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Amazon Music Storytelling can help public health agencies show communities what emergency preparedness looks like and why the work matters before a crisis happens. Alysia Mihalakos, chief of the Center for Emergency Preparedness and Response at the Rhode Island Department of Health, discusses her experience serving as a subject matter expert for author Jodi Picoult’s new novel “The Hollow Bones,” which features a public health preparedness leader as its main character. Mihalakos explains how the novel reflects the realities of preparedness work, including exercises, partnerships, resource challenges, and the loss of institutional knowledge following COVID-19. She also discusses how books, television, social media, and other forms of storytelling can help the public better understand the work happening behind the scenes to keep communities safe, while helping public health professionals feel seen and understood. Finally, Mihalakos shares ideas for how agencies can build creative partnerships with people who have audiences outside traditional public health channels.
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