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.

This week on the Healthy Communities Podcast we’re going to talk about community engagement with Jennifer Sweeney, Senior Advisor at the National Partnership for Women and Families. We’ll see why effective public health initiatives take much more than just, “build it they will come.”

Hi Healthy Communities podcast listeners. This is your host David Richards. In appreciation of your support, here is some bonus content from last week’s conversation with Dr. Vanessa Salcedo. We look at the ingredients of a soda tax. Enjoy.

This week on the Healthy Communities podcast we’re going to talk about the health impacts of sugary-sweetened beverage consumption with Dr. Vanessa Salcedo, pediatrician of Union Community Health Center in Bronx, New York. We’ll see why we should all rethink our drink.

This week on the Healthy Communities Podcast we’re going to talk about the relationship between housing and health in Richmond with Public Health Director Dr. Danny Avula and Fitness Warrior Lakeshia Allen. We’ll see how empowering residents strengthens a city.