195 - Racism As A Public Health Crisis: The Impacts of COVID-19 and Racism on Kids, Education, and Health
Public Health On Call
The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
4.6 • 644 Ratings
🗓️ 5 November 2020
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
In the first of a periodic series on racism and health, Dr. Keshia Pollack Porter, vice dean for faculty and professor in Health Policy and Management, talks with Taylor Porter, a principal at Gamble Montessori High School in Cincinnati with a unique approach to learning that prioritizes the health and well-being of the whole child. Porter talks about COVID-19's impacts on students and families and how the school has responded. Porter also talks about "pandemic #2" of racial injustice and how he has spearheaded efforts to train staff while letting youths lead the conversation.
KEYWORDS: student life; health equity; racial disparity
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Season 2 of Public Health On Call, a podcast from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. |
| 0:13.6 | I'm Joshua Sharfstein, Vice Dean for Public Health Practice and Community Engagement, |
| 0:18.8 | and a former secretary of Maryland's Health Department. |
| 0:21.9 | Our goal is to bring scientific evidence and experience to the public health news of the day |
| 0:27.3 | through informative interviews with scientists, community leaders, policy experts, public |
| 0:32.5 | health officials, clinicians, and more. If you have ideas or questions for us to cover, please email us at |
| 0:39.8 | Public Health Question at jhhhu.edu. That's public health question at jhhhu.edu for future podcast |
| 0:47.8 | episodes. Hi, I'm Keisha Pollock Porter, the vice dean for, and a professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. |
| 0:57.7 | I'll be hosting a periodic series on the impacts of racism on health. |
| 1:02.2 | In this first installment, I sit down with Mr. Taylor Porter, a principal at Campbell Montessori High School in Cincinnati, Ohio. |
| 1:12.7 | As part of our conversation on racism, education, and health, we discuss how COVID is impacting his students. All right. So I'm here |
| 1:20.9 | with Mr. Taylor Porter, who is the principal at Gamble Montessori High School in Cincinnati, Ohio, |
| 1:27.3 | to continue our conversations |
| 1:29.7 | around racism and health. And Mr. Porter is the principal at this high school. And I'm |
| 1:35.1 | excited to speak with him today because this is a big day. It is the first day kids are back on |
| 1:40.0 | campus about two months after they would normally be there. So how are you feeling today, Mr. Porter? |
| 1:45.5 | How is everything going? |
| 1:46.9 | You know what? |
| 1:47.5 | I feel excited. |
| 1:49.3 | And I think that excitement is mixed with just a little bit of nerves. |
| 1:54.4 | We're in this new era of education. |
| 1:57.5 | And like safety is always been my priority. |
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