In this episode of JPHMP Direct TALK, guests Dr. Juliet Iwelunmor, Dr. Ucheoma Nwaozuru, and Ms. Alexis Engelhart describe a new public health literary journal called LIGHT that aims to center the public in public health.

Dawn Hunter and Zo Mpofu talk about their work in developing a countywide Racial Equity Action Plan to support transformative dialogue, increase civic engagement, and formalize efforts to advance racial equity in Buncombe County, North Carolina.

In this podcast, authors Maya Scherer and Alexandra Kamler describe the value of using public deliberation to set priorities for COVID-19 vaccine distribution for essential workers in New York City.

Read their article in the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice here: https://journals.lww.com/jphmp/pages/articleviewer.aspx?year=2022&issue=01000&article=00014&type=Fulltext

JPHMP Editor-in-chief Lloyd Novick speaks with Kristina Y. Risley and Christina R. Welter about best practices for enacting change at different levels while describing the factors, processes, skills, and tools required for leading complex change.

Editor-in-chief Dr. Lloyd Novick speaks with Dr. Naoko Muramatsu about Battling Structural Racism Against Asians in the United States: Call for Public Health to Make the “Invisible” Visible, an article which appears in a new supplement, Public Health Interventions to Address Health Disparities Associated with Structural Racism. Read the article: https://journals.lww.com/jphmp/Fulltext/2022/01001/Battling_Structural_Racism_Against_Asians_in_the.2.aspx

Admiral Rachel L. Levine serves as the 17th Assistant Secretary for Health for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the head of the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps. She fights every day to improve the health and well-being of all Americans. She’s working to help our nation overcome the COVID-19 pandemic and build a stronger foundation for a healthier future -- one in which every American can attain their full health potential. ADM Levine’s storied career, first, as a physician in academic medicine, focused on the intersection between mental and physical health, treating children, adolescents, and young adults. Then as Pennsylvania’s Physician General and later as Pennsylvania’s Secretary of Health, she addressed COVID-19, the opioid crisis, behavioral health, and other public health challenges.

Dr. Justin B. Moore, Associate Editor of the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, spoke with Dr. Levine about Healthy People 2030 and its role in helping us build back the health of our nation after the COVID-19 pandemic.

Drs. Deborah Porterfield, Linda Hill, and Lisa Miller describe the unique role and challenges of the preventive medicine workforce.

Learn more:

https://journals.lww.com/jphmp/toc/2021/05001

https://journals.lww.com/jphmp/Fulltext/2021/05001/HRSA_s_Investment_in_Preventive_Medicine.1.aspx

https://journals.lww.com/jphmp/Fulltext/2021/05001/The_Supply_and_Distribution_of_the_Preventive.2.aspx

https://journals.lww.com/jphmp/Fulltext/2021/05001/The_SARS_CoV_2_Pandemic__Real_Time_Training_and.3.aspx

https://journals.lww.com/jphmp/Fulltext/2021/05001/The_Development_and_Implementation_of_Preventive.4.aspx

In this episode of The Editor's Podcast, Dr. Lloyd Novick talks with JPHMP editorial board member John Auerbach about a new position he has taken at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Director of Intergovernmental and Strategic Affairs.

Laws and policies are critical determinants of health and well-being. They can encourage positive behaviors and discourage harmful behaviors, and they can enhance or worsen health, health equity, health disparities, and health literacy. In this episode of JPHMP Direct TALK, Angela McGowen and Joel Teitelbaum, two of the authors of an article published in the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, discuss  the roles of law and policy throughout the development of Healthy People 2030.

Read "Law and Policy as Tools in Healthy People 2030" in the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice" here: https://journals.lww.com/jphmp/Abstract/9000/Law_and_Policy_as_Tools_in_Healthy_People_2030.99167.aspx

Part 3 of a 3-part discussion with Dr. Jeanette Kowalik looks at the impact of systemic racism on COVID-19 in the City of Milwaukee and the city's response following a declaration that racism is a public health crisis. Learn more at www.JPHMPDirect.com.