17K
Downloads
95
Episodes
The Los Angeles Department of Public Health's vision is simple: healthy people in healthy communities. The LA Public Health Podcast delivers news, updates, and compelling stories from the largest public health jurisdiction in North America, working every day to achieve health equity for more than 10 million Angelenos in every corner of Los Angeles County and beyond.
Episodes
Thursday Jun 11, 2020
Thursday Jun 11, 2020
Dr. Muntu Davis, MD, MPH is the Health Officer with the Los Angeles Department of Public Health. Our conversation covered a range of topics including the impact of COVID-19 on communities of color, approaches the department and others are taking to reduce inequities related to COVID-19, and why police brutality and racism is a public health issue.
Links:
Strategies for Addressing COVID-19 Disparities in Health Outcomes Among Highly Impacted Populations:
http://publichealth.lacounty.gov/docs/RacialEthnicSocioeconomicDataCOVID19.pdf
Additional COVID-19 resources: https://covid19.lacounty.gov
Follow our department on social media @lapublichealth