Well said. It’s difficult to get people to think in terms of systems. The “pull yourself up by your own bootstraps” mythology has a strong hold on our cultural approach to moral responsibility.
Thank you so much Jessica. I am sharing your content with anyone I can get to listen. As a public health nurse who also happens to suffer from a myriad of health conditions, including now metastatic breast cancer. I have been saying these same things for years. And here is the really amazing and crazy part. As a person who now has Medicaid and soon to have Medicare. Plus covered by SSDI and many supportive programs. Even with cancer I am healthier than I have been in decades. I don't have to kill myself working to support myself. I don't have expensive insurance premiums or copays and still almost everything is covered. I am finally getting appropriate pain management care so even with extensive mets, arthritis, and work injuries I can move. Taking out the trash is still rough but with enough breaks I can do it without suffering for hours. I have time to see all the specialty doctors I need to see without much concern about coverage or paying for suggested treatment. It's really crazy to me that you have to become terminal in this country to finally qualify for all the services I have encouraged other people to seek out my whole career.
Thank you. As someone who worked with SNAP-Ed and EFNEP, nutrition education was only part of our intervention strategies to help participants eat healthier and live better. We had a detailed booklet of potential interventions,from sidewalk paintings to policy changes, that educators would also use to help encourage positive lifestyle interventions in their communities.
We have the research. We have the data. The outcomes from SNAP-Ed programs across the country showed larger improvements to health and well-being when nutrition education was combined with community interventions.
We had to write yearly reports track those outcomes. It's frustrating when it's apparent that the work of putting those reports together, analyzing and interpreting data, doesn't seem to reach the eyes of the policy makers who could really make significant changes to aid our communities.
Well said. It’s difficult to get people to think in terms of systems. The “pull yourself up by your own bootstraps” mythology has a strong hold on our cultural approach to moral responsibility.
Thank you so much for this! It’s always really bothered me how much privilege is baked into the MAHA mindset.
Thank you so much Jessica. I am sharing your content with anyone I can get to listen. As a public health nurse who also happens to suffer from a myriad of health conditions, including now metastatic breast cancer. I have been saying these same things for years. And here is the really amazing and crazy part. As a person who now has Medicaid and soon to have Medicare. Plus covered by SSDI and many supportive programs. Even with cancer I am healthier than I have been in decades. I don't have to kill myself working to support myself. I don't have expensive insurance premiums or copays and still almost everything is covered. I am finally getting appropriate pain management care so even with extensive mets, arthritis, and work injuries I can move. Taking out the trash is still rough but with enough breaks I can do it without suffering for hours. I have time to see all the specialty doctors I need to see without much concern about coverage or paying for suggested treatment. It's really crazy to me that you have to become terminal in this country to finally qualify for all the services I have encouraged other people to seek out my whole career.
Thank you. As someone who worked with SNAP-Ed and EFNEP, nutrition education was only part of our intervention strategies to help participants eat healthier and live better. We had a detailed booklet of potential interventions,from sidewalk paintings to policy changes, that educators would also use to help encourage positive lifestyle interventions in their communities.
We have the research. We have the data. The outcomes from SNAP-Ed programs across the country showed larger improvements to health and well-being when nutrition education was combined with community interventions.
We had to write yearly reports track those outcomes. It's frustrating when it's apparent that the work of putting those reports together, analyzing and interpreting data, doesn't seem to reach the eyes of the policy makers who could really make significant changes to aid our communities.
Thanks for sharing! We all have a part in improving society’s health