Why Voting is a Public Health Issue
Who the Health Cares? Podcast Season 3, Episode 3
This week, Professor Michael Sparer is joined by Dr. Avenel Joseph,
vice president of policy at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, for a conversation about the relationship between politics and public health. They discuss the connection between voting rights and health outcomes, why good science doesn't always translate into good policy, and what it will take to build a stronger, more equitable public health system.
"Who the Health Cares?" with host Michael Sparer, explores how the United States built this public health system, why it struggles for resources and trust, and what it would take to strengthen it, examining the path from political debate to policy enactment to program implementation.
Understanding public health is about understanding the systems that protect us all.
Who the health cares? We all should.
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