As the public health and planning professions expand their partnership around the world, consider this list by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health of the 100 Objects That Shaped Public Health.”
To celebrate its centennial this year, the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health published a list of the 100 objects that shaped public health over the course of that history.
The interactive list is separated into the following categories: Cancer, disease-fighters, eating and drinking, everyday objects, furniture and appliances, material and child health, medical innovations, road safety, tech and innovation, and things you wear. By now, the well-informed planner should already be chomping at the bit to imagine the potential professional and practical cross-over of the list, and Linda Poon has already done some of the work of pulling out planning-related items on the list.
“Some have, for better or worse, an obvious connection to public health, including automobiles, toilets, and cigarettes. Others are a bit unexpected—such as spittoons, smartphones, and the Chevrolet Corvair,” writes Poon before digging deeper into the examples of the Corvair, window screens, spittoons, smartphones, rats, and air conditioners.
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