Host David Speiser, Ph.D., executive vice president at ICF, and Nicola Dawkins-Lyn, Ph.D., MPH, a behavioral scientist at ICF, speak to Lori Freeman of the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO), a membership organization representing the nearly 3,000 local health departments across the country, on the role of the public health system during—and after—the pandemic.

• The conversation covers topics such as:
• Fragmentation and the disparate strategies and priorities of different regions across the U.S.
• Ways to engage with rural public health organizations.
• Equity factors that contribute to a person’s overall health, and systemic barriers health departments must work to remove.
• How to keep population healthy at such a polarized time.
• The crisis of a decreasing public health workforce, especially in the field of nursing.