Name: AJPH 2/2023: "THE 2023 STATE OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH UNION" (ENGLISH) by American Journal of Public Health Podcast
Duration: 10 min 34 s
Description: The theme of the meeting this year is diversity equity and inclusion in all policies. Panelists are from a different public health action domains This year's Prime Ministers were Osprey Orielle Lake, Roishetta Ozane, and Monique Verdin from the Women's Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN). The panelists were Adam Kader, Allison Berry, Thomas LaVeist, Michael E. Bird, and Osprey Orielle Lake.

The theme of the meeting this year is diversity equity and inclusion in all policies. Panelists are from a different public health action domains This year's Prime Ministers were Osprey Orielle Lake, Roishetta Ozane, and Monique Verdin from the Women's Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN). The panelists were Adam Kader, Allison Berry, Thomas LaVeist, Michael E. Bird, and Osprey Orielle Lake.

AJPH 2/2023: "THE 2023 STATE OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH UNION" (ENGLISH)

In this episode of the AJPH Vickie Mays, Alfredo Morabia and guest podcast co-host Susan Cochran offer reflections of a series of papers on the context of societal conditions that call out the need for public mental health. The interviews are of an author of 4 papers in a special AJPH issue on mental health. Margarita Alegria and her study of which primary care referrals actually enhanced both mental and physical health, Brea Perry and the impact of mental health in emerging young adults use of social media in building social cohension and bonding, Pualani Enos's reflection on the ways in which the land and water right fights are part of the mental health trauma of the Lahaina fires and from Cochran and Mays on their paper on the gendered language of mental health and its importance in assessing men's suicide.

AJPH 2C/2025: "SOCIETY’S ROLE IN ADDRESSING THE MENTAL HEALTH, GRIEF, AND BEREAVEMENT CRISIS" (ENGLISH)

In this series, What is Public Health?, Vickie Mays and Alfredo Morabia interview Dr. Sonja Rasmussen, former Editor-in-Chief of the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR). They discuss the role of the MMWR, the day-to-day responsibilities of its editor, and the potential consequences of recent executive orders restricting its publication.

AJPH 3A/2025: "WHAT IS PUBLIC HEALTH: THE ROLE OF THE MMWR" (ENGLISH)

In this series, What is Public Health?, Vickie Mays and Alfredo Morabia speak with Dr. Craig Spencer from the Brown University School of Public Health. They explore the work of American public health professionals abroad—particularly in Asia and Africa—and discuss the real-world humanitarian impact of recent executive orders shutting down USAID and cutting the workforce of federal public health agencies.


AJPH 3B/2025: "WHAT IS PUBLIC HEALTH: GLOBAL HEALTH WORK" (ENGLISH)

In this episode Alfredo Morabia explores with Cynthia N. Lebron (Latino Caucus for Public Health), José Pérez-Ramos, (U Rochester), and Anna-Michelle McSorley, (U Connecticut) key health issues facing the Hispanic/Latino population in the U.S., We examine the adequacy of health data collection, questioning whether current tools provide an accurate picture of this diverse community. The episode also discusses the unique health challenges of undocumented immigrants, including barriers to healthcare access and quality. Through these discussions, the podcast aims to highlight critical gaps and opportunities for improving health equity within Hispanic/Latino communities.

AJPH 4/2025: "THE STATE OF PUBLIC HEALTH IN THE HISPANIC/LATINO COMMUNITY OF THE US" (ENGLISH)

Alfredo Morabia and Vickie Mays (UCLA), editors at the American Journal of Public Health (AJPH) conducted an in-person interview of Lauren Weber, who, at The Washington Post, is an accountability reporter focusing on scientific and medical disinformation. She presented her work at the 2024 Annual Meeting of the APHA in Minneapolis.

AJPH 4B/2025:"EMPATHY IN ACTION: TRANSFORMING PUBLIC HEALTH MESSAGING IN A POLARIZED ERA" (ENGLISH)

2025P2 Regional Editor of AJPH, Prof. Jihong Liu and Dr. Tianchu Lyu, review highlights of the Jan to Mar 2025 Issues and Supplements. 
The Editor’s Corner features Dr. José Pagán, Professor and Chair of Department of Public Health Policy and Management, School of Global Public Health, New York University

2025 Second Chinese Podcast (January to March 2025)

Alfredo Morabia and Vickie Mays (UCLA), editors at the American Journal of Public Health (AJPH) conducted an in-person interview of David Rein of the Atlanta Public Health Department focusing on improving vision and eye health using the CDC national Vision and Eye Health surveillance system to increase public awareness of affordable eye care.

AJPH 5A/2025:"DEVELOPING A CENSUS TRACT LEVEL VISION NEED INDEX FOR THE UNITED STATES" (ENGLISH)

Alfredo Morabia (AJPH) interviews Yi-Ling Tan, Program Manager at NYU Langone Health based in New York City, New York about her APHA 2024 presentation titled “An overview of a community-led process to address problem gambling in the Asian American community.” We discuss the reasons that led her to study problem gambling among Asian Americans, and who were the essential community partners in this work?

AJPH 5C/2025 "COMMUNITY-LED PROCESS TO ADDRESS PROBLEM GAMBLING IN ASIAN AMERICANS" (ENGLISH)

In this series, What is Public Health?, Vickie Mays and Alfredo Morabia interview Marion Nestle, Paulette Goddard Professor of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health, Emerita, at New York University. Her most recent book is a memoir, Slow Cooked: An Unexpected Life in Food Politics (2022) They discuss the role of the role of a public health nutritionist, very practically, and how this role maybe impacted by the current changes at the Human and Health Service agency.

AJPH 6/2025: "WHAT IS PUBLIC HEALTH: BEING A NUTRITIONIST" (ENGLISH)

2025P3 Regional Editor of AJPH, Prof. Jihong Liu and Dr. Tianchu Lyu, review highlights of the Apr to Jun 2025 Issues and Supplements. 
The Editor’s Corner includes an interview of Dr. Alfredo Morabia, Outgoing Editor-in-Chief of AJPH, Professor of Epidemiology, Queens College, City University of New York.

2025 Third Chinese Podcast (April to June 2025)

AJPH Podcasts in English and Chinese
English-language hosts: Alfredo Morabia (Editor-in-Chief) and Vickie Mays (Associate Editor)
Chinese-language host: Jihong Liu (Associate Editor)

AJPH 2/2023: "THE 2023 STATE OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH UNION" (ENGLISH)

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