Health Equity Podcast Channel

To wrap up our interview series for Black History Month, we are re-releasing a very special episode from our archives with Ashley Sayles. Ashley is a pediatric nurse practitioner living and working in Baltimore who has been very open about her brushes with racism and her experience being the only black nurse on her unit. She joined Dr. Nurse Dan late last year to talk about how pivotal conversatio...

Dan Skinner talks with Kyle Strickland of the Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity, Roosevelt Institute, and My Brother's Keeper Ohio. Topics include equity and racial justice in health and health care, geography and health disparity, health across the lifecourse, and the importance of understanding how where one started shapes where one often ends up in the U.S. Show notes at wcbe...

On episode 410 of The Nurse Keith Show nursing and healthcare career podcast, Keith interviews Camille White and Jasmyn Moore, the hosts of the Distrust & Disparities Podcast. In the course of their conversation, Keith, Jasmyn, and Camille discuss their powerful podcast which examines current and historical cases of medical injustices within the American healthcare system and how these disparities...

Joy sits down with Kat McDavitt, Jaime Bland, and Mandira Singh, who discuss a maternal health program in North Omaha. The program is a collaboration between Cync Health RI, Innsena, and PointClickCare, aimed at improving maternal health outcomes in vulnerable populations across Nebraska. North Omaha was chosen as the first site because it has a predominantly African American population. The progr...

In the aftermath of COVID lockdowns, how have health, career and life opportunities changed for Kenyan teenage girls & young women? ”Twende (let’s go) Out” with Heidi Larson’s Global Listening Project in Nairobi to understand how changing social norms are helping - and hindering the country’s post-COVID generation of young people.  Guests: Lilian Otiso, Executive Director, LVCT Health Farida Nzila...

About half of people on Medicare use hospice care before they die, but as the popular benefit turns 40 this year, it is struggling with waste, access and inequity issues.  This week, we look at a federal experiment revamping Medicare's hospice policy, and how it could ultimately change the way millions of people die. Guests: Vince Mor, PhD, Professor of Health Services, Policy & Practice, Brown Un...

Coinciding with the launch of a new global campaign by ReSurge International to promote greater awareness & funding for local surgical teams to provide life-changing reconstructive care, we meet Jim Chang and Natalie Meyers of ReSurge, along with ground-breaking Zimbabwean surgeon, Godfrey Muguti, to ask why 18 million die every year from surgically preventable diseases - and what can be done abou...

Robert Atkins, Executive Vice Dean of the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing, joins the show to discuss the values of diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice, and what they mean for nursing in the 21st century. Podcast References & Resources: Diversity is a Living Thing—Johns Hopkins School of Nursing Robert Atkins, Executive Vice Dean at the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing -| The Health Equity Pod...

Born and raised predominantly in San Diego, California, Dr. Denise Yu completed undergraduate and medical degrees in her hometown. After graduating, she was eager to start her career in family medicine and found her home in the Pacific Northwest after moving to Seattle. Her passion for medicine stems from a personal experience as a child when she fell ill and was hospitalized. Unfortunately, the m...

The existence of racial disparities in health care in the United States is heavily documented. And what becomes crystal clear from boundary-breaking clinicians addressing health disparities is that representation matters! When the person who cares for you, looks like you, trust and quality of care improve. Cultivating a diverse workforce that looks and lives like the communities they care for requ...

Black people have the highest infant mortality rate of any racial or ethnic group in the United States. And the disparities are stark. Black pregnant people in the U.S. experience preterm birth at rates approximately 2 times that of White pregnant people and Black infants are twice as likely to die within the first year. In this episode, we are joined by University of Minnesota health equity resea...

People leaving jail and prison are at extremely high risk of hospitalization and death. This week, why policymakers from deep blue California to solidly red Utah think bringing Medicaid behind bars could help. Guests: Lee Reed Shira Shavit, MD, Professor of Family and Community Medicine, University of California San Francisco; Executive Director, Transitions Clinic Network Jacey Cooper, Director,...

How can we be more intentional about making sure health technology is equitable in terms of its design, development, and deployment? And can we ensure that health technology benefits everyone? On this episode, we discuss Tequity with Alexis Anderson, a principal with Ipsos Healthcare Advisory who specializes in patient engagement, digital health, and Tequity; Ricky Choi, a pediatrician who is inte...

On episode 406 of The Nurse Keith Show nursing and healthcare career podcast, Keith interviews Dr. Donna Nickitas, Ph. D, RN, NEA-BC, CNE, FNAP, FAAN, the Dean of the Rutgers School of Nursing-Camden. In the course of their conversation, Keith and Dr. Nickitas take a deep dive into issues surrounding diversity, equity, and inclusion (aka: "D.E.I.") and how these issues must be addressed in both nu...

I had the pleasure of interviewing Kweku A. Awotwi during the 75th Anniversary Gala for National Medical Fellowhips Inc. Kweku Awotwi is Board Chairman of United Bank for Africa (Ghana) Ltd, the Multimedia Group Ltd in Ghana, and the non-profit sports for development organization, Playsoccer Ghana which he co-founded in 1999. He has been the past Board Chairman of Stanbic Bank (Ghana) Ltd (2012 –...

Drs. Sarah Szanton and Deidra Crews kick off Aging Fast & Slow Season 2 with guest Dr. Paris "AJ" Adkins-Jackson, Assistant Professor in the Departments of Epidemiology and Sociomedical Sciences at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. One big question for health researchers is how to measure structural racism in different places and systems. Dr. Adkins-Jackson is among the leading...

Season1. Episode 3. Even amid the COVID-19 outbreak, chronic conditions don't take a break. In honor of National Kidney Month, we talk to Aging Fast & Slow’s own Dr. Deidra Crews, a nephrologist at Johns Hopkins. She tells us how kidney health inequities impact us all and how common they are. Dr. Crews also helps us understand what epidemiology and intervention research are, how they differ, and h...

We continue our podcast series with Dr. Efrain Talamantes, a Board Member of National Medical Fellowships. He is dedicated to serving historically underinvested communities and advancing health equity and leads initiatives throughout the country to enhance leadership and diversity in the healthcare workforce. As the Chief Operating Officer of Health Services at AltaMed Health Services, Dr. Talaman...

According to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, five percent of the U.S. population accounts for half of the nation’s healthcare spending. They represent our most complex care challenges. To address the complex needs and circumstances for this five percent, it takes a village – a collaborative partnership of agencies, hospitals, shelters, law enforcement and more – who deeply understa...

Wrapping up Season 1, Dr. Lisa Cooper stresses the importance of trust as a key ingredient for the patient-physician relationship, community engagement, and crisis response. Podcast References: Race, Gender, and Partnership in the Patient-Physician Relationship Unmasking and Addressing COVID-19’s Toll on Diverse Populations A Game Plan to Help the Most Vulnerable COVID-19 and Health Equity – A New...

Black Americans are at higher risk for many serious illnesses like dementia and kidney failure. But data show they are less likely to have their pain treated and less likely to access services like hospice and palliative care that can reduce suffering, especially at the end of life. This week, we explore what stops seriously ill Black patients and their families from getting the care they want in...

ONCE UPON A GENE - EPISODE 153 Improving Inclusion Practices in Schools with the Inclusive Educator - Bre Gastaldi Bre Gastaldi is known as the Inclusive Educator and she teaches school districts how to implement inclusive practices. She's also a special education teacher. She joins me for a discussion on diversity and inclusion in all aspects of education and the school setting.  EPISODE HIGHLIGH...

Mary Stutts, Real Chemistry’s Chief Global Health Equity and Inclusion Officer, is back on the show to discuss why investing in health equity makes our industry more inclusive, digitally driven, equitable, and, ultimately, more profitable.  -| The Health Equity Podcast Channel is made possible with support from Bayer G4A. Learn more about how Bayer G4A is advancing equity, access and sustainabilit...

In this episode, Kat McDavitt interviews Dr. Cerise Elliott, the Program Director for the Clinical Interventions and Diagnostics branch of the Division of Neuroscience at the National Institute on Aging. Dr. Elliot tells us about her one big thing: increasing diversity and representation and research and she talks about how having the courage and cold-calling local universities as a high school, s...

In this episode, Kat McDavitt interviews Dr. Cerise Elliott, the Program Director for the Clinical Interventions and Diagnostics branch of the Division of Neuroscience at the National Institute on Aging. Dr. Elliot tells us about her one big thing: increasing diversity and representation and research and she talks about how having the courage and cold-calling local universities as a high school, s...