{"id":120200,"date":"2019-03-13T05:00:51","date_gmt":"2019-03-13T02:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ww-vb.mine.nu\/w108\/jonathan-metzl-examines-how-hot-button-political-issues-impact-health-vanderbilt-news-2\/"},"modified":"2019-03-13T05:00:51","modified_gmt":"2019-03-13T02:00:51","slug":"jonathan-metzl-examines-how-hot-button-political-issues-impact-health-vanderbilt-news-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hameed.nwar.uk\/sa\/jonathan-metzl-examines-how-hot-button-political-issues-impact-health-vanderbilt-news-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Jonathan Metzl examines how hot-button political issues impact health | Vanderbilt News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"795\" height=\"447\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/N8bfMTksVWU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Vanderbilt professor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jonathanmetzl.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jonathan Metzl<\/a> isn\u2019t afraid to tackle society\u2019s most controversial issues, like guns, mass shootings, health care, race, politics and mental illness. A physician by training, he comes to these issues with a unique perspective.<\/p>\n<p>Metzl, the Frederick B. Rentschler II Professor of Sociology, professor of psychiatry and professor of medicine, health and society, examines how social, economic and political forces \u00a0produce polarizing health conditions and inequities and then looks for solutions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt often seems like issues such as guns, health care or education are issues we\u2019re never going to agree on. But then when you talk to people on the ground, I find there\u2019s much more agreement than you would realize and much more room for understanding and positive compromise,\u201d Metzl said.<\/p>\n<h3>Intersecting health and society<strong><br \/><\/strong><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_287680\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/vu-news\/files\/20190220134932\/Jonathan-Metzl-2019.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"287680\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/news.vanderbilt.edu\/2019\/03\/11\/jonathan-metzl-examines-how-hot-button-political-issues-impact-health\/jonathan-metzl-2019\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/vu-news\/files\/20190220134932\/Jonathan-Metzl-2019.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"6720,4480\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 5D Mark IV&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Dr. Jonathan Metzl for Vanderbilt Magazine cover story on Chancellor Chairs.(John Russell\/Vanderbilt University)&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1508349116&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Vanderbilt University&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;35&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.004&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"PREFERRED Jonathan-Metzl-2019\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/vu-news\/files\/20190220134932\/Jonathan-Metzl-2019-600x400.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/vu-news\/files\/20190220134932\/Jonathan-Metzl-2019-1600x1067.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-287680\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/vu-news\/files\/20190220134932\/Jonathan-Metzl-2019-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"Jonathan Metzl, Frederick B. Rentschler II Professor of Sociology, professor of psychiatry and professor of medicine, health and society\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/vu-news\/files\/20190220134932\/Jonathan-Metzl-2019-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/vu-news\/files\/20190220134932\/Jonathan-Metzl-2019-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/vu-news\/files\/20190220134932\/Jonathan-Metzl-2019-1600x1067.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jonathan Metzl, Frederick B. Rentschler II Professor of Sociology, professor of psychiatry and professor of medicine, health and society<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Metzl leads Vanderbilt\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanderbilt.edu\/mhs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Center for Medicine, Health and Society<\/a>, an interdisciplinary pre-health program for undergraduates and graduate students that examines big questions around health and illness in relation to matters such as race, gender and socio-economic issues.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re creating an interdisciplinary environment of scholars and students who are looking not just at the best ways to treat health and illness, but also at the big questions, like why as a nation do we spend so much on health care but have relatively poor health outcomes? Or why do we have major disparities in terms of health and longevity based on income and race? Why can\u2019t Americans agree on health care reform or health insurance?\u201d Metzl asked.<\/p>\n<p>MHS has flourished under Metzl\u2019s leadership. The undergraduate program now has nearly 600 majors\u2014200 students will graduate with the MHS major in May 2019. MHS students are accepted to medical school at nearly double the national average. (In 2018, the medical school acceptance rate was 43 percent nationally, 76 percent for all Vanderbilt students and 83 percent for MHS majors.) MHS now also leads a thriving master\u2019s program in the social foundations of health.<\/p>\n<h3>Diverse education<strong><br \/><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>A broad education opened Metzl\u2019s mind to diverse issues. While he was completing medical school and residency, he took night classes and earned a degree in English literature and a master\u2019s degree in poetry. After his medical fellowship, he went back to school and earned a Ph.D. in American studies and American history.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wanted to study the history of medicine and the politics of medicine,\u201d Metzl said. \u201cPeople asked me, how are you going to combine all of this? When I came to Vanderbilt, the Center for Medicine, Health and Society seemed like the place I was training for all along.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Deep roots<\/h3>\n<p>Metzl credits his Midwestern Missouri upbringing for putting practical application to his education.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel like there\u2019s this mode of kind of talking to people directly that I really appreciate about the Midwest,\u201d said Metzl. \u201cPolitically, the Midwest became the canary in the coal mine for what\u2019s happened to our country over the last couple of years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Metzl\u2019s family, led by a child psychologist mom and physician dad, who is also an immigrant to the United States, inspired much of his mission.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy father and his parents escaped the Holocaust just barely by slipping out of Austria. Many of our family members were killed in the Holocaust,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>His three brothers are national leaders as well\u2014two are physicians and a third is a lawyer and historian.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s a long tradition of the importance of diversity and immigration in my family and the ways that immigrants can give back to society and make it better. I think that was a big driving force for us,\u201d Metzl added.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_287682\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"287682\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/news.vanderbilt.edu\/2019\/03\/11\/jonathan-metzl-examines-how-hot-button-political-issues-impact-health\/img_0728\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/vu-news\/files\/20190220135418\/IMG_0728.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"960,637\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_0728\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Jonathan Metzl and his family&lt;\/p&gt;&#10;\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/vu-news\/files\/20190220135418\/IMG_0728-600x398.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/vu-news\/files\/20190220135418\/IMG_0728.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-287682\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/vu-news\/files\/20190220135418\/IMG_0728-600x398.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/vu-news\/files\/20190220135418\/IMG_0728-600x398.jpg 600w, https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/vu-news\/files\/20190220135418\/IMG_0728-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/vu-news\/files\/20190220135418\/IMG_0728.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jonathan Metzl and his family<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>\u2018Dying of Whiteness\u2019<strong><br \/><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>In his latest research\u2014published in his book <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dyingofwhiteness.com\/\">Dying of Whiteness, How the Politics of Racial Resentment is Killing America\u2019s Heartland<\/a><\/em>, Metzl went back to the Midwest to examine health implications of political choices tied to race, health care, tax cuts and guns.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"287683\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/news.vanderbilt.edu\/2019\/03\/11\/jonathan-metzl-examines-how-hot-button-political-issues-impact-health\/metzl_dying-of-whiteness\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/vu-news\/files\/20190220135626\/METZL_Dying-of-Whiteness.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1838,2850\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"METZL_Dying-of-Whiteness\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Jonathan Metzl book, Dying of Whiteness&lt;\/p&gt;&#10;\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/vu-news\/files\/20190220135626\/METZL_Dying-of-Whiteness-387x600.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/vu-news\/files\/20190220135626\/METZL_Dying-of-Whiteness-1032x1600.jpg\" class=\" wp-image-287683 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/vu-news\/files\/20190220135626\/METZL_Dying-of-Whiteness-387x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"242\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/vu-news\/files\/20190220135626\/METZL_Dying-of-Whiteness-387x600.jpg 387w, https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/vu-news\/files\/20190220135626\/METZL_Dying-of-Whiteness-768x1191.jpg 768w, https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/vu-news\/files\/20190220135626\/METZL_Dying-of-Whiteness-1032x1600.jpg 1032w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 242px) 100vw, 242px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis sense of white identity and white identity politics was in some instances a more powerful driver than longevity or well-being for dictating how people behaved,\u201d Metzl said.<\/p>\n<p>He found that in very pro-gun communities, people were also putting themselves at the highest risk because he says research shows that most gun death is caused by gun suicide.<\/p>\n<p>As for health care, Metzl\u2019s research found that some people rejected policies like the Affordable Care Act, even if it could benefit them personally.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe found something that I, to this day, found incredibly jarring. Certain people who we spoke to who had tremendous medical need rejected the possibility of getting this health insurance not because they didn\u2019t need it medically or financially, they definitely did, but because of a bigger ideology about politics,\u201d Metzl said.<\/p>\n<h3>Communication and progress<strong><br \/><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Metzl believes doing solid research, teaching and having open dialogue about these hot-button issues will ultimately lead to progress, but that a lot of work needs to be done.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel like there\u2019s so much power in the American ability to find solutions to complex problems,\u201d he said. \u201cBut we\u2019ve lost our ability to talk to each other and find common ground. I strongly believe that\u2019s where our focus needs to be.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/vanderbilt-research\/~3\/xghYKn5K-Cc\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Vanderbilt professor Jonathan Metzl isn\u2019t afraid to tackle society\u2019s most controversial issues, like guns, mass shootings, health care, race, politics and mental illness. A physician by training, he comes to these issues with a unique perspective. Metzl, the Frederick B. 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