NPU X - Why the Health Issues you chose are Important

64 Total Responses to Why the Health Issues are Important
The three closest neighborhoods to mine are situated between several former industrial sites at least two have been EPA condemned. Access to greenspace has been proven to extend and enhance quality of life. We also lack access to proper nutrition. There are no specialty healthfood stores. There is only one grocery for the closest seven neighborhoods and they lack a robust healthfood and nutritional supplement section. There is limited access to cost effective and quality health food. These are simple preventive healthcare measures that can greatly impact my community and they cost virtually nothing!	NPU 2
Cancer - lack of appropriate treatment and supports available to people with little, no or not adequate services.	NPU 2
Mental health is stigmatized in my community. Getting help and seeing a doctor to talk things out should not be seen as negative. / It is important to seek regular health exams because even if we take care of ourselves we can still get sick and early detection is the best medicine. / Littering is a large part of pollution in my neighborhood. People should understand that it causes heath issues as well.	NPU 2
tHESE ARE THE PROBLEMS/ISSUES THAT PLAGUE OUR COMMUNITY.	NPU 2
Mental health is a concern because of the growing number of homeless people that I see on the streets of NPU-X. Obesity has people on the path to a short life span and a poor quality of life as they age.	NPU 2
Asthma runs in my family both sides.	NPU 2
Poor mental health can make a person more vulnerable to adopt self-destructive habits. / / I hear gunshots in the neighborhood a couple of times a month, and I have neighbors who are alcoholics but want to quit. /	NPU 2
mens health is not talked about enough more need to be done to ger men to the doctor. I hear that heart diseas is high among black people there are strong steriotyps about mental health	NPU 2
womans health and reproduction are essental obesity is a problem controlled with good nutrition substance abuse	NPU 2

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