful contact tracing requires acknowledging structural inequities, deliberately designing programs to address them, and fitting solutions within broader support systems. After all, a program to stop community transmission will not achieve its intended impact if people are unable to isolate/quarantine.

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Public HealthHHPRcovid-19, contact tracing, health disparities, disease prevention, social servicesComment