Nov 15, 2018
Two years ago, in the face of grim news that life expectancy in the United States was declining, Bloomberg Philanthropies gave the school of public health a transformational gift to create the Bloomberg American Health Initiative. The goal was straightforward but daunting: use the tools of public health to address some of the issues that are driving the decline: Addiction and overdose, Environmental Challenges, Obesity and the Food System, Risks to Adolescent Health, and Violence. In this episode, we talk to Dr. Josh Sharfstein about the Initiative and about a new journal supplement that takes an in depth look at the five focus areas and provides a road map for how public health and other sectors can work to tackle these challenges.