American Journal of Public Health Podcast AJPH

Welcome to "Forging Radical Hope," a special podcast series from the American Journal of Public Health 2024 Student Think Tank. In our first episode, we explore the future of public health with insightful pitches from our esteemed guests.

Part 1 features Kathleen Patti, an MPH student at the University of North Florida, who shares her visionary ideas on the future of sexual health education. Kathleen emphasizes the importance of enhancing interpersonal communication and understanding personal boundaries to improve sexual health outcomes.

Don't miss this thought-provoking discussion on the future of public health.

Follow the AJPH Student Think Tank on LinkedIn for more student highlights and to continue the conversation: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ajph-student-think-tank/

You can check out some of the resources Kathleen mentioned here:

https://amaze.org/
https://flhealthyyouth.org/

Music by Quincas Moreira.

Participant: Michael McGinnis, Executive Director at National Academy of Medicine
Hosts: Vickie Mays and Alfredo Morabia (AJPH)
This podcast addresses critical questions such as: How was public health before 1988 and what triggered the writing of the report? How important was the ongoing AIDS pandemic in this process? Is the report a milestone, marking a shift in US public health? Can we compare the failure of the public health response to the Swine Flu threat in 1976 with the success of the response to COVID-19? Do we need a new NAM report on the Future of Public Health?

This month AJPH Editors Vickie Mays and Alfredo Morabia interview Julie Ward (Vanderbilt University), Guy Seymour (Psychologist in Public Safety), and Brandon del Pozo (Brown University). Interest in the potential fatal consequences of police encounters has grown in recent years. Julie Ward and her colleagues have shown that the statistics about fatal shootings only include 55% of injury-causing police shootings. Many of these incidents are non-fatal, not even taking into consideration shootings that do not result in injuries.

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.

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.

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.