Unnatural Causes: Is Inequality Making Us Sick? (Four Hour Documentary Exploring Racial and Socioeconomic Inequalities in Health)

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UNNATURAL CAUSES is the acclaimed documentary series broadcast by PBS and now used by thousands of organizations around the country to tackle the root causes of our alarming socio-economic and racial inequities in health. The four-hour series crisscrosses the nation uncovering startling new findings that suggest there is much more to our health than bad habits, health care, or unlucky genes. The social circumstances in which we are born, live, and work can actually get under our skin and disrupt our physiology as much as germs and viruses. Segments Include: 1) In Sickness and In Wealth: Connection between healthy bodies and bank accounts. 2) When the Bough Breaks: How racism gets embedded in the body and affects birth outcomes. 3) Becoming American: Latino immigrants arrive healthy but don't stay that way. 4) Bad Sugar: Diabetes in two Native American communities. 5) Place Matters: Where you live predicts your health. 6) Collateral Damage: Marshall Islanders are caught between the developing and industrialized worlds. 7) Not Just a Paycheck: Unemployment takes a toll in Michigan but not in Sweden.