Factors that impact risk of chronic disease, in order from biggest impact to smallest: 1. Social 2. Economic 3. Environmental 4. Cultural 5. Genetic 6. Personal Read the list backwards to get the order in which we intervene HOW IS THAT OK?
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It is well-known and demonstrable that social interventions are a) More effective b) More equitable c) Cost less Than personal interventions, but because we consider chronic disease to be an individual failing, we condemn people to suffer unnecessarily
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Also, this is obviously not an exhaustive list, you could fit dozens of risk factors in there before you get to "personal" but twitter limits my list-making abilities
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If you could, for example, provide effective care to people in prisons for Hepatitis, you would likely provide huge benefits not just to the individuals but to all of society but we instead leave them to suffer because we don't like convicts
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