Category Archives: Public Health

LA educates Chinese migrants on how to access American Healthcare system

Written by Damjan Denoble. Posted on August 27, 2010. Filed under China, News Items, Public Health. No comments.
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Just like Western expats without Chinese language skills living in China, Chinese expats without English speaking skills living in America have a hard time understanding where to get help for their needs. This is especially important for Chinese expat seniors who's healthcare needs are great and ability to improve language skills are limited.

China’s quack doctors are not afraid to hire someone who’ll hurt you, or me

Written by Damjan Denoble. Posted on August 25, 2010. Filed under China, Public Health. 2 Comments.
Fang Xuanchang is a respected Chinese science and technology journalist who was recently beaten by two men he suspects were thugs hired by an angry doctor he exposed in a story. The incident suggests a new enemy to journalists in a nation filled with government press crackdowns: vindictive story subjects who hire mobsters to seek revenge. Photograph by: John M. Glionna, Los Angeles Times/MCT
All I can say is, boy it's good to be in the US of A, where I can safely say, "Go F[ine and self regulate] yourself [better] TianTian Puhua Hospital in Beijing for taking suffering people's money and feeding them false hope." I really hate to get half-way to vulgar like I just did, but medical predators make me so angry.

Breaking: SCA Web Study Finds that Chinese Focus on Personal Hygiene More Intense After H1N1

Written by Damjan Denoble. Posted on August 20, 2010. Filed under China, Public Health. 1 Comment.
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Earlier in Shanghai today, at the Swedish pavilion of Expo 2010, a company called SCA, that describes itself as "the world's third largest global paper and hygiene products company", presented a the results of global hygiene attitudes study. The stated goal of the study was to find out how the flu pandemic of 2009 may have changed global attitudes towards hygiene, and its findings suggest that a high portion of Chinese pay more attention to good hygiene habits today than before the flu pandemic.

WSJ: China’s Smoking Habit Wrap Up

Written by Damjan Denoble. Posted on August 17, 2010. Filed under China, Public Health. No comments.
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Good wrap up by James T. Arredy of national smoking survey data just released by China CDC and WHO. I add my three cents here.

Healthcare reform in China is absolutely pushed along by people, not politicians

Written by Damjan Denoble. Posted on August 16, 2010. Filed under China, Public Health. 2 Comments.
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Over on China/Divide I received a few comments about my post "Healthcare Knowledge as a Catalyst for Change in China". I submitted a response to one of the comments worthy of a stand alone post. The yellow tie Gravatar that the commenter, King Tubby, is referring to has been replaced with a cleaner suit. I've attached the offending picture here, however, so that it does not appear I am overly sensitive to friendly internet banter.