Ask your public health friend!

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Meet your new public health friends: four Master of Public Health (MPH) students prepared to answer your questions using a public health perspective.

AYPHF! The Podcast


    • Sep 11, 2020 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 39m AVG DURATION
    • 11 EPISODES


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    Looking Back, Moving Forward

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2020 26:43


    Season one is a wrap, y'all! Your public health friends are back in school but will definitely return for another season. Until then, enjoy this episode where we reflect on our latest and greatest adventure as podcasters. We discuss our favorite episodes, current interests, and a little bit of what's to come.

    Climate is changing, why aren't we?

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2020 48:53


    This episode responds to questions about climate change. What is it? Why should we care about it? How do we stop it? We discuss all of these things and even talk about climate change as an environmental justice and public health issue.

    School's (not) in Session

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2020 41:21


    This episode responds to questions about schools reopening in the United States. Is it a good idea? We provide specific examples of schools reopening and discuss the pros and cons of doing so.

    Everyone Has Mental Health

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2020 42:25


    This episode responds to questions about mental health as a public health issue. We discuss the perception of mental health in the United States and how it contributes to the deprioritization of mental healthcare and services overall.

    Sports and the Stages of Grief

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2020 46:33


    This episode responds to questions about professional sports during the time of COVID-19 and the public's general response to the pandemic.

    Like Diamonds, Plastic is Forever

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 7, 2020 43:47


    This episode responds to questions about the environmental, social, and economic implications of a plastic ban. We go on to talk about plastic in our oceans, bodies, and businesses.

    Innocent Until Proven Guilty

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2020 45:11


    This episode responds to questions inspired by Rachel Carson's Silent Spring. We talk about how much the problem of exposure to toxic chemicals has been addressed in the United States and globally.

    Collaboration, Not Competition

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2020 45:40


    This episode responds to questions about healthcare workers and public health practitioners coming together to better serve patients and the public, featuring special guest Dr. Irene Martinez Morata, MD, MHA, MPH Candidate 2021.

    To bust a mission or nah?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 17, 2020 26:54


    This episode responds to questions about the ethics and efficacies of medical missionaries.

    COVID-19 in the Divided States of America

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2020 38:15


    This episode responds to questions about COVID-19 cases versus deaths, the impact of the Black Lives Matter protests, and how soon we can return to "normal" in the U.S.

    Trailer: Who are we & why a public health podcast?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 3, 2020 23:38


    Get to know your new public health friends and the hosts of AYPHF! as they share who they are, what public health means to them, and how they ended up in public health.

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