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How to mutate your DNA, and how health systems can heal the planet, with American University’s PUBH115 students

2015.11.16 American University Class PubHealth 115- Why Aren't We Dead Yet? Role of Public Health in Society at Center for Total Health 00150
2015.11.16 American University Class PubHealth 115- Why Aren’t We Dead Yet? Role of Public Health in Society at Center for Total Health 00150 (View on Flickr.com)

Because we are The Center for Total Health (@KPTotalHealth), everything health related is in scope. Because we are Kaiser Permanente, healing people and the planet is in scope.

With that in mind we were happy to tour American University’s Professor Lynne Arneson and students in her undergraduate course “PubHealth 115: Why Aren’t We Dead Yet? Role of Public Health in Society

The great thing for total health is that all of these concepts are accessible to everyone in the health system. My colleague Erin Meade (@erinm81) remarked as we prepped for the tour that our endocrine systems are better off without disruption. I agree, so I’m glad we’re doing all the things we are to allow people’s hormones to work as intended.

Kathy Gerwig (@KathyGerwig), our environmental stewardship officer for Kaiser Permanente – wrote this blog post which was perfectly timed for the students’ experience: 10 ways hospitals can heal the planet | OUPblog

Joel Sigler, CSP, HEM, from Kaiser Permanente National Environmental Health & Safety, discussed KP’s efforts to remove harmful chemicals and reduce waste in the Kaiser Permanente System, a good family doctor knows what they don’t know, and invites those who do know to join the conversation…

I’m really glad that we’re able to tell a story about how public health and health care work together to heal people and communities at Kaiser Permanente – it’s something that didn’t seem possible during my medical training, and now it clearly is. One more reason why I love this century :).

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Getting ready to host American University Class PubHealth 115- Why Aren’t We Dead Yet? Role of Public Health in Society at Center for Total Health – with Elena, a parent with a child who has asthma (View on Flickr.com)
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