Healthy Communities Podcast David Richards

This week is APHA’s National Public Health Week, a celebration of all things public health. Because today’s theme is violence prevention, we’ve invited a special guest to join the Healthy Communities podcast. This week we have Mighty Fine, Director of the Center for Public Health Practice and Professional Development at APHA. Enjoy!

Hi Healthy Communities podcast listeners. The finalists of the Healthiest Cities & Counties Challenge have been announced! These next episodes are dedicated to them and their amazing stories. Our fourth episode in the series is on the West Louisville Outdoor Recreation Initiative with Bennett Knox, Parks Administrator at Louisville Parks & Recreation. Enjoy! 

Hi Healthy Communities podcast listeners. The finalists of the Healthiest Cities & Counties Challenge have been announced! These next episodes are dedicated to them and their amazing stories. Our third episode in the series is on the Healthy Community Corridor project in Kansas City, Kansas, with Broderick Crawford, Executive Director of the NBC Community Development Corporation and Angel Obert, Recreation Manager for the Unified Government of Wyandotte County Parks & Recreation. Enjoy!

Hi Healthy Communities podcast listeners, if you haven’t already heard, we’ve announced the winners of the Healthiest Cities & Counties Challenge. These next episodes are going to be dedicated to our winners and their amazing stories. Our second episode is with Deborah Thomas-Sims, Kristin duBay Horton, and Deborah Caviness from the Bridgeport Coalition United to Reach Equity project in Connecticut. Enjoy!

Hi Healthy Communities podcast listeners, if you haven’t already heard, we’ve announced the winners of the Healthiest Cities & Counties Challenge. These next couple episodes are going to be dedicated to our winners and their amazing stories. Our first episode is with Cheryl Emanuel, health manager for the Mecklenburg County Health Department in North Carolina. Enjoy! 

This week on the Healthy Communities podcast we’re going to talk about climate change and environmental health with Dr. Natasha DeJarnett, policy analyst at APHA. We’ll see how changes big and small in our natural environment can have dramatic impacts to our health.