The HPP Podcast

"The community health worker is under utilized, and yet can be the best glue across that continuum." In this episode, Ysabel Duron and Dr. Manali Patel discuss the importance of community health workers (CHWs) in cancer care delivery. They talk about the unique capacity of CHW to identify the actual gaps and actual needs of patients to support and work in tandem with doctors. This episod...

"The way that people talk about immigrants in the news media affects those internalized stereotypes and, also, real fears that construct or limit somebody's mobility." In this episode, Dr. Mario Alberto Viveros Espinoza-Kulick and Dr. Alex Espinoza-Kulick explore how the news media impacts the content and context of health access and decision-making among Latinx immigrant and Indigen...

In this episode, Dr. Melissa Valerio-Shewmaker is in conversation with Dr. Amelie G. Ramirez on her commentary that encourages us to look for upstream solutions and utilize promotoras. Dr. Ramirez also situates her approach in her own upbringing and to help us understand the barriers and disadvantages to health, as well as the need for more Latinos with advanced degrees for representation and cult...

In this episode, Cynthia Begay is in conversation with Dr. Diane McEachern and Lauren White about their research in rural northwest Alaska Native villages on the quantities, types, sources, and frequency of support that Alaska Native youth and young adults had. They discuss the impact of colonization on education, and they reaffirm the existing support that occurs in Native communities. Furthermor...

In this episode, Dr. Sara Baumann and Dr. Jessica Burke help us reflect back on the last three years of COVID. They talk about their mental health research, the adaptations that their project underwent due to COVID restrictions, and the visual art gallery that emerged. They juxtaposed a few moments from films, which can be watched at ⁠http://www.collaborativefilmmaking.com/⁠ . They remind us that...

"We want to have a dialogue about developing the capacity to grapple with political dysfunction. We need to be able to win political battles in order to save lives." In this episode, Dr. Marcus Cheatham, Dr. Heidi Hancher-Rauch, Dr. Jodi Brookins-Fisher, Dr. Alexis Blavos, and Dr. Amy Thompson help us explore how the current political landscape has led to a poor national response to the...

"If you ask me, the most important thing is: who is at the table and who's not, right? Because –who is at the table and who's not?– determines what's on the agenda and the values that are underlying whatever's going on. So the most important structural intervention that you could make is to involve people who have a strong interest in whatever the proceeding is or whatever the...

"It's really important to have people do the work, the slow work often, of walking around a neighborhood, in this case, and really looking at what's actually on the ground, literally, like, where are the cigarette butts, where are things happening, what does the safety look like?" In this episode, Dr. Maya Vijayaraghavan and Dr. Margaret Handley discuss clean air policies that li...

In this episode, Dr. Terry O’Toole, René Lavinghouze, and Dr. LaNita Wright discuss the 5 Priority Actions that states and communities can take to prevent serious chronic diseases, which are designed to improve the environments in which children, adults, and families can access healthy choices or live in places where it's easier to be healthy. They also explained the five program infrastructur...

"What mobility justice means to me is that people feel safe, people have access, and people have voice when accessing public resources. And it's not just a system that they use, but a system that they engage in and participate in growing based on what their needs are." In this episode, Karishama Vahora discusses their paper on mobility justice and engaging youth of color in decision...

In this episode, Dr. Robin Evans-Agnew is in conversation with Dr. Juan Aguilera, Jessica LeClair, and De-Ann Sheppard on Planetary Health and Climate Justice. They discuss the interconnectedness of the planet, as well as multidisciplinary approaches to affect change. They encourage us to take a holistic view of the planet’s health, and to generate meaningful relationships with community members m...

“Having that local context is always important when we're trying to meet the needs of a community because their context matters. Their lives matter. What they need matters. We need to listen to them… We can't just act. We need to know what's happening and how they wanna be supported.” In this episode, Dr. LaNita Wright is in conversation with Dr. Nandi Marshall about her personal and p...

“I think it's important to know that you don't need, I guess, like big institutions or a lot of money or a ton of experience even sometimes to accomplish really great things. As long as you're able to really form that partnership and really utilize those around you, a lot can happen.” In this episode, Cynthia Begay is in conversation with Dr. Anthony Fleg, Nicolette Abeyta, and Ashleig...

In this episode, Leo Kattari is in conversation with Dr. Hale Thompson and Reyna Ortiz regarding what they learned about transgender mental health and health inequities from running their pilot intervention. They discuss the Tips and Tools generated by TaskForce, the importance of centering community, and their multi-level approach to facing systemic inequities. This episode references the article...

In this episode, Leo Kattari is in conversation with Lauren Cikara, Daniel Martinez, and Noah Jansen about their contributions to the special PRIDE collection of Practice Notes for HPP highlighting addressing health equity among LGBTQ+ youth and communities. They remind us of the power and eagerness of youth to get involved, the roles of adults in working beside youth, and to relish queer and tran...

Join HPP's Pride Celebration by checking out LGBTQ+ article collections from 2021 and 2022 , listening to LGBTQ+ voices on our Spotify playlist , and reflecting back on Season 1 Episode 23 . In this episode, Arden Castle is in conversation with Dr. Carlos Rodriguez-Diaz, Leo Kattari, and Lisa Carlson to celebrate PRIDE month and the 20 year anniversary of Health Promotion Practice’s first LGBT...

Hello and welcome to this bonus episode of The HPP Podcast. Read and follow along with this reading of " I Want to Die Well " by Dr. Amber Johnson by viewing the Supplemental Material associated with the article. With our July 2022 issue, Health Promotion Practice is proud to introduce a new, regular section of our journal, entitled “Poetry for the Public’s Health.” The section has been...

Hello and welcome to this bonus episode of The HPP Podcast. Read and follow along with this reading of " Anarcha Lets Blood September 4, 1836 " by Dr. Bettina Judd by viewing the Supplemental Material associated with the article. With our July 2022 issue, Health Promotion Practice is proud to introduce a new, regular section of our journal, entitled “Poetry for the Public’s Health.” The...

"I've been using poetry in my work for a long time because it allows me to share the pieces of me that were not invited by academia and that have been left out and pushed to the cracks purposefully." - Dr. Amber Johnson "In order to be in this space, I'm going to need poetry and poetry is always with me." - Dr. Bettina Judd In this episode, Dr. Shanaé Burch is in conversation with Dr. Amber Johnso...

"I am a student of photovoice in what I learn about my own heart and in what I learn from the people who take photographs, tell stories, and advocate to policy makers... Had it been in my power, I would have given you the moon." In this episode, Dr. Caroline Wang reads aloud her paper, which was selected as a 2022 Health Promotion Practice's Paper of the Year winner. Her introspectio...

In this episode, Dr. Angela Sy, Mavis Nitta, Dioreme Navasca, Va’atausili Tofaeono, and Inou Shomour discuss their project in American Samoa and Federated States of Micronesia to increase healthy beverage consumption. They remind us of the effects of colonization, as well as the resilience of the community. Their intentional approach to evaluation bridges Indigenous knowledge and Western research...

"CBPR is more than these tenants of what constitutes community engaged research. It's about really thinking about how you are going to demonstrate your commitment to a community... and to keep that respect intact regardless of what the institute might demand of you, because they're often at odds. And I think that keeping that front and center really shows your commitment to the proces...

In this episode, guest host Mory Chhom discusses the perceived benefits and barriers in implementing an occupational health training program for nail salon workers in Philadelphia with Dr. Trân B Huỳnh, Tina Nguyễn, and Nancy Nguyen. They explain the recommended or required safety measures, as well as the health problems people experience when they are working in salons that do not follow the occu...

In this episode, we kick off Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month with a Health Promotion Practice Paper of the Year. Phuc To, Julia Huynh, Dr. Judy Tzu-Chun Wu, Dr. Thuy Vo Dang, Cevadne Lee, and Dr. Sora Tanjasiri discuss where their Photovoice project has taken them. They previously explored their paper in Season 2, Episode 12 before receiving this recognition, and this time they...

In this episode, Dr. Falon Smith discusses how Go NAPSACC provides easy-to-use tools for state administrators, ECE technical assistance consultants, and ECE providers, and it has decades of research on its effectiveness in improving ECE practices, environments, and health behaviors. She explains how multiple states, guided by the CDC Spectrum of Opportunities Framework, implemented Go NAPSACC over...