1.F. Skills building seminar: Podcast 101 - Lessons learnt and how you can create your own unique experience

Abstract   Podcasts are one of the fastest growing communication channels globally with more than 850,000 podcasts available globally through all the different podcast distributors. Furthermore, Health-related podcasts are gathering steam on their own front and herein lies the opportunity for public health and digital health professionals to embrace this channel and develop the necessary skills to start communicating their visions in a world that is plagued by misinformation and disinformation. This skills building workshop intends to cover the experience of three public health professionals in their involvement as co-hosts of three different podcasts that have their own voice with differences in their setup and availability of resources. Furthermore, the authors intend to cover the following aspects: Getting started with your own podcasts The typical setup for Podcast Recording Promoting and growing your podcasts Ensuring sustainability and consistency in your approach Tips and Tricks for Podcast Success Key messages • Podcasts are a unique opportunity to create a meaningful connection with a wide audience in a world plagued by misinformation and disinformation. • Setting up a Podcast has gotten much less complicated and this workshop will provide the basic knowledge to get you started with tools that you already own.

Pandemics have their origin in diverse microbes carried by animal hosts, but their emergence is entirely driven by human activities.These include deforestation, land-and sea-use change, agricultural expansion and intensification, and wildlife trade and consumption.These activities bring wildlife, livestock, and people into closer contact, allowing animal microbes to spillover into people and causing infections, sometimes outbreaks, and more rarely epidemics and pandemics.Domestic animals and peri-domestic wildlife also have a role in creating bridges for the emergence of human diseases, since this can happen in an evolutionary sense, or the animal could serve as a physical transmitter.The most important reservoirs of pathogens with pandemic potential are mammals (in particular bats, rodents and primates) and some birds, as well as livestock (e.g.pigs, mink, poultry).In fact, intensive animal production is also considered one of the drivers for biodiversity loss and potentially for future pandemics.As an example, intensive poultry farming not only poses a significant risk to workers, but can also act as a potential public health menace evidencing the One health approach to tackle all the menaces in this particular setting.Biodiversity underpins all life on Earth, and refers to biological variety in all its forms, from the genetic makeup of plants and animals to cultural diversity.Human health depends upon ecosystem products and services (e.g.availability of fresh water, food and fuel sources) which are requisite for human and animal health.Biodiversity loss can have significant direct human health impacts if ecosystem services are degraded and not able to guarantee social needs.The ecosystems also control disease and stabilize the climate.However, biodiversity loss is occurring at unprecedented rates, impacting human health worldwide, according to the report jointly published by the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and the World Health Organization (WHO).In this report, awareness is provided to the need to promote integrated approaches to biodiversity and health by highlighting that biodiversity contributes to human health and wellbeing, and emphasizing also that biodiversity needs protection for development to be sustainable.Indirectly, changes in ecosystem services affect livelihoods, income, local migration and, on occasion, may even cause or exacerbate political conflict.Some features will be presented and discussed to describe in detail the most relevant impact that biodiversity has in human health and wellbeing and how the loss of biodiversity can imply risk for animal and human health.

1.F. Skills building seminar: Podcast 101 -Lessons learnt and how you can create your own unique experience
Abstract citation ID: ckac129.022 Organised by: EUPHA-DH Chair persons: Stefan Buttigieg (EUPHA-DH), Brian Li Han Wong (UK) Contact: info@stefanbuttigieg.com Podcasts are one of the fastest growing communication channels globally with more than 850,000 podcasts available globally through all the different podcast distributors.
Furthermore, Health-related podcasts are gathering steam on their own front and herein lies the opportunity for public health and digital health professionals to embrace this channel and develop the necessary skills to start communicating their visions in a world that is plagued by misinformation and disinformation.This skills building workshop intends to cover the experience of three public health professionals in their involvement as co-hosts of three different podcasts that have their own voice with differences in their setup and availability This workshop aims to give an overview of design, methods and first results of the largest cohort study in Germany: the German National Cohort (NAKO).This organized session will consist of one overview presentation and three presentations on selected topics: mental disorders, COVID-19, and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) in the NAKO.NAKO is a multidisciplinary, population-based cohort study that provides a central resource for population-based epidemiologic research.NAKO aims to investigate the development and aetiology of diseases, identify risk factors and enhance early detection and prevention of diseases with a focus on diabetes, cancer, cardiovascular, pulmonary, neurological, psychiatric, and infectious diseases.Between 2014 and 2019, overall 205,415 persons aged 20-74 years were recruited and examined at 18 study centres across Germany.During their visit to the study centre, they participated in a face-to-face interview, completed self-administered, computer-based questionnaires, underwent a battery of biomedical examinations, and provided various biosamples.In addition, whole-body Magnet Resonance Imaging (MRI) was performed on 30,861 participants using dedicated 3 Tesla MRI scanners at 5 study centres.The whole-body MRI protocol focuses on brain and cardiac structures, musculoskeletal system and body fat distribution.In 4-5 year intervals, all study participants are re-invited for examinations at the study centres.The programme for the first re-examination (including MRI scanning) was similar to the baseline programme.Thereby, longitudinal information on changes in risk factor profiles and in vascular, cardiac, metabolic, neurocognitive, pulmonary and sensory function is collected.Since October 2018, 77,896 participants have been re-examined, including 11,382 with additional MRI examination.A supplemental COVID-19 questionnaire collected data on 161,849 participants of NAKO during the first COVID-19related lockdown in Spring 2020.This survey started on 30 April 2020 and ended on 30 June 2020.The questionnaire included questions on general state of health, Sars-CoV-2 symptoms and test results, and on changes in behavioural, psychosocial and socioeconomic factors as well as social contacts and occupational situation during the pandemic.Thus, psychological and socioeconomic effects of the pandemic situation can be addressed.Moreover, questions on pandemic-related aspects including the history of infection, severity and long-term health impacts of COVID-19 were added to the regular study programme in the study centres as of July 2021.The longitudinal design of NAKO provides the unique opportunity to compare the participants' situation before and during the pandemic.The presentations describe the main design of the NAKO and exemplary results of main research questions, e. g., on mental health, association of occupational factors with COVID-19, and MRI findings.

Key messages:
The workshop introduces the design and collected data of the NAKO to foster collaboration between scientists, enabling further harmonization of data collection between large cohort studies.
The workshop aims to facilitate (future) joint scientific exploitation of this unique epidemiological resource of population-based data.

15th
European Public Health Conference 2022