exhibit for health otherwise

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1. A N E X H I B I T T O I M A G I N E H E A L T H O T H E R W I S E 2 0 2 4
2. Making structural drivers of health visible What if we opened more eyes to the structural drivers of health? What if we used the collective force of our numbers to demand accountability in government and business? This poster is posted around Baton Rouge. I found the artist through Reddit: Brandon Jenson, who supports transparency in healthcare pricing and uses his artwork to draw attention to health and environmental injustices. https://www.iconvisuals.com/projects An exhibit to imagine health otherwise ‘24
3. Environmental regulation creates more jobs This graph was created by Paul Templet, former head of the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality. Using data from the US Census and the US Department of Commerce, this graph shows that an increase in environmental regulation during the early 1990s correlated with job growth in Louisiana. This suggests that better environmental regulation could address the structural determinants of health in multiple ways. An exhibit to imagine health otherwise ‘24
4. Resisting the shock doctrine The Charity Hospital system was one of the longest-running public hospital systems offering care to impoverished residents in the US. Following Hurricane Katrina, the New Orleans Charity Hospital was closed, and disaster relief funding was used to build a new hospital. Local community members had no input in the decision- making process and struggled to access care following the closure. Naomi Klein (2007) refers to this shift as an example of “shock doctrine” policy, in which post-disaster economic and social vulnerabilities are deliberately exploited for profit. Mobilizing to prevent shock doctrine policies could contribute to addressing the structural drivers of health. An exhibit to imagine health otherwise ‘24