American Journal Of Public Health Podcast

In the May issue of AJPH we tackle a sensitive question: when and how widely should we use causal language to describe scientific findings of direct public health relevance? When can we say X is the cause of Y? This question is polarizing epidemiologists. Here, after having spoken with Miguel Hernan who coined the C-Word, I interview Professors Jennifer Ahern from UC Berkeley, Heidi Jones, from City University of New York, and Dana March, from Columbia University, all senior, experienced, and influential teachers, about whether we should use the C-Word more often or not.