The American Health Podcast

Sep 12 2024 59 ep. 17 mins 1.5k
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The American Health Podcast is created by the Bloomberg American Health Initiative, a project of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. The Initiative works to tackle some of the most pressing challenges to public health in the United States: Addiction and Overdose, Environmental Challenges, Food Systems, Risks to Adolescent Health and Violence. Visit http://americanhealth.jhu.edu to learn more.

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Harm Reduction for Young People in Portland

Sep 12 2024 19 mins  
Bloomberg Fellow Haven Wheelock and her colleague Jasmine Pettet share more about their work to increase harm reduction outreach for young people who use drugs.

Investing in a Crime-Free Future

Sep 12 2024 20 mins  
Bloomberg Fellow Edward McWilliams outlines his journey into public health and his work with young people hoping to create a better future.

Who are opportunity youth?

Sep 12 2024 16 mins  
Bloomberg Fellow Anthony Betori and Bloomberg Professor of American Health, Tamar Mendelson, share more about the evolving definition of opportunity youth.

Adolescent Health in the Mariana Islands

Sep 12 2024 16 mins  
Tenta Tenorio, of the Commonwealth Healthcare Corporation, Public Health Services in the Northern Mariana Islands shares more about how her organization is providing healthcare to young people in their community.

Bringing Native Food Back to Native Communities

Sep 12 2024 10 mins  
Bloomberg Fellow Livy Lewis and her colleague Kelly Pingree, share more about how they plan to use a USDA grant to bring Native foods to the Wind River Indian Reservation in Wyoming.

Adolescent Health Mini Series: TRAILER

Sep 06 2024 1 mins  
The American Health Podcast is back! Join hosts Caitlin Hoffman and Su Tellakat as they explore the impact of the Bloomberg American Health Initiative community, with a focus on adolescent health this season. They will cover topics including the importance of native american food in schools, how to better serve young people who are not in school and are not working, and how to help

A Federal Agenda for Opportunity Youth

Feb 17 2022 19 mins  
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, di

Will Biden's Infrastructure Plan Address Years of Inequity?

Feb 03 2022 16 mins  
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 In

How Pediatricians Are Addressing School Absenteeism

Jan 26 2022 17 mins  
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 innova

COVID Housing Challenges for Black Women Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence

Jan 14 2022 16 mins  
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. I