The American Health Podcast

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The American Health Podcast is created by the Bloomberg American Health Initiative, a project of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. The Initiative works to tackle some of the most pressing challenges to public health in the United States: Addiction and Overdose, Environmental Challenges, Obesity and the Food System, Risks to Adolescent Health and Violence. Visit www.jhsph.edu/BAHI to learn more.

Harm Reduction for Young People in Portland

Sep 12, 2024

Bloomberg Fellow Haven Wheelock and her colleague Jasmine Pettet share more about their work to increase harm reduction outreach for young people who use drugs.

Investing in a Crime-Free Future

Sep 12, 2024

Bloomberg Fellow Edward McWilliams outlines his journey into public health and his work with young people hoping to create a better future.

Who are opportunity youth?

Sep 12, 2024

Bloomberg Fellow Anthony Betori and Bloomberg Professor of American Health, Tamar Mendelson, share more about the evolving definition of opportunity youth.

Adolescent Health in the Mariana Islands

Sep 12, 2024

Tenta Tenorio, of the Commonwealth Healthcare Corporation, Public Health Services in the Northern Mariana Islands shares more about how her organization is providing healthcare to young people in their community.

Bringing Native Food Back to Native Communities

Sep 12, 2024

Bloomberg Fellow Livy Lewis and her colleague Kelly Pingree, share more about how they plan to use a USDA grant to bring Native foods to the Wind River Indian Reservation in Wyoming.