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Public Health Perspectives

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JPHMP Direct is the online companion site of the Journal of Public Health Management & Practice.

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Episodes

  1. Dr. Ellyn Mulcahy: What Is Public Health?

    Dr. Ellyn Mulcahy describes what public health means to her on a personal and a professional level.

  2. Dr. Bridges Hamilton: What is public health?

    Dr. Bridges Hamilton describes what public health means to her personally and professionally.

  3. Dr. Ellyn Mulcahy: What do you wish everyone knew about public health?

    Dr. Ellyn Mulcahy describes what she thinks everyone should know about public health.

  4. Dr. Christina Bridges Hamilton: What do you wish everyone understood about public health?

    Dr. Christina Bridges Hamilton describes what she wishes everyone knew about public health.

  5. Dr. Ellyn Mulcahy: What advice do you have for public health graduates?

    Dr. Ellyn Mulcahy shares her advice for public health graduates entering the workforce.

  6. Dr. Christina Bridges Hamilton: What advice do you have for public health graduates?

    Dr. Christina Bridges Hamilton share her advice for public health students entering the workforce.

  7. Meet Our New Intern Karsen DeWeese

    We are thrilled to announce that Karsen DeWeese, an MPH student at Kansas State University, is completing an internship at the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice. Karsen brings a wealth of communications experience with her from a prior internship with our friends at the Kansas…

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  8. Transforming Higher Education, Emphasizing Public Health: Spotlight on Dr. Lillian Smith

    JPHMP editorial board member Dr. Lillian Smith considers herself a pracademic who enjoys fostering an environment where everyone can be innovative. As the Dean of Western Michigan University (WMU), she has a deep appreciation for the interdisciplinary work that public health targets and believes...

  9. The Naloxone Education Initiative: Educating High Schoolers to Save Lives

    JPHMP intern Karsen DeWeese speaks with Suhanee Mitragotri about the Naloxone Education Initiative, an educational program she developed to inform and train high school students on the use of naloxone in preventing opioid overdoses.

  10. Maternal and Child Health Podcast with Dr. Lindsey Yates

    In this episode of The Editor's Podcast, Dr. Novick speaks with one of the editors of The Practical Playbook III: Working Together to Improve Maternal Health, a guide for researchers, community activists, and advocates of maternal health offering practical tools and strategies to improve…

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  11. Is Incarceration a Public Health Issue?

    In this episode of JPHMP Direct Talk, members of the APHA Health Administration Section and the APHA Human Rights Forum, Drs. Mirna Amaya and Becky Pearson, speak to Drs. Faye Taxman and Niloofar Ramezani, about the macrofactors that influence local jail populations.

  12. Harassment and the Mental Well-being of Local Public Health Professionals

    In this episode of the Editor's Podcast, Dr. Lloyd Novick speaks with author Dr. Tim McCall about a new study published in a special issue of the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice highlighting the findings of the Public Health Workforce Interests and Needs Survey 2021. “The Role of...

  13. How One County Health Department in Alabama Managed the COVID-19 Pandemic

    In this episode of JPHMP Direct Talk, two of the authors of a new case study in the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice relate how the Jefferson County Health Department in Alabama navigated the challenges of mitigating COVID-19 during the early stages of the pandemic. Read…

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  14. The Impact of a PrEP Aware Week Campaign on PrEP Prescription Fills in New York State

    In this episode of the Editor's Podcast, Dr. Lloyd Novick speaks with Dr. James Tesoriero and Rachel Newport, two authors of a new article in the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice who describe an intervention shown to increase prescription fills for pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP)…

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  15. Critical Viewpoints of Public Health Career Advancement w/ Dr. Ans Irfan

    Ans Irfan, MD, EdD, DrPH, MPH, is a faculty member, researcher, and critical public health scholar at Milken Institute School of Public Health, George Washington University. He is the Director of Climate & Health Equity Practice Fellowship, an international fellowship focused on training the next...

  16. Using Implementation Science to Promote Equitable HIV-Related Outcomes in the US and Africa

    The second installment of this limited podcast series focuses on the value of implementation science for advancing health equity and how Dr. Donaldson Conserve, a Haitian scientist, is using his research to improve HIV/AIDS related outcomes in multiple countries including the US, Tanzania, and...

  17. The Pursuit of Health Equity Through Nursing Research and Education: Dr. Ron Hickman

    The first installment of this limited podcast series hosted by Dr. Shaun Owens focuses on defining health equity research and how guest Dr. Ron Hickman, Associate Dean for Research at Case Western Reserve University, is using his platforms as nursing scientist and dean to advance health equity...

  18. The Toll of COVID-19 on the Public Health Workforce: An Interview with Dr. Brian Castrucci

    In this episode of the Editor's Podcast, Dr. Lloyd Novick speaks with Brian Castrucci, CEO and president of the de Beaumont Foundation, about newly released data from the Public Health Workforce Interests and Needs Survey (PHWINS). The data reveal the level of physical and mental exhaustion the...

  19. 101+ Careers in Public Health with Beth Seltzer and Heather Krasna

    Dr. Gulzar Shah talks to Dr. Beth Seltzer and Dr. Heather Krasna, authors of 101+ Careers in Public Health, about the many career paths available in the field of public health.

  20. Guiding the Nation's Health Statistics to Improve Population Health

    JPHMP Editor-in-chief Lloyd F. Novick speaks with Dr. Brian C. Moyer, Director of the National Center for Health Statistics, about the role of Healthy People 2030.

  21. Reimagining Public Health as Art, Letters, Poems, and Stories

    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.

  22. Advancing Racial Equity in Buncombe County, NC

    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.

  23. Public Deliberation: A Model of Power Sharing

    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:...

  24. Leading Systems Change in Public Health

    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.

  25. Making the “Invisible” Visible: Battling Structural Racism Against Asians in the US

    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...

  26. Building Back Stronger with Healthy People 2030: A Conversation with Admiral Rachel L. Levine

    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…

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  27. The Unique Role (and Challenges) of the Preventive Medicine Workforce

    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...

  28. CDC Creates New Role: Director of Intergovernmental and Strategic Affairs

    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.

  29. Law and Policy as Tools in Healthy People 2030

    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…

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  30. Racism Is a Public Health Crisis & COVID-19, Part 3 with Dr. Jeanette Kowalik

    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.

  31. Advancing Racial Equity for Family Well-being

    In this episode of Public Health Perspectives, Camelia Singletary speaks with Whitney Anderson, a graduate student at Saint Louis University currently finishing her Master of Public Health with a joint concentration in Maternal and Child Health and Epidemiology.

  32. An Urgent Call for Public Health Firefighters

    The COVID-19 pandemic highlights the erosion of public health infrastructure over the past decades and the need to revitalize a viable and talented frontline public health workforce. Authors of a new commentary in the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice look to the largely...

  33. Updating Health Literacy for Healthy People 2030

    Dushanka Kleinman and Cindy Brach, two of the authors of a new article published in the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, discuss updating health literacy for Healthy People 2030.

  34. Addressing Health Equity and Social Determinants of Health through Healthy People 2030

    In this episode of JPHMP Direct Talk, authors Cynthia Gomez and Carter Blakey discuss their article, “Addressing Health Equity and Social Determinants of Health Through Healthy People 2030,” published ahead of print in the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice. Read the article here...

  35. Declaring Racism as a Public Health Crisis, Part 2 with Dr. Jeanette Kowalik

    In part 2 of this 3-part podcast miniseries, APHA Health Administration Section Chair Dr. Michele McCay and Dr. Jeanette Kowalik discuss the 5 action items that the City of Milwaukee undertook as a result of its declaration that racism is a public health crisis. Learn more here:...

  36. The Editor's Podcast: COVID-19 Policy Implications & HRSA's Investment in Public Health

    Dr. Lloyd Novick and guest Dr. Erika Martin highlight new articles appearing in the May/June 2021 issue of the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, which focuses on the policy implications of COVID-19, as well as a new supplemental issue highlighting HRSA's investments in preventive...

  37. CDC's Law and Epidemic Emergency Preparedness (LEEP) Online Course

    CDC’s free online Law and Epidemic Emergency Preparedness (LEEP) training covers provisions and concepts applicable to epidemic response, including various challenges faced during the 2014 Ebola response, and applies them to future infectious disease emergency response planning. In this episode…

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  38. The Power of Introducing Racism as a Public Health Crisis Policies

    In this 3-part podcast miniseries by the APHA Health Administration Section, Dr. Jeanette Kowalik discusses the significance of introducing racism as a public health crisis.

  39. The Editors Podcast March 2021

    Dr. Justin B. Moore, Associate Editor of the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, discusses the importance of revisiting chronic diseases and other familiar public health threats even as we continue to control COVID-19.

  40. JPHMP Direct Talk Podcast with Nico Pronk and Dushanka Kleinman

    JPHMP authors Nico Pronk and Dushanka Kleinman discuss their article "Promoting Health and Well-being in Healthy People 2030" in this episode of JPHMP Direct Talk.

  41. The Editor's Podcast: Developing a National Strategy to Combat COVID-19

    Dr. Lloyd Novick talks with Michael Fraser, Chrissie Julianno, and Brian Castrucci about COVID-19 and Public Health: Looking Back, Moving Forward, a new supplemental issue of the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice.

  42. Dr. Mohamed Al-Ibrahim on Pfizer's COVID-19 Vaccine Study

    Dr. Mohamed Al-Ibrahim shares information on the Pfizer clinical trial he is working on to help find a vaccine for COVID-19.

  43. The Editor's Podcast: Public Health Surveillance

    Dr. Lloyd F. Novick describes articles appearing in the November-December issue of the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, which focuses on surveillance of infectious disease attention to COVID-19.

  44. The Editor's Podcast Sep 2020: Evidence-Based Public Health

    Dr. Lloyd F. Novick highlights new articles appearing in the September 2020 issue of the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, which focuses on evidence-based public health.

  45. Community Engagement in a Multilevel Rural Trail Intervention: Interview with Alan Beck

    Dr. Christiaan Abildso speaks with Dr. Alan Beck, project coordinator at the Prevention Research Center at Washington University in St. Louis, about Heartland Moves, a project funded by the National Cancer Institute that aims to increase physical activity (PA) in rural populations in southeast...

  46. COVID-19: The Public Health Challenge of Our Era

    Dr. Lloyd F. Novick, editor-in-chief of the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice, highlights new articles in the July 2020 issue that focuses on COVID-19.

  47. Molly Gutilla and Allison Chamberlain on the Emory COVID-19 Response Collaborative

    Dr. Molly Gutilla and Dr. Allison Chamberlain discuss a new collaborative initiative between Emory University and the Georgia Department of Public Health to slow the spread of COVID-19.

  48. Every Contact Counts: Interview with Dr. Betty Bekemeier

    Dr. Lloyd F. Novick talks with Dr. Betty Bekemeier, director of the Northwest Center for Public Health Practice at the University of Washington about a new 90-minute contact tracing training program that is now available. The training, Every Contact Counts, will support public health agencies'...

  49. Informatics and the COVID-19 Crisis: The Role of Information Systems and Clinical Trials Databases

    Gulzar Shah and Karl Peace discuss the role of information systems and data analytics in surveillance of COVID-19, the state of clinical trial research focused on assessing the efficacy and safety of potential interventions to prevent or treat COVID-19, and the benefits of generating a database…

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  50. Comprehensive Planning for Physical Activity in Rural Communities: Interview with Lisa Charron

    In the sixth episode of Views from the Front Porch, host Christiaan Abildso speaks with Lisa Charron, Project Assistant at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Population Health Institute.

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How many episodes does Public Health Perspectives have?

Public Health Perspectives has 120 episodes on PodParley. The most recent episode was published on April 11, 2025.

What is Public Health Perspectives about?

JPHMP Direct is the online companion site of the Journal of Public Health Management & Practice.

How often does Public Health Perspectives release new episodes?

Public Health Perspectives publishes monthly, based on its 120 episodes since January 2018.

Who hosts Public Health Perspectives?

Public Health Perspectives is created and hosted by JPHMPDirect.
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