Today in Labor June 30, 1906: United States Congress passes the Meat Inspection Act and Pure Food and Drug Act in response to Upton Sinclair's novel, “The Jungle,” which exposed atrocious sanitary conditions in Chicago meat packing industry. Sinclair intended his book not only to bring attention to the public health threat of the squalid working conditions, but also to the racism faced by Chicago’s largely immigrant meat workers, as well as the corruption of both the politicians and union officials. However, the public was most outraged by the prospect of getting food poisoning from the rotten meat.
On Monday, the 14th #SpaceSyntax Symposium kicks off in Cyprus with an amazing programme full of interesting research on space, #architecture and society.
"Unsheltered populations experience higher rates of chronic disease, serious mental illness, and substance abuse than sheltered populations...Despite having large unmet health needs, unsheltered populations have lower healthcare utilization and often lack health insurance."
Analysis of nicotine and tobacco product use by sexual identity, gender identity, and sex assigned at birth finds notable differences in use across groups.
Different prevention and cessation interventions may be needed to meaningfully curb use.
Interviews with patients at a health center illustrate barriers to mental health care that include:
perceived dismissal of mental health concerns (by healthcare providers), challenges with provider continuity, cost, communication breakdowns, the patient portal, and community-specific perceptions of mental health.