UNNATURALCAUSES: Is Inequality Making Us Sick?

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1:41 Becoming American: Wealth Equals Health unnaturalcausesdoc 7,339 views 3 years ago Wealth and health are tightly linked in the United States. As immigrants remain in the country, as they "become American," their socioeconomic status becomes increasingly r...
1:41 Becoming American: The "Latino Paradox" unnaturalcausesdoc 5,159 views 3 years ago Two researchers present findings related to the "Latino paradox," the fact that new Latino immigrants, despite having on average lower incomes and highly stressful lives, s...
1:11 Becoming American: Arriving Healthy unnaturalcausesdoc 2,264 views 3 years ago New immigrants arriving in the United States tend to be healthier than the average American, but as they remain in the country, their health declines... This clip is exc...
4:04 "There's No Small Stuff": Being Poor in Louisville unnaturalcausesdoc 7,789 views 3 years ago Mary Turner lives in a poor neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky. With three teenage children, a husband on disability, and health complications that prevent her from worki...
7:00 Youth Empowerment Strategies (YES!) Anti-Violence Program unnaturalcausesdoc 2,299 views 3 years ago Learn more about YES!, an after-school youth anti-violence program in Richmond, California. This video is a Web-exclusive supplement to "Place Matters," Episode 5 of "UN...
5:57 The Mystery of Black-White Differences in Infant Mortality unnaturalcausesdoc 17,279 views 3 years ago Neonatologists James Collins and Richard David specialize in the care of infants born too soon or too small. Their research on differences in birth outcomes between African...
6:52 TOCA - Cultural Renewal to Improve Health unnaturalcausesdoc 3,326 views 3 years ago Terrol Dew Johnson, featured in the "Bad Sugar" segment of UNNATURAL CAUSES, is co-founder of Tohono O'odham Community Action, a community-based organization focused on cul...
5:38 Richmond California Struggles for Clean Air unnaturalcausesdoc 2,592 views 3 years ago Community activist Torm Nompraseurt leads a "toxic tour" of Richmond, California where high levels of industrial pollution are wreaking havoc on the health and wellbeing of...
1:10 Native American Treaties and Health Care unnaturalcausesdoc 4,786 views 3 years ago Dr. Donald Warne explains that Native Americans are the only U.S. group born with a legal right to health care. Historically, however, American Indian health care programs ...
3:53 Marshallese Displaced from Homes after U.S. Nuclear Testing unnaturalcausesdoc 2,571 views 3 years ago Dise Langrus is one of many Marshallese who were relocated from their home islands 40 years ago after U.S. nuclear testing rendered it uninhabitable. Others were moved to m...

About UNNATURALCAUSES: Is Inequality Making Us Sick?

Unnatural Causes, for the first time on film, investigates the sources of our huge and alarming socio-economic and racial inequities in health. The four-hour series sifts through the evidence suggesting that there's more to our health than bad habits, health care, or unlucky genes. The social environment in which we are born, live and work profoundly affects our well-being and longevity.

The series broadcast nationally on PBS in spril 2008, and is now available on DVD from California Newsreel, www.newsreel.org