The Healthiest Goldfish
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Health is not healthcare. I write about the foundational forces that shape health. This is an automated Substack Account of https://sandrogalea.substack.com Discover more/Create at: @skystack.xyz
On soccer, the World Cup, and the water we swim in • A Goldfish extra, reflecting on the role of opportunity in soccer and health
On soccer, the World Cup, and the water we swim in
A Goldfish extra, reflecting on the role of opportunity in soccer and health
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How America’s founding ideas have made the world healthier • A reflection on the country’s 250th birthday
How America’s founding ideas have made the world healthier
A reflection on the country’s 250th birthday
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The responsibility of idea stewards • What we owe the ideas we inherit
The responsibility of idea stewards
What we owe the ideas we inherit
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A purple public health: Disagreement as a starting point • Studying and practicing public health amid real values divides
A purple public health: Disagreement as a starting point
Studying and practicing public health amid real values divides
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Health as infrastructure, not intervention • Ebola reminds us of the need for the scaffolding we often do not see until it fails.
Health as infrastructure, not intervention
Ebola reminds us of the need for the scaffolding we often do not see until it fails.
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When public health succeeds and no one hears it, does it make a sound? • Thinking about how we communicate public health better
When public health succeeds and no one hears it, does it make a sound?
Thinking about how we communicate public health better
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A Purple Public Health: The individual and the public • Rethinking autonomy in a field that serves populations
A Purple Public Health: The individual and the public
Rethinking autonomy in a field that serves populations
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Ideas that crowd out alternatives • Why the most prominent ideas are not necessarily the best.
Ideas that crowd out alternatives
Why the most prominent ideas are not necessarily the best.
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To the public health class of 2026 • As a new cohort of public health professionals start their careers, some thoughts on the aspirations that guide our work.
To the public health class of 2026
As a new cohort of public health professionals start their careers, some thoughts on the aspirations that guide our work.
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Into the light • During commencement season, toward a brighter day for public health
Into the light
During commencement season, toward a brighter day for public health
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On being useful • In a rancorous public moment, what could I possibly do?
On being useful
In a rancorous public moment, what could I possibly do?
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On finding the discipline to engage • A case for doing the uncomfortable, essential work of listening to ideas we dislike.
On finding the discipline to engage
A case for doing the uncomfortable, essential work of listening to ideas we dislike.
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Trust and public health • How to be transparent so we are trusted without having to say “trust us.”
Trust and public health
How to be transparent so we are trusted without having to say “trust us.”
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A conversation on the future of public health practice • Learning from leaders in the field in a time of challenge
A conversation on the future of public health practice
Learning from leaders in the field in a time of challenge
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Green shoots in public health • During a moment of challenge, signs of hope.
Green shoots in public health
During a moment of challenge, signs of hope.
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A Purple Public Health: Remembering the values that sustain us • Resisting the postliberal temptation
A Purple Public Health: Remembering the values that sustain us
Resisting the postliberal temptation
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The economics of attention • Why the ideas we see are not all there is
The economics of attention
Why the ideas we see are not all there is
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The human consequences of war • Addressing the physical and mental health effects of conflict.
The human consequences of war
Addressing the physical and mental health effects of conflict.
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Defining the parameters of debate • How to cool the temperature of our often-heated public conversation
Defining the parameters of debate
How to cool the temperature of our often-heated public conversation
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A Purple Public Health: What is public health for? • Revisiting our core purpose in a polarized world.
A Purple Public Health: What is public health for?
Revisiting our core purpose in a polarized world.
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On the difference between novelty and insight • And why that matters for the world of ideas
On the difference between novelty and insight
And why that matters for the world of ideas
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“Grace is not weakness but resolve.” • The power of embracing grace in this moment.
“Grace is not weakness but resolve.”
The power of embracing grace in this moment.
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The moment • Our role in an unsettled, tumultuous time.
The moment
Our role in an unsettled, tumultuous time.
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Introducing the Purple Public Health Project
Introducing the Purple Public Health Project
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The art of being ourselves • Balancing pragmatic engagement with maintaining our identity and values.
The art of being ourselves
Balancing pragmatic engagement with maintaining our identity and values.
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The politics of recognition • Which ideas get heard? Why?
The politics of recognition
Which ideas get heard? Why?
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The time to build is always • Meeting the moment in the new year.
The time to build is always
Meeting the moment in the new year.
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Looking back on 2025 • Reflections on the challenging year that was.
Looking back on 2025
Reflections on the challenging year that was.
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On connecting too many dots • Ensuring the integrity of the associations that support our conclusions.
On connecting too many dots
Ensuring the integrity of the associations that support our conclusions.
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Thinking outside the algorithm • On creating a better climate of ideas
Thinking outside the algorithm
On creating a better climate of ideas
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