Episode 1

Episode 1: Interview with Justin Feldman on COVID Workplace Safety and Policy Needs

In this inaugural episode of the Public Health Networker, we discuss occupational health and environmental social justice.  We discuss the APHA 2021 Annual Meeting and the presentation on topics of Environmental Racial Justice by Dr. David Michaels of George Washington University and his new article with Dr. Robert Bullard, the father of the Environmental Justice movement. And we speak to Dr. Justin Feldman, FXB Health and Human Rights Fellow at Harvard University. We discuss social inequality in the workforce during the pandemic, and the various COVID health and safety needs for employees, and in populations of color. Justin Feldman can be found on Twitter @jfeldman_epi References: Environmental Justice is Essential in the Workplace and at Home by David Michaels and Robert Bullard https://www.thenation.com/article/economy/workplace-environmental-justice/ Coronavirus is an Occupational Disease that Spreads at Work by Justin Feldman https://www.jacobinmag.com/2021/01/covid-19-business-work-public-health Teachers and Their Unions Are Demanding Truly Safe Schools Reopening — Not “Ignoring Science” by Seth J Prins, Justin Feldman and Abigail Cartus https://jacobinmag.com/2021/02/teachers-unions-schools-covid-reopening

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April Moreno

Dr. April Moreno is a public health and informatics specialist, and consults in public health programs. She is the founder of the Public Health Podcast Network, publichealthpodcasters.com