More and more Americans are dying from unintentional deaths than ever before. From drownings, overdoses, falls, motor vehicle crashes, and more, our nation is stricken by fatal accidents almost every four minutes. The scary truth about such accidents is that they are mostly unavoidable. You cannot foresee something like a motor vehicle crash or a … [Read more…]
It’s the new year and everyone is determined to make positive changes in their lives. Often, people resolve to eat cleaner and healthier, but then the day comes that you wake up late and didn’t meal prep the night before and have to resort to buying your lunch at the fast food joint down the … [Read more…]
Mental illness are invisible, leaving people to suffer in isolation. Social stigma leads to detachment. Contributing factors remain ignored. While we know how to prevent infectious diseases with good community design today, we still don’t know how to shape our institutions to promote mental health.
The chief question of urban planning is, “How does our built environment affect our lives?” In some ways, however, the way we choose to structure our communities contributes to untimely death. Environmental Health Researcher Richard Joseph Jackson, MD, MPH famously presents his audiences this provocative question, “In what kind of community are you most likely to end up … [Read more…]