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This series contains podcasts related to CDC's online journal Preventing Chronic Disease.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


    • Jan 25, 2023 LATEST EPISODE
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    Student Discussions: Examining the Link Between Physical Activity Behaviors and Depression among US High School Students

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2023 5:29


    Join us as we talk with Charles Wang, winner of PCD's Student Research Paper Contest in the high school category. He joins PCD to discuss his winning paper, which examines the association between physical activity and sedentary behavior with depression among high school students.

    Discussing PCD's Student Paper Collection: Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Physical Activity Habits of Adults Living in Rural Areas

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2023 6:31


    Join us as we talk with Wade Creech, winner of PCD's Student Research Paper Contest in the undergraduate category. He joins PCD to discuss his winning paper, which examines the benefits and barriers to engaging in physical activity among adults living in rural North Carolina communities during the COVID-19 pandemic.

    Discussing PCD's Student Paper Collection: Racial and Ethnic Disparities in COVID-19 Hospitalizations

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2023 9:48


    Join us as we talk with Brendan Seto, third-year medical student at the University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine in Honolulu, Hawaii, about racial and ethnic disparities in COVID-19 hospitalizations which may be hidden by race and/or ethnicity misclassification.

    Demonstrating How Geospatial Perspectives Can Contribute to Understanding and Addressing the Intersection of Chronic Disease and COVID-19

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2023 23:10


    Listen as Dr. Jeremy Mennis from the Department of Geography and Urban Studies at Temple University; Dr. Kevin Matthews from CDC's Office of the Associate Director for Policy and Strategy; and Dr. Sara Huston from the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention and the Muskie School of Public Service at the University of Southern Maine share with us how PCD's collection on GIS and COVID-19 highlights the important role GIS and technology plays in understanding the social and environmental determinants of health that cause inequities in infectious and chronic disease risk factors.

    Discussing PCD's Collection on Cancer Screening Prevalence and Associated Factors Among US Adults

    Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2022 13:34


    Join us as we talk with Dr. Lisa Richardson, Division Director of Cancer Prevention and Control at CDC, and Dr. Ma, Zhen-Qiang (Marshall) Ma, Senior Chronic Disease Epidemiologist and Division Director at the Pennsylvania Department of Health, about PCD's latest collection on cancer screening and prevention and the importance of the research included within.

    Discussing PCD's Collection: Good Health and Wellness in Indian Country

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2021 22:23


    Listen as Thomas Lawrence from the Urban Indian Health Institute and Dr. Diana Redwood from the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium discuss the CDC's Good Health and Wellness in Indian Country collection and the importance of the research included within.

    Obesity Among U.S. High School Students

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 8, 2018 5:57


    Listen as Edward Hu, winner of PCD's 2018 Student Research Paper Contest in the high school category, talks about his recently published research, which looks at obesity among high school students in the United States.

    Tobacco and Alcohol on Television

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2018 6:06


    Listen as Brittney Keller-Hamilton, winner of PCD's 2018 Student Research Paper Contest in the doctoral category, talks about her recently published research, which looks the frequency of tobacco and alcohol use in adolescents' favorite TV shows and examines whether the rates of tobacco and alcohol use differed by the show's parental rating.

    Estimating Mammography Program Use

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2018 4:35


    In this podcast interview, Calla Holzahauser, winner of PCD's 2018 Student Research Paper Contest in the graduate category, talks about her recently published research, which estimates the number of women in South Dakota who will participate in a free breast cancer screening program from 2017 through 2022.

    Education's Role in Improving Arthritis Symptoms Among Latino Adults

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2018 6:44


    Listen as Leigha Vilen, winner of PCD's 2018 Student Research Paper Contest in the undergraduate category, talks about her recently published research, which looked at the education level and health status of Latino adults with arthritis participating in a walking program in North Carolina.

    Patterns and Trends in Cancer Screening

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2018 5:17


    Listen as Dr. Ingrid Hall, an epidemiologist with CDC's Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, talks about her team's recently published research, which examine the prevalence of cancer screening reported in 2015 by U.S. adults.

    Consequences of Inadequate Physical Activity

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2018 5:03


    Listen as CDC Epidemiologist Susan Carlson, PhD, talks about her research, which estimates the percentage of US deaths attributed to inadequate levels of physical activity.

    What Drives Health Professionals to Tweet About the HPV Vaccine?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2018 6:23


    This podcast features Philip Massey, PhD, MPH, an assistant professor at Drexel University and one of the authors of a recent study that looks at what motivates health professionals to tweet about the HPV vaccine. Philip answers questions about his research and what impact social media can have on public health and health care communication.

    Are U.S. Schools Filling the Gap With Programs that Promote Weight Stigma?

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2017 9:05


    In this edition of PCD Sound Bites, author Erica Kenney, ScD, answers questions about her study, which looked at how frequently U.S. schools used evidence-based obesity prevention programs and how often schools implement programs that may unintentionally worsen weight stigma among students.

    Helping Nevada School Children Become Sun Smart

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2017 7:24


    This podcast features Christine Thompson, Community Programs Manager at the Nevada Cancer Coalition, and author of a recent study detailing a school-based program to help Nevada school children establish healthy sun safety habits and decrease UV exposure. Christine answers questions about her research and what impact her what impact the program had on children's skin health.

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