This is the "What is Public Health Podcast" with your host Dr. Kee Chan. Public Health is the invisible force that keeps you healthy everyday, and I bet you didn’t even know it. This podcast is your source of the latest trend in public health and get quick tips on professional development so you can do your best work in serving the public. Discover the many, different, and exciting careers in public health from our guest speakers. Connect to the stories of people impacted by Public Health. Visit me at www.keechanphd.com.
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The Invisible Work That Keeps Us Alive: A 2025 Public Health Reflection
2025 was loud. The headlines were heavy. But underneath the noise, public health was doing what it always does best: protecting us in ways we rarely see. In this episode, Dr. Kee Chan breaks down the biggest 2025 health stories in plain language, shares a personal milestone of finishing her textbook, and looks ahead to what to watch in 2026, including AI, medtech, healthy aging, mental health, and wellness trends.
In this episode, we cover
- The public health story underneath major 2025 headlines
- A behind the scenes look at finishing Public and Population Health Perspectives for Health Systems Management
- What’s coming in 2026: AI, regulation, equity, aging, and mental health access
- A simple holiday framework to protect your health and your peace: Me, We, World
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I’m your host, Dr. Kee Chan. This is What Is Public Health? Stay curious, stay well, and remember: public health is all of us, for all of us.
28 Oct 2025
The Cost of Burnout: Why Preventing Exhaustion Saves Healthcare
Burnout has become the silent epidemic within our healthcare system — draining energy, compassion, and billions of dollars every year. In this episode, Dr. Kee Chan unpacks the real cost of clinician burnout and reveals why prevention isn’t just good medicine — it’s good economics.
Drawing from her textbook Public and Population Health: Perspectives for Health Systems Management, she introduces the Social Return on Investment (SROI) model and shows how design thinking and systems thinking can reframe workforce well-being as a measurable strategy, not an afterthought.
Listeners will learn:
Why clinician burnout is a systems failure, not a personal flaw
How prevention yields measurable financial and human ROI
What healthcare leaders can do to redesign workplaces for resilience and retention
Why investing in the people who care for us is the smartest, most sustainable public-health strategy of all
“When we design systems that care for caregivers, we don’t just heal burnout — we heal healthcare itself.”
Resources:
Public and Population Health: Perspectives for Health Systems Management (American College of Healthcare Executives)
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#PublicHealth #HealthcareLeadership #Burnout #WorkforceWellness #HealthcareInnovation #DesignThinking #SystemsThinking #ROI #SROI #Nursing #PhysicianBurnout #Wellness #HealthcareStrategy #KeeChanPhD #WhatIsPublicHealth
14 Oct 2025
Raising Healthy Kids in a Screen-Filled World
In this episode, Dr. Kee Chan explores how screens are shaping childhood today—and what parents, educators, and communities can do to foster balance and well-being.
We often hear about the harms of technology, but there are also real opportunities for learning, creativity, and connection. What does the science say about early screen use, attention, and social development? How can families find balance in an age of constant connectivity?
Key Points:
How childhood has changed in the digital era
What research says about screen time and child development
The mental, social, and physical impacts of excessive screen use
The benefits of technology for learning and creativity
Practical strategies to guide children toward healthy tech habits
Takeaway:
Raising healthy kids in a screen-filled world isn’t about eliminating technology—it’s about helping children use it with awareness, curiosity, and purpose.
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