This was a very informative podcast! We recently released a podcast that focuses on creativity and innovation in the governmental public health workforce. The report that it is based on, The Public Health Workforce Interest and Needs Survey, also talks about turnover and ways to keep the workforce motivated.

Prof Vickie Mays (UCLA& AJPH) and Alfredo Morabia (EIC, AJPH) asked Barry S. Levy (Tufts University School of Medicine, and former APHA president) and Bob Gould (APHA Peace Caucus and former president of Physicians for Social Responsibility) what is the public health dimension of wars, why wars are always global, and what can public health professionals do to prevent wars and to attenuate their consequences.

AJPH 12/2023: "THE ROLE OF PUBLIC HEALTH PROFESSIONALS TO RESPOND TO AND PREVENT WARS" (English)

2023P5 Regional Editor of AJPH, Prof. Jihong Liu and Pengfei Guo, review highlights of the October to December 2023 Issues. 
The Editor’s Corner features Dr. Nabarun Dasgupta, Associate Editor of AJPH, Senior Scientist at the Injury Prevention Research Center of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Lately, Dr. Dasgupta was named to TIME100 Next list of rising global leaders.

2023 Fifth Chinese Podcast (October to December 2023)

At APHA 2023, in Atlanta, Prof Vickie Mays and Alfredo Morabia interviewed Enbal Shacham (Saint Louis University) and Este Geraghty (ESRI) about the risks and opportunities of digital innovations in public health. The system needs to be responsive to lots of threats. There is also an explosion of disruptive and innovative technologies which can help but also pose privacy risks and have the potential to fragment services and widen inequities. Also as a video on APHA channel. Music: Francis Jacob paraphrases the song "Sympathy for the Devil" by Jagger and Richard.

AJPH 1/2024: "DIGITAL PUBLIC HEALTH" (English)

AJPH's Vickie Mays and Alfredo Morabia had an in-person conversation with Maria Elena Trinidad Young, PhD (UC Merced) about her work comparing the health status of Latin and Asian immigrants in California. We discuss the results of the RIGHTS (Research on Immigrant Health and State Policy) Study that show the experiences of immigrants in the areas of health care, social services, employment, education, and law enforcement and how these experiences have had an impact on their health and access to health care.

AJPH 1/2024 #2: "HEALTH INEQUITIES WITHIN THE LATIN AND ASIAN IMMIGRANTS POPULATIONS" (English)

Alfredo Morabia, AJPH, tuvo una conversación en persona con la Prof Maria Elena Trinidad Young, PhD (UC Merced) acerca de su trabajo comparando el estado de salud de los inmigrantes latinos y asiáticos en California. Discutimos los resultados del estudio RIGHTS (Investigación sobre la Salud de los Inmigrantes y Políticas Estatales) que muestran las experiencias de los inmigrantes en áreas como la atención médica, servicios sociales, empleo, educación y aplicación de la ley, y cómo estas experiencias han tenido un impacto en su salud y acceso a la atención médica

AJPH 1/2024 #3: "INEQUIDADES DE SALUD DE LOS INMIGRANTES LATINOS Y ASIÁTICOS" (Spanish)

AJPH's Vickie Mays and Alfredo Morabia had an in-person conversation with Derek M Griffith, PhD, Center for Men's Health Equity about what it takes to achieve the goal of the center, equity in men's health. Dr Griffith reflects on the importance of the inclusion of concepts of manhood, trustworthiness, intersectionality, and individual tailoring that can be incorporated into community-based and policy strategies to promote health and well-being, particularly for African American men.

AJPH 2/2024 #1: "STRIVING FOR EQUITY IN MEN'S HEALTH" (English)

In this is second part of Black History Month AJPH podcasts, Katherine M Anderson, MPH, AJPH Student Editor, and Alfredo Morabia interview Regina Davis Moss, PhD, MPH, about her new book "Black Women’s Reproductive Health and Sexuality: A Holistic Public Health Approach" (APHA Press, 2023). They explore her motivations for writing the book, what it contributes to our understanding of the factors alienating Black women from controlling their reproductive health and sexuality, and the intended audience for the book.

AJPH 2/2024 #2: "BLACK WOMEN'S REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH & SEXUALITY" (English)

Vickie Mays and Alfredo Morabia, of AJPH, conducted an insightful interview with Dr. Jerome Adams, the 20th US Surgeon General and Distinguished Professor of Practice at Purdue University. The discussion centered around his latest book, "Crisis and Chaos: Lessons from the Front Lines of the War Against COVID-19," published by Post Hill Press in 2023. Dr. Adams candidly shared his personal experiences and the formidable challenges inherent in the role of US Surgeon General. From recounting his proudest achievements to delving into the most trying moments of his tenure, he offered a comprehensive perspective on his journey and on what it takes to be a US Surgeon General.

AJPH 4/2024 #1: "Front Lines of the War Against COVID-19: Conversation with Dr Jerome Adams" (Engl.)

2024P1 Regional Editor of AJPH, Prof. Jihong Liu and Pengfei Guo, highlight some of the contents of the January to March 2024 Issues and Supplements of the American Journal of Public Health. 
The Editor’s Corner features Dr. Guoqing Hu, Dean of the School of Public Health and Professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics at the Central South University of China.

First 2024 Chinese Podcast (January to March 2024)

This month we tackle a major crisis occurring in the governmental public health workforce, in state and local health departments. With JP Leider I review the massive wave of retirement that will slash a third of the workforce, with Karen DeSalvo I discuss what needs to be done to adapt the workforce to the current needs and challenges of public health 3.0, and with Katie Sellers we discuss how PH-WINS is conducted and what it tells us about the current interests and needs of the workforce.

AJPH MAY 2019: “PUBLIC HEALTH WORKFORCE: THREATENED BY MASS EXTINCTION?” (ENGLISH)

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