Addiction Episodes
357
July 18, 2025
950: Food Code Adoption, Public Health Impacts on Overdose
Aileen Benavente-Pangelinan, environmental health program manager at the Commonwealth Healthcare Corporation, describes how the new food code adopted by the Northern Mariana Islands will improve public health safety; Jessica Hulsey, founder and CEO of the Addiction Policy Forum, explains...
Guests: Aileen Benavente-Pangelinan , Jessica Hulsey
288
June 5, 2024
679: Community Health Workers Need Sustained Funding, Pediatricians Feel Ill-Equipped to Help Teens Struggling with Addiction
Denise Octavia Smith, executive director of the National Association of Community Health Workers, discusses the need for sustained funding for Community Health Workers; and Dr. Scott Hadland, chief of Adolescent Medicine at Mass General for Children,...
237
March 22, 2024
627: Alcohol Deaths Rise, PH Funding Update
Marissa Esser, CDC Alcohol Program lead, discusses the steep rise in deaths from excessive alcohol use; Carolyn Mullen, ASTHO senior vice president of Government Affairs and Public Relations, gives an update on the public health funding situation; and...
Guests: Carolyn Mullen , Marissa Esser PhD MPH
198
Jan. 25, 2024
587: ASTHO Urges White House to Implement Menthol Rule, Advocates Join Call for Menthol Ban
Josh Berry, ASTHO Director of Chronic Disease Risk Factors, says ASTHO is calling on the White House to implement a rule that would prohibit the sale of menthol-flavored tobacco products; Chrissie Juliano, Executive Director of the Big Cities Health...
Guests: Joshua Berry MPH , Chrissie Juliano MPP