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Unnatural Causes: Is Inequality Making Us Sick? is a 7-part, 4-hour series produced by California Newsreel, in association with the five National Minority Consortia of public television. It looks at evidence that supports the concepts of health as involving more than just health care. It examines the social determinants that affect people's health and quality of life—the social circumstances in which we are born, live, and work—that profoundly affect well-being and longevity. The series is part of a larger "health equity" movement to reframe the national debate about health, focus attention on the underlying social and economic conditions, and determine what we can do to address health equity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]