How Neighborhoods Make Us Sick

Restoring Health and Wellness to Our Communities

Veronica Squires, Breanna Lathrop

• Publisher: IVP
• Year: 2019
• Print ISBN: 9780830845576
• eBook ISBN: 9780830873357
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: Religion

Our neighborhoods are literally making us sick.Buildings with mold trigger asthma and other respiratory conditions. Geographic lack of access to food and health care increases childhood mortality. Community violence traumatizes residents. Poverty, unemployment, inadequate housing, food insecurity, racial injustice, and oppression cause physical changes in the body, resulting in disease and death.But there is hope. Loving our neighbor includes creating social environments in which people can be healthy. While working in community redevelopment and treating uninsured families, Veronica Squires and Breanna Lathrop discovered that creating healthier neighborhoods requires a commitment to health equity. Jesus' ministry brought healing through dismantling systems of oppression and overturning social norms that prevented people from living healthy lives. We can do the same in our communities through addressing social determinants that facilitate healing in under-resourced neighborhoods.Everyone deserves the opportunity for good health. The decisions we make and actions we take can promote the health of our neighbors.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Dedication Page
• Contents
• Foreword by Keri Norris
• PART ONE: HOW WE GET SICK
• PART TWO: HOW WE GET WELL
• Epilogue: Toward a Better Way
• Acknowledgments
• Discussion Questions
• Notes
• Subject Index
• Praise for How Neighborhoods Make Us Sick
• About the Authors
• More Titles from InterVarsity Press
• Copyright