BONUS - How A Program that Connects Pediatricians With Schools Helps Prevent Chronic Absenteeism in Washington, DC
Public Health On Call
The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
4.6 • 644 Ratings
🗓️ 4 November 2021
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
Children miss out on opportunities when they're not in school, and chronic absenteeism can actually affect their health and well-being throughout their lives. Guest host Andrea McDaniels, the Director of Communications for the Bloomberg American Health Initiative, talks with two leaders at Children's National Hospital who are part of an innovative program to share absenteeism data with pediatricians: Dr. Danielle Dooley, a pediatrician and Medical Director of Community Affairs, and Tonya Vidal Kinlow, Vice President of Community Engagement, Advocacy, and Government Affairs. The Chronic Absenteeism Reduction Effort (CARE) is a high-impact project of the Bloomberg American Health Initiative.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Season 4 of Public Health On Call, a podcast from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. |
| 0:13.0 | I'm Josh Sharfstein, Vice Dean for Public Health Practice and Community Engagement, and a former Commissioner of Health in Baltimore City. |
| 0:20.0 | Our goal is to bring |
| 0:21.7 | scientific evidence and experience to current topics in public health through engaging interviews |
| 0:27.1 | with scientists, community leaders, policy experts, public health officials, clinicians, and more. |
| 0:32.8 | If you have ideas or questions for us to cover, please email us at public health question at jhhhu.edu. |
| 0:40.4 | That's public health question at jhhu.edu for future podcast episodes. |
| 0:46.4 | Hey, public health on call listeners. You're invited to join us virtually on Wednesday, November |
| 0:51.3 | 10th for the 2021 Bloomberg American Health Summit. |
| 0:55.3 | This year's theme, Public Health Visible. |
| 0:58.6 | You'll hear from great speakers and take in provocative discussions about major challenges |
| 1:03.6 | facing health in the United States, including COVID, overdose, violence, climate, health |
| 1:10.1 | problems facing immigrant children children and the broken food |
| 1:13.2 | system. You can join the live stream at 9.30 a.m. Eastern Time on November 10th. Learn more at |
| 1:19.5 | Americanhealth.j.j.u.edu. That's Americanhealth.j.u.org. Hi, I'm Lindsay Smith-Rogers, producer of public health on call. |
| 1:31.2 | What happens when education and health come together to help kids succeed in school? |
| 1:36.5 | In Washington, D.C., an innovative program shares absenteeism data with pediatricians. |
| 1:41.7 | The result? More students returning to the classroom. Today, Andrea K. McDaniels |
| 1:47.1 | talks to two leaders at Children's National Medical Center involved in this effort. |
| 1:51.9 | Danielle Dooley, a general pediatrician and medical director of community affairs, and Tanya |
| 1:56.9 | Vidal Kinlo, Vice President of Community Engagement, Advocacy, and Government Affairs. |
| 2:02.3 | Let's listen. |
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