442 - "No Temporary Scaffolding" in Chicago's COVID-19 Response
Public Health On Call
The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
4.6 • 644 Ratings
🗓️ 14 March 2022
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
Chicago's public health response to the pandemic has been focused on racial equity from the beginning—and the approach is paying dividends. Dr. Allison Arwady, Chicago's health commissioner, talks with Dr. Josh Sharfstein about the city's innovative efforts, why they chose to invest in building a public health workforce over bringing in outsourced solutions, and how she and her team have kept up the momentum over two long years.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Season 5 of Public Health On Call, a podcast from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. |
| 0:13.0 | I'm Joshua Sharfstein, Vice Dean for Public Health Practice and Community Engagement, and a former |
| 0:19.1 | health commissioner here in Baltimore, Maryland. |
| 0:21.7 | Our goal with this podcast is to bring scientific evidence and experience to shed light on critical |
| 0:27.5 | health issues. If you have questions or ideas for us, please send an email to public health |
| 0:33.0 | question at jhhhu.edu. That's public health question at jh.u.edu for future podcast episodes. |
| 0:42.3 | Hey listeners, it's Lindsay Smith Rogers, producer of Public Health On Call. And for two years, we've brought you COVID-19 in public health news. |
| 0:50.3 | But the podcast is just one of the ways you can learn more about the evidence and experts from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. |
| 0:57.6 | If you like what we've been doing on the podcast, please consider subscribing to our e-newsletter, Expert Insights, which publishes on Tuesdays and Fridays. |
| 1:06.5 | The newsletter contains the latest on how we're working to understand, manage, and eventually |
| 1:11.1 | end the COVID-19 pandemic and prepare us for future outbreaks. |
| 1:15.3 | We also cover the school's groundbreaking research and insights on climate change, mental |
| 1:20.3 | health, racism, opioids, gun violence, and more. |
| 1:24.0 | You can find our work at publichealth.j.j.u.edu slash subscribe. That's public health.j.u. |
| 1:32.3 | combe. We so appreciate you being part of our public health community. |
| 1:38.4 | Today, I speak with Dr. Allison Arwody, the health commissioner of the city of Chicago. |
| 1:44.0 | We discussed the city's robust |
| 1:45.5 | approach to battling COVID, which included ranking neighborhoods by risk level. We also talk about |
| 1:51.3 | how public health departments can maintain their energy and commitment for so many months. |
| 1:56.8 | Let's listen. Dr. Allison Arwaddy, thanks so much for joining me on public health on call. |
| 2:02.4 | Not too long ago, I went to a U.S. Conference of Mayors meeting, and I sat next to Chicago |
| 2:07.3 | Mayor Lori Lightfoot, and she gave a wonderful presentation on Chicago's work during the pandemic, |
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