How do hedge funds and asset management firms (e.g. BlackRock) influence food governance & shape our diets?
This paper was an eye-opener for me - and it's open access!
Plus, it's quite interesting background to the ongoing German farmers' protests...
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What is the purpose of ultra-processed food? An exploratory analysis of the financialisation of ultra-processed food corporations & implications for #publichealth
@Alon I agree, that is the "smaller picture". I do think that it is worthwhile to also look at the bigger picture of how food systems are governed, e.g. to understand pressures for cutting labor and production costs, at the expense of workers, the environment, animals, etc.
@NoraGottlieb They are not workers; they are owners who are unhappy that unemployment is too low so they can't abuse workers. Workers don't own tractors that they can use to blockade roads. The bigger picture is that far right violence is normalized and even elements of the left are uncomfortable with calling for repressing it (e.g. banning AfD, banning violent protests from the right and not just from Muslims, etc.).
What happened to “All human beings are born free”? Reflections on a #ChatGPT “experiment”
We: Do Palestinians deserve to be free?
ChatGPT: The question of whether Palestinians deserve to be free is a matter of perspective and is deeply rooted in a complex and contentious political conflict...
We: ...Do Israelis deserve to be free?
ChatGPT: Yes, Israelis, like any other group of people, deserve to live in a free and secure environment...
This article is more than 14 years old.
Feels like yesterday.
"We're creating suicide bombers from the sons of the dead...
The false hope that this kind of violence will bring security to Israelis is all the more dangerous. We cannot stand aside while hundreds of civilians are being butchered by the IDF"
If you’re going to the European #publichealth Conference this coming November, please write to them and ask for childcare services (even if not relevant 4U).
Offering childcare would be one small thing EUPHA could do to make this conference a bit more inclusive.
Max Planck Survey 2022:
"most postdocs report to be at least moderately happy (83%)... [Yet] 55% of postdocs report at least mild depressive symptoms & 48% have at least mild anxiety. >1 in 5 postdocs show signs of moderate to severe clinical depression... mothers are most unhappy, depressed, anxious, stressed by care work & their work as postdocs. They report more personal conflicts... & are most socially isolated" https://www.postdocnet.mpg.de/134932/survey-2022 #academicchatter #mentalhealth #academicparents
I'll present on what the role of #evidence can+should be for policymaking... - alongside stellar speakers Charles Agyemang, Ulrike Kluge & Bernard Hirschel.
Join us! It's gonna be fun! ;)
Does low accessibility of ambulatory care drive high utilization of emergency care among asylum-seekers?
We examined this question by analyzing interrelations between physical, chronic and mental health needs and utilization of ambulatory and emergency care, while explicitly addressing associations between the different types of care.
We found no evidence that low utilization of ambulatory care contributes to emergency care use; neither did we find evidence that ambulatory treatment obviates the need to seek emergency care. Our results indicate differences in asylum-seekers’ healthcare seeking for different health needs:
Physical healthcare needs and anxiety are associated with higher utilization of ambulatory AND emergency care (“at random”); whereas asylum-seekers with depressive symptoms tend to not seek any services.
Both the undirected and under-utilization of health services reflect navigation and accessibility issues. Support services such as interpretation and care navigation as well as outreach are therefore warranted.
Many thanks to the RESPOND team, to our respondents, and of course to co-author Martin Siegel!