Doing Good and Doing Well in Public Health

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The People, Power, and Pride of Public Health

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Johns Hopkins University

The People, Power, and Pride of Public Health

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The People, Power, and Pride of Public Health provides an engaging overview of the incredible accomplishments and promise of the public health field. The first module includes interviews with legendary public health figures whose work led to millions of lives saved with vaccines, air bags and car seats, and the federal Women Infants and Children (WIC) nutrition program. The second module brings key public health tools to life -- including use of data, communications, and policy - through discussions with experienced professionals who have used these tools to save lives. The third module includes a "Carpool Karaoke"-style trip through Baltimore County, Maryland with NACCHO President Dr. Umair Shah to see and hear real public health workers talking about how they serve their communities. Learners will come away from this course with a deeper understanding of the public health field and a greater enthusiasm for their own work in public health. Preview the course on YouTube: goo.gl/RXKbUr

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People: Public Health in our Communities

In this module, Harris County Health Officer Dr. Umair Shah drives “carpool karaoke”- style around Baltimore County, Maryland to hear from real health department workers about their work.

People of Public Health Introduction2:32

Derek: Disease Investigation8:26

Terry: Emergency Preparedness11:04

Mary: Home Nursing9:13

Tyler: Environmental Inspection10:07

Doing Good and Doing Well in Public Health5:12

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Beth A. Resnick, MPH
Associate Scientist
Health Policy and Management
Joshua Sharfstein, MD
Associate Dean for Public Health Practice

My gosh.

Hey, Josh.

>> How you doing?

>> How are you all?

My gosh.

>> Good to see you.

>> Wow, this is, what?

Fancy running into you here.

>> We were just wondering how you're doing?

>> I have a lot to share.

It's been a wonderful day, it's been an incredible day.

I have to let him out because he's gotta do an inspection.

>> Okay. >> You want to jump in?

>> Okay, sure. >> I'm going to go check out this beach.

>> I'll sit up front.

>> Thank you Tyler, that was fantastic, great job.

>> Thanks.

>> Awesome.

>> There we go.

>> Josh.

>> Hey good to see you.

>> Wow, what a day.

>> You look changed.

>> [LAUGH] I have, I'm more informed.

>> Okay. >> I think that is always

something that changes you so ready to go.

>> Yep we'll go back to the school and you'll tell me what you thought.

>> Wow this has been an amazing day, it really has been.

I have learned so much, I mean I can go all the way from

the disease investigation side, the outreach side to the preparedness,

the emergency response planning side, to the public health

nursing aspect, and then finishing it up with environmental health.

>> Yeah.

>> Inspections, and just, I mean it's amazing how much,

we know this and yet, you still appreciate how much public health does.

>> Yes, well, we thought Baltimore County would be a good one for

you to see because it is so- >> My gosh.

>> Diverse in many different ways.

And certainly the landscape tells a little bit of that story.

>> Yes, horses, and urban areas, beaches.

I mean yeah I was really floored by just how diverse this community is,

really demographically is one thing but geographically is another thing.

And yet all of those different areas or

the diversity of people, the diversity of topography.

All that is a challenge too because we in public health have to

somehow find a way to work around all those differences and

still at the end of the day have a healthy community, and that's not easy.

>> It's not easy.

Every part of this county has it's own type of public health challenge that

the Health Department has to rise to.

But it's because of the people who you met that it is possible.

>> That's right that's right, so a lot of times people as we talked

about people think that it's a nine to five job it's not.

It's 24/7 and people think that well it must be behind a desk, well it's not.

As you heard in these stories, it's really about people all day doing things and

that’s incredibly, again challenging.

But it's so important for the health of the community.

>> So, with that in mind, when you're talking to new public health workers what

do you tell them you look for in your department?

Do you look for people who only want to do the same thing all the time?

>> [LAUGH] >> No, what's your message to new workers?

>> I actually have, it's a very simple message and

I'm not sure I'm going to be able to say it as simply as it is in my mind.

But it really comes out to two concepts

you want to do well and you want to do good.

And to me that summarizes it all.

And so you want to be obviously you want to be fantastic at what you do.

You want to be excellent at what you do.

You want to make sure that what you do, is solid, it's evidence based, and

all those other kinds of things.

So in that sense, that's doing well.

But doing good is actually to have that passion, that dedication,

that mission concordance with helping a community do everything that it

needs to have happen in order for that community to strive to excel.

To be healthy, to be strong well-being and all the those other characteristics.

So it's really do well and do good and that's what I tell folks is

if you can do well and you can do good, this field is for you.

>> So what I hear you saying is you that you want people who are solid at

what they're being asked to do.

And at the same time thinking about what their community needs.

>> Yes see I knew you could summarize it better than I can say it.

>> [LAUGH] >> You've been doing a lot

of talking today.

>> I was going to say that's why we work well together.

[LAUGH]

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