# Public Health Post: Publishing daily on population health and social justice\. While overdose prevention programs in New York City distributed nearly 80,000 naloxone kits in a single year, some areas of the city face barriers to getting the life saving drug into the hands of people who need it most\. > Explore Public Health Post's original articles on health and social justice in urban and rural communities across the United States Generated by Yoast SEO v28.6, this is an llms.txt file, meant for consumption by LLMs. ## Pages - [Home](https://publichealthpost.org/) - [About Us](https://publichealthpost.org/about-us/) - [Fellowship](https://publichealthpost.org/fellowship/) - [Contact](https://publichealthpost.org/contact/) - [PHPOD](https://publichealthpost.org/phpod/) ## Posts - [Understanding the US Maternal Mortality Problem](https://publichealthpost.org/sexual-reproductive-health/understanding-us-maternal-mortality-problem/): The U\.S\. has ranked behind most industrialized countries on maternal mortality for years, but stopped publishing an official maternal mortality ratio in 2007\. It was this failure that was the impetus for our study\. - [Welcome to Public Health Post](https://publichealthpost.org/public-health-post/welcome-public-health-post/): Welcome to Public Health Post\! This inaugural article is a brief introduction to the site, what we are trying to do, and how to find your way around\. - [Welcome to the Public's Health](https://publichealthpost.org/health-equity/welcome-to-the-publics-health/): This is a new venture for us\. Our mission is to bring attention to the public’s health with our weekly newsletter The Public’s Health\. - [But What Exactly is Public Health?](https://publichealthpost.org/uncategorized/public-health-is-everything/): Our Associate Editor Jen Beard writes on the elusive and expansive definition of public health and asks readers to share their own examples of public health in action\. - [Moving Midstream: A Community Approach to Childhood Obesity Prevention](https://publichealthpost.org/health-equity/a-community-approach-to-childhood-obesity-prevention/): The H2GO\! program empowers youth to become health messengers in the ongoing fight to reduce sugar\-sweetened beverage intake\. ## Author - [Casey Keen](https://publichealthpost.org/authors/casey-keen/): Casey Keen is the founder of Perinatal Education \& Advocacy and the recent author of The Alchemy of Motherhood\. - [Kiera Eckhardt](https://publichealthpost.org/authors/kiera-eckhardt/): Kiera Eckhardt is an anthropologist researching how migration, legal systems, and institutional structures shape health and belonging\. - [Lauren Bigger](https://publichealthpost.org/authors/lauren-bigger/): Lauren Bigger is a PhD candidate at Emory University, where her work focuses on implementation science, community health, and policy\. - [Alia Cornell](https://publichealthpost.org/authors/alia-cornell/): Alia Cornell is a medical student who is working to advance abortion research, advocacy, and access to reproductive health care\. - [Timothy Callaghan](https://publichealthpost.org/authors/timothy-callaghan/): Timothy Callaghan is an associate professor of health policy and politics at Boston University School of Public Health\. ## Podcasts - [Censorship In the Classroom: Book Bans and Challenges](https://publichealthpost.org/podcasts/censorship-in-the-classroom-book-bans-and-challenges-part-1/): PHPod sits down with Christina Dobbs, an associate professor at BU, to discuss the onslaught of book bans in classrooms across the country\. - [Censorship In the Classroom: Book Bans and Challenges, Part 2](https://publichealthpost.org/podcasts/censorship-in-the-classroom-book-bans-and-challenges-part-2/): PHPod sits down with Leah Watson, a staff attorney with the ACLU Racial Justice Program, to discuss book bans and censorship in the classroom\. - [The Lavender Haze: Enabling a Healthy Queer Future](https://publichealthpost.org/podcasts/the-lavender-haze-enabling-a-healthy-queer-future/): PHPod sits down with experts to discuss the health landscape that queer youth and young adults are facing in the United States\. \(From 2024\) - [Loud Noises, Louder Consequences](https://publichealthpost.org/podcasts/loud-noises-louder-consequences/): PHPod sits down with Erica Walker, founder of the Community Noise Lab, to discuss the public health implications of noise\. - [Community Is the Convenient Choice](https://publichealthpost.org/podcasts/community-is-the-convenient-choice/): PHPod talks with Sarah Lipson, associate professor of health law, policy \& management, about opportunities and barriers to finding community\. ## Categories - [Policy](https://publichealthpost.org/health-equity/policy/) - [Disability](https://publichealthpost.org/health-equity/disability/) - [Violence](https://publichealthpost.org/health-equity/violence/) - [Disease](https://publichealthpost.org/disease/) - [Housing](https://publichealthpost.org/health-equity/housing/) ## Tags - [Databyte](https://publichealthpost.org/tag/databyte/) - [Cities and health](https://publichealthpost.org/tag/cities-and-health/) - [Politics and health](https://publichealthpost.org/tag/politics-and-health/) - [Depression](https://publichealthpost.org/tag/depression/) - [Anxiety](https://publichealthpost.org/tag/anxiety/) ## Author Categories - [Masthead](https://publichealthpost.org/author_categories/masthead/) - [Guest Author](https://publichealthpost.org/author_categories/guest-author/) - [Editor](https://publichealthpost.org/author_categories/editor/) - [Past Editor](https://publichealthpost.org/author_categories/past-editor/) - [Current Editor](https://publichealthpost.org/author_categories/current-editor/) ## Seasons - [Season 1](https://publichealthpost.org/podcast_seasons/season-1/) - [Season 2](https://publichealthpost.org/podcast_seasons/season-2/) - [Season 3](https://publichealthpost.org/podcast_seasons/season-3/) - [Season 4](https://publichealthpost.org/podcast_seasons/season-4/) - [Season 5](https://publichealthpost.org/podcast_seasons/season-5/) ## Optional - [Sitemap index](https://publichealthpost.org/sitemap_index.xml)