Learn from public health and health equity leaders about ways to address the pressing issues of our time.
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| We’re pleased to share our latest multimedia creations with you, along with some curated by PI partner organizations. They delve into topics such as the COVID-19 pandemic and the connection between health equity and racial justice, and point to solutions in areas like data collection, support for the public health workforce, and impacts on young people. What cuts across these pieces is PI’s approach to creating health, safety, and wellbeing through thriving, equitable communities. |
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Podcast: 6 Months into the Pandemic: What’s working and what do we still desperately need to do? (46 minutes)
Prevention Institute Executive Director Rachel A. Davis joins women leaders in healthcare, health equity, and public health for a broad-ranging conversation about the coronavirus pandemic, inconsistent and inadequate data collection, attacks on public health leaders, and the importance of an equitable recovery. Rachel is joined by Dr. Shari Barkin, the chief of General Pediatrics at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt in Nashville, TN; Dr. Jewel Mullen, the associate dean for health equity at the Dell Medical School at the University of Texas in Austin; and Chrissie Juliano, executive director of the Big Cities Health Coalition.
Video: If you want to talk health, you have to talk racial justice (2 min, 36 seconds)
In this short video, PI’s deputy executive director, Manal J. Aboelata, introduces the concepts of health equity and racial justice and explains why we can’t achieve health as a nation without taking on structural racism. She makes the case that we need to engage deeply in work that will close racially unjust gaps in order to achieve health, safety, and wellbeing for all. (Note: This video was recorded before the coronavirus pandemic but remains absolutely relevant.)
Webinar recording: Unpacking the Impacts of Structural Racism on Youth (1 hour)
In this webinar, hosted by Safe States Alliance and the STRYVE Action Council, PI’s managing director, Sheila Savannah, joins Dr. Jamila Porter of the Safe States Alliance, Mighty Fine of the American Public Health Association (APHA), Brian Smedley of the American Psychological Association (APA), and Miyah Hull, an APA Youth Advisory Board member, for a conversation with about how structural racism impacts the health and safety of young people across the country. The panelists define structural racism and discuss how we can and must consciously dismantle the racism in our systems to achieve stronger, safer, more equitable communities.
NOTE: You will need to provide your name and email address to access the webinar through the Safe States website.
Webinar recording: Strategies to bolster a robust, equitable public health workforce during COVID-19 and beyond (1 hour and 12 minutes)
In this webinar, hosted by the California Future Health Workforce Commission, PI’s deputy executive director, Manal J. Aboelata, joins public health officials and experts to discuss how California’s public health system has found ways to respond effectively to the unprecedented challenges posed by the pandemic—and what the state can do next to shore up this essential workforce. Panelists include Tony Iton of The California Endowment; Muntu Davis of the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health; Rebecca Nanyonjo of the Merced County Department of Public Health; and Sandra Shewry of the California Department of Public Health.
*Photo credit: Satoko Arw |
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