Video and Multimedia

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Audio Resources

Audio Link 11.1: Native Americans in the U.S. Healthcare System

Description: NPR’s story highlights the invisibility many Native Americans feel when it comes to their healthcare.

Learning Objective: 11.1: Provide examples of health at the societal level and illustrate how health issues impact us at the micro, meso, and macro levels.

Video Resources

Video Link 11.1: What’s Next in American Healthcare

Description: PBS takes a look at the state of American healthcare, seven years after the passage of the Affordable Care Act.

Learning Objective: 11.1: Provide examples of health at the societal level and illustrate how health issues impact us at the micro, meso, and macro levels.

Video Link 11.2: Sick Around America

Description: Frontline travels across America to collect stories of Americans without health insurance.

Learning Objective: 11.1: Provide examples of health at the societal level and illustrate how health issues impact us at the micro, meso, and macro levels.

Video Link 11.3: Mental Health

Description: PBS highlights some of the social consequences of being labeled as mentally ill.

Learning Objective: 11.3: Describe the role of the sick person.

Web Resources

Web Link 11.1: 1,495 Americans Describe the Financial Reality of Being Really Sick

Description: This New York Times piece takes a look at a newly released survey questioning sick Americans about things such as bill paying strategies and savings.

Learning Objective: 11.1: Provide examples of health at the societal level and illustrate how health issues impact us at the micro, meso, and macro levels.

Web Link 11.2: Dopesick

Description: The New York Times reviews the book Dopesick and discusses the worst drug crisis in American history.

Learning Objective: 11.1: Provide examples of health at the societal level and illustrate how health issues impact us at the micro, meso, and macro levels.