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Returning to our public health roots
How does public health return to its roots of organizing to improve health? In this episode, we will share recent organizing success stories with specific examples and strategies that work on the ground.
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Content experts that have provided feedback on specific strategies and ratings in What Works for Health include: Scott Adams, PhD Associate Professor and Director...
Reviving public health’s roots in organizing
The first episode of In Solidarity's four-part series covers how the field of public health is rooted in organizing and how practitioners can re-engage and reconnect to their powerful, political origins. Physician, epidemiologist and host of the America Dissected podcast, Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, joins the conversation to discuss public health's history with organizing and the ways we can use organizing to improve health.
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Sexual Activity Measurement Strategies
Direct measures of unsafe sex are difficult to obtain. Studies have used self-reported measures such as numbers and types of sex partners, frequency of...
Social and Economic Factors
Education What percentage of 3-year-olds are enrolled in an early childhood program or preschool? How many National Association for the Education of Young Children...
Solutions to the racial wealth divide
Researchers are starting to understand ways to close the racial wealth gap. In this episode, we explore several evidence-informed solutions to support wealth building. The strategies are part of a curated list from What Works for Health and are rated for their effectiveness on closing disparities, or the differences between groups. We’re joined by our colleague, Michael Stevenson, the team leader for Evidence and Policy Analysis at County Health Rankings & Roadmaps, to discuss a range of strategies his team has studied and rated.
Solving the gender pay gap
The gender pay gap is a complex issue and closing it will require multiple solutions. In our second of three episodes on the topic, hosts Ericka Burroughs-Girardi and Beth Silver are joined by Dr. Jessica Milli, an economist and the founder of the consulting firm Research 2 Impact. Dr. Milli talks about how the gender pay gap harms our health, entire communities and the economy. Our colleague Kiersten Frobom, a senior analyst on our evidence and policy analysis team, also joins the conversation to discuss the strategies that communities and organizations are using to close the gender pay gap.