Episodes

221: Massachusetts Opioid Strategy
104
July 18, 2022

221: Massachusetts Opioid Strategy

Margret Cooke, Commissioner for the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, reflects on new preliminary data showing possible improvement this year for opioid-related overdose deaths; Dr. Amy Ladley, the State Perinatal Quality Program Manager for...
220: You Can Help Build the Health Equity Tracker
103
July 15, 2022

220: You Can Help Build the Health Equity Tracker

Daniel Dawes, Executive Director for the Satcher Health Leadership Institute at Morehouse School of Medicine, discusses a new Health Equity tracker that recently marked its first year online; ASTHO is talking about equity during its upcoming Health...
219: New Opioid Use Disorder Infographics
102
July 14, 2022

219: New Opioid Use Disorder Infographics

Sanaa Akbarali, ASTHO’s Senior Director for Maternal and Infant Health, discusses strategies to improve care for pregnant and postpartum people with opioid use disorder; ASTHO produces a special supplement for the American Journal of Public Health...
218: Workforce Listening
101
July 13, 2022

218: Workforce Listening

Johnny Taylor Jr., President and CEO of the Society for Human Resource Management, discusses how COVID-19 has forever changed the relationship between employers and their teams; Dr. LaQuandra Nesbitt, the Director of the District of Columbia...
217: Opioid Abuse Child Impact Task Force
100
July 12, 2022

217: Opioid Abuse Child Impact Task Force

Dr. Denise Johnson, Acting Secretary for the Pennsylvania Department of Health, outlines the goals of a new task force considering the impact opioid abuse has on children in the state; Jon Rubin, Deputy Secretary for the Pennsylvania Department of...
216: Best of ME: Teen Mental Health Campaign
99
July 11, 2022

216: Best of ME: Teen Mental Health Campaign

This special edition revisits a popular episode of Public Health Review Morning Edition from May 24th. Jill Hunsaker Ryan, Executive Director of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, explains the Forward Together campaign; Dr....
215: Best of ME: Consulting School Nurses
98
July 8, 2022

215: Best of ME: Consulting School Nurses

This special edition revisits a popular episode of Public Health Review Morning Edition from May 19th.   Linda Mendonca, President of the National Association of School Nurses, discusses nurses needing a break, but also wanting more input...
214: Best of ME: Encouraging the Public Health Workforce
96
July 7, 2022

214: Best of ME: Encouraging the Public Health Workforce

This special edition revisits a popular episode of Public Health Review Morning Edition from May 31st.   Dr. Karyl Rattay, Director of the Delaware Division of Public Health, looks back on the past 13 years of her career in Public Health. She has...
213: Best of ME: A New Way to Address Dementia
95
July 6, 2022

213: Best of ME: A New Way to Address Dementia

This special edition revisits a popular episode of Public Health Review Morning Edition from June 6th. Chelsea Kline, Associate Director of the Center of Excellence with the Alzheimer's Association, discusses how to address dementia through the social...
212: Best of ME: LGBTQI+ Health Equity
94
July 5, 2022

212: Best of ME: LGBTQI+ Health Equity

This special edition revisits Episode 201 of Public Health Review Morning Edition from June 16th. Dr. Jan Malcom, Minnesota Health Commissioner, discusses steps to ensuring health equity for people belonging to the nation’s LGBTQI+ community; and...
211: Monkeypox Response
93
July 1, 2022

211: Monkeypox Response

Dr. Marcus Plescia, ASTHO’s Chief Medical Officer, discusses the growing concern over the monkeypox virus; Ellen Pliska, ASTHO’s Family and Child Health Senior Director, details a new supplement to the American Journal of Public Health addressing...
210: Responses to Gun Violence
92
June 30, 2022

210: Responses to Gun Violence

Lindsey Myers, ASTHO’s Vice President for Social and Behavioral Health, discusses a new blog article she authored with Chief Medical Officer Dr. Marcus Plescia about men and gun violence; Dr. Steven Stack, Commissioner of the Kentucky Department for...
209: New Tool Predicts PH Risks
91
June 29, 2022

209: New Tool Predicts PH Risks

Dr. Lisa Lines, Senior Health Services Researcher with RTI International, discusses a new tool built to help public health leaders measure, predict, and respond to social factors that impact population health; Kini Tinkham, Executive Director for the...
208: Inclusive Communications Tips
90
June 28, 2022

208: Inclusive Communications Tips

Susan Laird, a health communications specialist with the CDC, discusses the need to use more inclusive communication when working with individuals or groups; Sheila Nelson, Program Manager for Adolescent Health and Injury Prevention with the Maine Center for...
207: How to Address Burnout
89
June 27, 2022

207: How to Address Burnout

Dr. Anne Zink, ASTHO President-Elect, reflects on the problem of burnout among health care providers; Amelia Poulin, Senior Analyst for Infectious Disease Outbreak Response and Recovery at ASTHO, discusses the importance of COVID-19 case investigators...
206: New Tobacco Policy Recommendations
88
June 24, 2022

206: New Tobacco Policy Recommendations

Dawn Berkowitz, Chair of the Tobacco Control Network Executive Committee, discusses a new policy recommendations guide released by the group; Liz Hendrix, the Policy Control Officer for the Tobacco Control Network Executive Committee details what she...
205: Why Listening is Important in Public Health
87
June 23, 2022

205: Why Listening is Important in Public Health

Dr. Randall Williams, Missouri’s former Director of the Department of Health and Senior Services, joins us for a special edition of the newscast to discuss his upcoming book and the importance of listening in public health.
204: Smart Approaches to Brain Health
86
June 22, 2022

204: Smart Approaches to Brain Health

Dr. Jewell Mullen, Associate Dean for Health Equity in the Office of Health Equity at The University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School, offers her assessment of the work that still needs to be done to address Alzheimer’s and related concerns;...
203: Support for Syringe Services
85
June 21, 2022

203: Support for Syringe Services

Dr. Denise Johnson, Pennsylvania’s Acting Secretary of Health, explains how a statewide law permitting syringe services would give cover and funding to local programs trying to battle the opioid epidemic; Laura Edison, an epidemiologist in the...
202: Equity on Juneteenth
84
June 17, 2022

202: Equity on Juneteenth

Dr. Kimberlee Wyche-Etheridge, ASTHO’s Senior Vice President of Health Equity and Diversity Initiatives, and Dr. Arthur James, a retired OB/GYN and pediatrician, examine the steps required to achieve health equity in a webinar to recognize this...
201: LGBTQI+ Health Equity
83
June 16, 2022

201: LGBTQI+ Health Equity

Dr. Jan Malcom, Minnesota’s Health Commissioner, discusses steps to ensure health equity for people in the nation’s LGBTQI+ community; Dr. Kimberlee Wyche-Etheridge, ASTHO’s Senior Vice President of Health Equity and Diversity Initiatives,...
200: Common Ground on Gun Violence Responses
82
June 15, 2022

200: Common Ground on Gun Violence Responses

Dr. Marcus Plescia, ASTHO Chief Medical Officer, discusses the tragedy of gun violence in America and its connection to men’s mental health; Dr. Randall Williams, Missouri’s former Health Director, talks about a book he is writing about his...
199: Juneteenth Webinar Examines Racism, Health Equity Link
81
June 14, 2022

199: Juneteenth Webinar Examines Racism, Health Equity Link

Dr. Kimberlee Wyche-Etheridge, ASTHO’s Senior Vice President of Health Equity and Diversity Initiatives, will host a discussion featuring comments from Miss Opal Lee known as the grandmother of Juneteenth, as part of a Juneteenth webinar on...
198: Children’s COVID-19 Vaccine Outlook
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June 13, 2022

198: Children’s COVID-19 Vaccine Outlook

Dr. Paul Offit, Director of the Vaccine Education Center at the WHERE, discusses vaccines and what to expect for the rest of this year as panels for both the FDA and the CDC begin discussing the COVID-19 vaccine for children under the age of five;...