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25 Public Health Podcasts for 2020

5/23/2020

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Looking for a new public health podcast to add to your list? Look no further.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
  • Digital Health
  • Health Communication
  • Health Entertainment Education (Edutainment)
  • Health News
  • Health Policy
  • Infectious Disease and Epidemiology
  • Minority Health
  • Personal Health and Wellbeing
  • Public Health Issues
  • Public Health Research and Science

Digital Health

1. For the latest in health technology innovation
Publisher: Dan Kendall / Part of the Health Podcast Network
Title: Digital Health Today
Avg. Episode Length: 25 minutes
Description: This podcast features the insights, experience and knowledge of health tech innovators from around the world.
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​Website: https://digitalhealthtoday.com/podcast/dan-kendall/
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If you’re interested in health information technology, here are a few other podcasts to check out:
Health it Podcasts

Health Communication

2. For examples of social media being used for health education and promotion
Publisher: Janet Kennedy
Title: Get Social Health
Avg. Episode Length: 30 minutes
Description: This podcast presents real-life examples of social media being used in healthcare to build community, educate and inform people.

​Website: https://getsocialhealth.com/show/get-social-health/
3. For tips on how to improve patient communication
Publisher: Health Communication Partners
Title: 10 Minutes to Better Patient Communication
Avg. Episode Length: 10 minutes
Description: This series provides insightful perspectives and actionable information for providers to improve their approaches to patient communication, patient education, and health literacy.

​Website: https://healthcommunicationpartners.com/series/ten-minutes-patient-communication/
4. For inspiring examples of patient engagement
Publisher: Colm Harney
Title: Communicating Health Podcast
Avg. Episode Length: 60 minutes
Description: Through this podcast, practicing clinicians share how they effectively communicate  and build relationships with their patients.

​Website: https://communicating-health-podcast.simplecast.com/
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If you’re interested in health marketing or health writing, here are a few other podcasts to check out:
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Health Writing
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Health Entertainment Education (Edutainment)

5. For an entertaining adventure that provides disaster preparedness education
Publisher:  Let’s Talk Public Health
Title: The Disaster Diaries of Rhyane Jane
Avg. Episode Length: 20 minutes
Description: On June 12, 2018, a volcanic eruption on the island of La Palma, Spain sent a mega-tsunami racing across the Atlantic Ocean towards the United States. The death toll on the east coast was high and the destruction vast, but RJ survived in DC. These are her accounts of the aftermath. She survived the wave, but can she last until help arrives?

​Website: http://theddrj.libsyn.com/
6. For riveting stories imagining health systems change
Publisher:  NPR
Title: Defining Moments

Avg. Episode Length: 45-60 minutes
Description: This podcast uses storytelling to share personal narratives about health-related matters and connect them to larger societal health issues.

​Website: https://www.npr.org/podcasts/727287962/defining-moments

Health News

7. For discussion of the latest public health headlines
Publisher:  Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Title: Harvard Chan: This Week in Health

Avg. Episode Length: 20-30 minutes
Description: This series discusses top public health headlines, with insights from Harvard Chan experts.

​Website: https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/multimedia_type/podcast/
8. For the latest public health news from APHA
Publisher:  American Public Health Association (APHA)
Title: The Nation’s Health podcasts

Avg. Episode Length: 10 minutes
Description: This podcast series highlights health news from the official newspaper of the APHA.

​Website: http://thenationshealth.aphapublications.org/page/podcasts
9. For insights on public health news
Publisher:  Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Title: Public Health On Call

Avg. Episode Length: 10 minutes
Description: In this daily podcast series, experts from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health take public health news and offer evidence-based insights.

​Website: https://www.jhsph.edu/podcasts/public-health-on-call/

Health Policy

10. For timely public health policy news from health officials
Publisher:  National Association of County and City Health Officials
Title: Podcast from Washington

Avg. Episode Length: 20 minutes
Description: This podcast series provides public health professionals with in-depth interviews featuring top health officials on contemporary health topics, as well as the latest news from Capitol Hill.

​Website: https://naccho.libsyn.com/
11. For a breakdown of health policy issues
Publisher:  Commonwealth Fund
Title: The Dose

Avg. Episode Length: 20 minutes
Description: In this podcast series, experts discuss domestic and international health policy issues.

​Website: https://www.commonwealthfund.org/trending/dose-podcast
12. For discussion of health policy news by media reporters
Publisher:  Kaiser Health News
Title: What The Health?

Avg. Episode Length: 30 minutes
Description: Media outlet reporters discuss the latest news in health policy.

​Website: https://khn.org/news/tag/what-the-health/

Infectious Disease and Epidemiology

13. For key insights on emerging infectious diseases
Publisher:  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Title: Emerging Infectious Diseases

Avg. Episode Length: 30 minutes
Description: This podcast features interviews with the researchers behind key articles in Emerging Infectious Diseases, CDC’s monthly, open-source scientific journal.

​Website: https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/podcasts/volume-24
14. For tips to enter the field of epidemiology
Publisher:  Dr. CH Huntley
Title: Public Health Epidemiology Careers

Avg. Episode Length: 25 minutes
Description: This podcast shares tips, strategies, and resources for entering the field of epidemiology.
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​Website: https://www.drchhuntley.com/podcast/
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Did you know that CDC has several audience and health condition-specific podcasts, as well as podcasts on key CDC publications? Check them out:
CDC ​Podcasts

Minority Health

15. For conversations around health inequities in Latinx communities
Publisher: Salud America!
Title: Salud Talks
Avg. Episode Length: 30 minutes
Description: This weekly podcast explores a range of health issues and inequities impacting Latino communities.
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​Website: https://salud-america.org/saludtalks/
16. For conversations around health inequities in African American communities
Publisher: Leonore Okwara
Title: Public Health Culture
Avg. Episode Length: 15-30 minutes
Description: This podcast discusses health disparities, programs and policies, and community-based research in African American communities.
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​Website: https://www.leonoreokwara.com/public-health-culture

Personal Health and Wellbeing

17. For personal health and wellbeing tips for public health professionals
Publisher: The George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health
Title: Healthy You
Avg. Episode Length: 15 minutes
Description: This podcast not only explores timely public health news and research, but also discusses careers, personal health and wellbeing, and other topics important to public health students and professionals.
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​Website: https://publichealth.gwu.edu/healthy-you
18. For expert guidance on health and wellness
Publisher: NPR
Title: Life Kit: Health
Avg. Episode Length: 15-20 minutes
Description: This podcast series provides guides with expert advice related to health and wellness.
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​Website: https://www.npr.org/tags/796672286/life-kit-health
​19. For expert answers to health and wellness questions
Publisher: Harvard Health Publishing / Harvard Medical School
Title: Living Better, Living Longer
Avg. Episode Length: 20 minutes
Description: This podcast provides insights, advice, and tips for reaching health and wellness goals.

Website: https://www.health.harvard.edu/podcast-living-better-living-longer 

Public Health Issues

​20. For thoughtful discussion of current public health issues by frontline leaders
Publisher: Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO)
Title: Public Health Review
Avg. Episode Length: 25-30 minutes
Description: This podcast series features insights on current public health issues from topical experts and officials from state and territorial public health agencies.

Website: http://www.astho.org/Podcasts/ 
​21. For discussion of sometimes sensitive and stigmatized public health issues
Publisher: Boston University School of Public Health and Public Health Post
Title: PHPod
Avg. Episode Length: 10 minutes
Description: In this podcast series, influencers in the public health space tackle sometimes uncomfortable topics.

Website: https://www.publichealthpost.org/phpod/
​22. For emerging issues for providers and public health professionals
Publisher: American Medical Association
Title: AMA Moving Medicine
Avg. Episode Length: 15 minutes
Description: This podcast highlights public health innovations and the emerging issues that impact physicians today.

Website: https://www.ama-assn.org/amaone/ama-podcasts

Public Health Research and Science

23. For the latest in environmental health science
Publisher: National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences
Title: Environmental Health Chat
Avg. Episode Length: 7 minutes
Description: This podcast series focuses on environmental factors affecting public health, and how researchers are partnering with community groups to address environmental health issues.

Website: https://www.niehs.nih.gov/research/supported/translational/peph/podcasts/index.cfm 
24. For the latest discoveries in science from researchers around the world
​Publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science
Title: Science Podcast
Avg. Episode Length: 20 minutes
Description: This weekly podcast features updates on breakthroughs in scientific research happening across the globe.

Website: https://www.sciencemag.org/about/podcast# 
25. For conversations about applying public health research to practice
Publisher: Journal of Public Health Management and Practice (JPHMP) Direct
Title: JPHMP Direct TALK
Avg. Episode Length: 20 minutes
Description: This series explores how public health professionals are translating and applying the latest research into practice.

Website: https://jphmpdirect.com/jphmp-direct-talk/ 
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Check out these additional podcasts suggestions for public health students:
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Are there any public health podcasts that you would recommend? Let us know in the comments.
 By: Monique Thornton, MPH
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