008 - How Public Health Can Serve the Communities and Populations at the Greatest Risk for Being Left Behind

Public Health On Call

The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

News, Health & Fitness, Medicine

4.6 • 644 Ratings

🗓️ 12 March 2020

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Weak points in the U.S.'s health and social policies—like paid sick leave and universal health coverage—disproportionately affect underserved communities. COVID-19 may present added challenges for these populations. Dr. Josh Sharfstein talks to Dr. Georges Benjamin, executive director of the American Public Health Association, about public health's role in preventing communities from being left behind.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Public Health On Call, a new podcast from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
0:12.7	Our focus is the novel coronavirus.
0:15.2	I'm Josh Sharfstein, a faculty member at Johns Hopkins, and also a former secretary of Maryland's health department.
0:21.6	Our goal with this podcast is to bring evidence and experts to help you understand today's
0:26.9	news about the novel coronavirus and what it means for tomorrow.
0:30.5	If you have questions, you can email them to public health question at jhhhue.edu.
0:36.3	That's public health question at jh.u.edu for future podcast episodes.
0:43.3	Today I'm speaking to Dr. George's Benjamin, executive director of the American Public
0:48.3	Health Association. Dr. Benjamin is one of the most experienced leaders in the field of public health. He is an emergency medicine physician who has served as a state and as a city health commissioner,
1:00.0	leading responses to a variety of crises and infectious disease threats, including measles and West Nile virus.
1:07.0	Our topics covered the critical tasks for public health departments in this crisis, including reaching out and serving communities and populations at the greatest risk for being left behind. Let's listen.
1:21.0	Dr. Benjamin, thank you very much for joining me today.
1:24.4	Dr. Sharfstein, glad I could be here.
1:26.5	So you also are the executive director
1:29.5	of the American Public Health Association.
1:32.3	That is an enormous organization that touches every aspect
1:36.4	of the public health field, from state and local health
1:38.8	officials to private organizations to the federal government.
1:43.3	What is the state of the public health response
1:47.6	right now from your vantage point?
1:50.6	Well, the public health response, in many ways,
1:52.9	we're struggling to try to address this.
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