The American Health PodcastAuthor: Bloomberg American Health Initiative
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 http://americanhealth.jhu.edu to learn more. Language: en Genres: Health & Fitness, Science Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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A Federal Agenda for Opportunity Youth
Thursday, 17 February, 2022
On February 17, the American Public Health Association and the Bloomberg American Health Initiative released a federal policy agenda to address the needs of the more than 4 million young people ages 16 to 24 who are not enrolled in school or in the labor market. In this episode, Andrea McDaniels speaks to two of the people who put this agenda together: Professor Tamar Mendelson, director of the Center for Adolescent Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and C. Pluff, program manager at the American Public Health Association. To learn more about the federal policy agenda, visit opportunityyouthagenda.org.