Breaking the Cycle of Adverse Childhood Experiences
What can we actually do about childhood trauma? In this episode of the Public Health Insight Podcast, Dr. Frank Putnam, author of Old Before...
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Old Before Their Time
One in five women and one in eight men report a history of child sexual abuse. In this episode of the Public Health Insight Podcast, Dr. Fra...
Psychiatry, Child Protection, and the Roots of Childhood Trauma
In the early 1980s, Dr. Frank Putnam noticed that the children referred to him had very different symptoms but one thing in common: a histor...
The Nefarious Influence of Big Tobacco
A tobacco company promises jobs, investment and a factory, but only if a government makes health warnings smaller. Investigative journalist...
Why Prevented Disasters Don't Make the News & Acting Earlier to Save Lives
When a disaster is prevented, it doesn't make the news and most don't hear about it; and that's exactly the problem. In this episode of the...
The Preventioneers: Why We Wait Until It's Too Late
A doctor proves handwashing saves lives and gets destroyed for it. A president dies of a preventable stroke. Scientists spend decades provin...
Mathematics, Medicine, and the Stories In Between
We often have the evidence to prevent harm long before we actually do something about it, and that delay costs lives. In this episode of the...
Public Health Is Dead
Daniella wanted to make a podcast for years, but she waited for the right idea. Then she noticed no one had made a public health show this h...
A Public Health Story with a Snoop Dogg Cameo & a Mansion of 12 Strangers
A cannabis conference. A front-row seat she wasn't supposed to have. A question to Snoop Dogg about racial justice in cannabis legislation t...
The Health Belief Model Explained
Ever wonder why people ignore free health services, conveniently placed in their community, even when their life could depend on it? Looking...
What’s the ROI on an MPH?
An MPH can cost two years, tens of thousands of dollars, the salary you would have earned if you continued to work instead, and the promise...
10 Key Milestones In Health Promotion
Health isn't created only in hospitals. It's achieved in housing, food systems, workplaces, and political decisions. In this episode of the...
Hantavirus: What They're Not Telling You
Could hantavirus become the next pandemic? After a deadly outbreak on a cruise ship, that question is on everyone's mind. And "don't panic"...
Edwin Chadwick & The History of Sanitation
How did sanitation become one of public health's greatest triumphs, while being its oldest unfinished problem? In this episode of the Public...
I Taught an MPH Course. Here's What It Taught Me.
Teaching is one of the most underrated ways to advance public health. In this episode, Gordon reflects on his first semester teaching Health...
I Was on an MPH Admissions Committee. Here’s What Hurt Applicants
What really happens when a reviewer opens your MPH application? Host Gordon Thane has been on the other side of the table and what he saw mi...
Practicums Are Here, Now What: A Thriver’s Guide
By the end of your practicum, you'll land in one of three boxes — and you don't get to pick which one.. or do you? In this episode...
Debate the Policy, Not the Science
You can disagree on policy. You can't disagree on facts. In this episode of the Public Health Insight Podcast, Dr. Brian Castucci unpac...
Turning Data To Action With Community Needs Assessments
How often do public health organizations decide what a community needs — without actually asking them? This episode of the Public Health Ins...
Jumping From Health Systems Transformation to Public Health Consulting
What does it take to hit the ground running after grad school? For Alexandra Piatkowski, the answer started long before graduation — by deli...