A Federal Agenda for Opportunity Youth
The American Health Podcast
On February 17, the American Public Health Association and the Bloomberg American Health Initiative released a federal policy agenda to address the needs of the more than 4 million young people ages 16 to 24 who are not enrolled in school or in the labor market. In this episode, Andrea McDaniels speaks to two of the people who put this agenda together: Professor Tamar Mendelson, director of the Center for Adolescent Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and C. Pluff, program manager at the American Public Health Association. To learn more about the federal...
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Will Biden's Infrastructure Plan Address Years of Inequity?
The American Health Podcast
This episode first ran on the Public Health on Call Podcast. For decades, infrastructure policies harmed communities of color. New highways displaced residents through eminent domain, public transit systems were left in disrepair, and urban construction projects often catered to wealthier families. Andrea K. McDaniels, Director of Communications for the Bloomberg American Health Initiative, talks with Professor Keshia Pollack Porter of the Bloomberg School about how President Biden’s $1 trillion infrastructure plan has the potential to rectify many of these inequities, some of the challenges...
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How Pediatricians Are Addressing School Absenteeism
The American Health Podcast
When children miss too much school it can negatively impact their health and set back their life potential. In Washington, D.C., pediatricians have partnered with public schools to get students back in the classroom. Andrea K. McDaniels, Director of Communications for the Bloomberg American Health Initiative, talks with two leaders at Children’s National Hospital about the innovative program to share absenteeism data with pediatricians: Dr. Danielle Dooley, a pediatrician and Medical Director of Community Affairs, and Tonya Vidal Kinlow, Vice President of Community Engagement, Advocacy, and...
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COVID Housing Challenges for Black Women Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence
The American Health Podcast
The pandemic in some ways put victims of intimate partner violence in more vulnerable positions as support services became out of reach and lost jobs, virtual work and other issues meant women were trapped at home with violent partners. Black women found themselves dealing with these new obstacles as well as the racism and sexism that already existed for them before the pandemic. In this podcast episode, Bloomberg American Health Director of Communications Andrea K. McDaniels spoke with Tiara C. Willie, Bloomberg Assistant Professor of American Health in the Department of Mental Health,...
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Bloomberg Fellows Spotlight: Katherine Chon
The American Health Podcast
Katherine is the Director of the Office on Trafficking in Persons for the Administration for Children and Families at the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). In this episode, you’ll learn about the public health response to human trafficking and hear how healthcare providers act as first responders for those experiencing human trafficking. A variety of resources are shared and discussed in this episode. Please find additional information below: Accredited online on human trafficking Voices of Freedom with StoryCorps (that will include oral histories and...
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Bloomberg Fellows Spotlight: Marissa Silverberg
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Marissa is a Food Systems & Policy Administrator with Jefferson County Public Health in Colorado. She is joined by Tyson Noeth, Executive Director of BGoldN. In this episode, Marissa and Tyson will discuss what it has been like addressing food insecurity in Jefferson County Colorado during the COVID-19 pandemic and how they have worked together to provide food for the community. To learn more about the Bloomberg American Health Initiative and the Bloomberg Fellows Program, visit .
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Bloomberg Fellows Spotlight: Lorne Carroll
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Lorne is a Public Health Nurse with the Alaska Section of Public Health Nursing in Homer, Alaska. In this episode, you’ll learn about the importance of public health nursing in the rural parts of Alaska and the differences in public health between Alaska and the lower 48 states. Learn more about Alaska Section of Public Health Nursing: . To learn more about the Bloomberg American Health Initiative and the Bloomberg Fellows Program, visit .
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Bloomberg Fellows Spotlight: Ashley Hickson
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Ashley is a Senior Policy Associate at the Center For Science in Public Interest (CSPI), a non-profit consumer advocacy group that advocates for safer and healthier foods. In this episode, you'll hear about Ashley’s work at CSPI and how support from the fellowship program helped her examine the difference in food retail quality between high and low-income communities in the South. Learn more about the CSPI, visit: To learn more about the Bloomberg American Health Initiative and the Bloomberg Fellows Program, visit .
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Bloomberg Fellows Spotlight: Melissa Box
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Melissa is the Clinical Director at ABC Counseling and Family Services in Normal, Illinois. ABC Counseling was established in 1992 to help kids and families affected by sexual abuse and those in need of adoption services throughout Central Illinois . In this episode, we will hear about Melissa’s work with ABC Counseling and Family Services and the impact of COVID-19 on children's health and safety, including education, food security, nutrition, abuse and neglect. Learn more about ABC Counseling and Family Services: To learn more about the Bloomberg American Health...
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Bloomberg Fellows Spotlight: Della Wright
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Della Wright, Evaluator and Assistant Director of the Childhood Wellbeing Division at the Deep South Center for Environmental Justice, is joined by Kathy Egland from EEECHO (Education, Economic, Environment, Climate and Health Organization), a CBO in Gulfport, Mississippi. In this episode, Della and Kathy discuss how their collaboration impacted the translation of COVID-19 data in Mississippi communities that have been historically impacted by air pollution and how they used that data to leverage resources for the community. Learn more about the Deep South Center for...
info_outlineJillian Tse is a program coordinator at the San Francisco-Marin Food Bank. In this episode, you will learn about the food bank, its mission, and the effects of the pandemic on their grocery delivery program.
Learn more about the San Francisco-Marin Food Bank; https://www.sfmfoodbank.org
To learn more about the Bloomberg American Health Initiative and the Bloomberg Fellows Program, visit https://americanhealth.jhu.edu/.