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Hope and health in Kerrville, Texas: APHA 150th anniversary series, part 2​

APHA staff speaks with Rev. Allen Noah, executive director of the Glory Community Garden in Kerrville, Texas. Noah is a leading member of the Hope4Health community collaborative, which is working to repair a century of structural racism and isolation within the city’s Doyle neighborhood. This episode is a tie-in to APHA’s 150th anniversary celebration.  (Running time: 11:02)

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Building equitable parks: APHA 150th anniversary series, part 1​

APHA staff speaks with Jennifer Roberts, an associate professor in the Department of Kinesiology at the University of Maryland School of Public Health, about parks and access to green spaces as they relate to chronic disease prevention. This episode is a tie-in to APHA’s 150th anniversary celebration.  (Running time: 10:48)

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Tackling flu season in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic

In this episode, The Nation’s Health reporter Jaqueline Yao talks to Robert Kim-Farley — a UCLA professor and communicable disease expert — about the upcoming influenza season in the U.S. and the possibility of a flu and COVID-19 "twindemic." (September 2021) Runtime: 7:52

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Declaring racism a public health crisis

In 2018, the Wisconsin Public Health Association adopted a resolution declaring racism a public health crisis, committing to work toward change. Since then, equity and social justice advocates across the U.S. have picked up the call to action, passing almost 200 declarations at the state and local level. APHA’s Center for Public Health Policy is supporting that work by tracking and sharing the declarations on an interactive online map.

The Nation’s Health’s Lindsay Syms discusses that work with center Director Tia Taylor Williams. (March 2021) Runtime: 9:28

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Revising the 10 Essential Public Health Services​

kidsAn updated version of the 10 Essential Public Health Services — which describe the public health activities that all communities should undertake — was released in September 2020. The revised framework places equity at its core.

Jessica Solomon Fisher of the Public Health Accreditation Board talks with The Nation's Health on how and why the important framework has changed.  (October 2020) Runtime: 11:45

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How Black communities are harmed by energy injustice

Jacqui Patterson, director of environmental and climate justice at NAACP, discusses energy justice and work to build a better energy economy for all. Energy injustice has far-reaching impacts for Black communities, which are being disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. (September 2020) Runtime: 16:06

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kidsClimate change is harming children's health — and it's going to get worse

In this episode of The Nation's Health Podcast, host Aaron Warnick is joined by APHA's Environment Section's Leyla McCurdy. Together, they talk to Harvard C-CHANGE's Aaron Bernstein to talk about how climate change harms the world's children and how public health professionals can work toward solutions. (October 2019) Runtime: 14:46

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