The HPP Podcast

In this episode, Dr. Campbell Galman helps us explore their new paper and the role of comics. They explain the process of moving from words to image, as well as the nuances of working with children. She describes wedges as simple machines for transgender and gender diverse children to tell their stories. This episode features the article " Wedges: Stories as Simple Machines " by Sally Campbell Gal...

This May, 2022 has been a moment of such stark global violence with people turning on each other, and particularly in the United States, the gun violence, mental health crisis, egregious attacks on rights, and so much more. There's just so much going on in our world that is violent. I appreciate you all allowing us to take a short break to finalize the content for this summer. What we have already...

In this episode, Christy Oberholtzer and Dr. Lauren Lessard preview their upcoming paper in HPP. They discuss how they actively pivoted to meet the needs of the community and the stakeholders. They offer lessons learned from their community-based participatory research experience, how to avoid burnout, and insights into the field.

In this episode, Dr. Shemeka Thorpe discusses her new paper, as well as the future for the two studies that were combined in her manuscript. She also talks about her research on sexual pain and pleasure among Black women as a sexuality educator. She focuses on sex-positive research, funding, and gaps in research for Black women. She also helps us envision a future with institutional level change f...

In this episode, Dr. Heidi Hancher-Rauch, Dr. Amy Thompson, Dr. Jodi Brookins-Fisher, and Dr. Alexis Blavos help us explore the health education professions’ response to COVID-19. They talk about the professional competencies of the field, the role of universities, and the flexibility of Health Education Specialists during the pandemic. This episode references the article titled " Universities as...

In this episode, co-editors Dr. Robin Evans-Agnew and Dr. Bob Strack discuss the future of Photovoice with authors Chris Seitz and Muhson Orsini. This episode references their article titled “ 30 Years of Implementing the Photovoice Method: Insights from a review of reviews " from the 2022 HPP Special Issue on Photovoice . Listen to the playlist on Spotify for Photovoice Series 1 , Photovoice Seri...

In this episode, co-editors Dr. Robin Evans-Agnew and Dr. Bob Strack discuss with authors Caleb Dafilou, Vincent Pepe, and Felicia Rinier about the role of Photovoice in directing dollars for reinvestment in a disadvantaged Latino community in Philadelphia. They discuss the background behind the project and provide insights into how their idea of creating policy workshops for the youth after the c...

In this episode, co-editors Dr. Robin Evans-Agnew and Dr. Bob Strack discuss with lead author, Dr. Mikiko Oono, the details behind their innovative approaches to system change with elementary school children in Japan focused on safety and injury prevention through passive interventions. This was the first time Photovoice had been used for this purpose in Japan, and it applies two new tools from th...

In this episode, co-editors Robin Evans-Agnew, Bob Strack and authors Phuc To, Cevadne Lee, and Judy Tzu-Chun Wu discuss anti-Asian racism occurring in communities in California prior to and during the COVID19 pandemic and their innovative response to these traumatic threats through a student project to document and archive community level experiences through Photovoice. In the discussion, they al...

An introduction to Series 2 and the Photovoice Issue: Photovoice Extra! Content and companion to the March, 2022 HPP Special Issue on Photovoice . In this episode, co-editors Robin Evans-Agnew and Bob Strack describe the background to the special Photovoice issue of HPP, discuss some of the important themes elicited from the articles, and share some of their favorite moments in putting the issue t...

In preparation for the new Photovoice issue , we will be playing two of our favorite Photovoice episodes that aired last year to get you primed for this second series of Photovoice content! We will be back to our full range of HPP topics on April 20th, so that’s 7 weeks jam-packed with Photovoice explorations. This week will be a rerun of an episode in the first Photovoice series, guest hosted by...

In preparation for the new Photovoice issue , we will be playing two of our favorite Photovoice episodes that aired last year to get you primed for this second series of Photovoice content! We will be back to our full range of HPP topics on April 20th, so that’s 7 weeks jam-packed with Photovoice explorations. This week will be a rerun of our introduction episode to the first Photovoice series, gu...

In this episode, Christina Holt and Dr. Stephen Fawcett discuss their work in creating systematic ways for communities to engage in sense-making. Christina Holt directs the Community Tool Box and specializes in capacity building for community change and improvement and supporting evaluation of community-based efforts. Not to mention, Dr. Stephen Fawcett uses behavioral science methods to help unde...

"I think it's on us as public health professionals to find positive outlets, find positive coping mechanisms, find positive ways for youth to deal with the anxiety, depression, and other mental health issues at the dealing with so they don't turn to vaping. They don't turn to an addictive substance." In this episode, Elyse Levine Less and Dr. John Kingsbury discuss the lessons learned from their f...

“So we have created a public health crisis by not designing systems that will last or systems that will work.” This episode features Catherine Flowers, author of Waste: One Woman’s Fight Against America’s Dirty Secret , as well as Dr. Antonio Gardner and Dr. Ashley White Jones, authors of Using an HIV Disclosure Model to Slow the Spread of COVID-19 . In honor of Black History Month, they discuss e...

In this episode, Dr. Melissa Valerio-Shewmaker is in conversation with Dr. Adrienne Martinez-Hollingsworth about the importance of listening to communities to understand their needs, as well as her work doing mural painting with U.S. Latinos. They talk about working with, and not on, communities and the power of professional pipelines. For more, check out the article titled " Mural Painting to Col...

In this episode, Dr. Antonio Gardner and Dr. Ashley White Jones discuss the parallels between stigmatized diseases and disclosure. They talk about the HIV Disclosure Model's application to COVID-19 and the need for research surrounding when, why, and to whom folks decide to disclose their status. They suggest that disclosure be prioritized just like mask wearing and social distancing to slow the s...

In this episode, Dr. Juan Aguilera and Dr. Robin Evans-Agnew discuss climate justice, climate change, and environments that perpetuate harm in communities. As members of Health Promotion Practices' Editorial board and healthcare workers, Dr. Aguilera offers his perspective as a doctor, and Dr. Evans-Agnew as a nurse. They remind us to advocate, to work across disciplines and political parties, and...

In this episode, Jody Early, PhD, MS, MCHES and Carmen Gonzalez, PhD, MA discuss digital disenfranchisement, racism and redlining, broadband as a utility, and the digital divide. They talk about how physical, financial, and academic health are inherently tied to broadband internet. They remind us of the innovations, assumptions, and shortcomings that surrounded stay-at-home transition, as well as...

Dr. Michael Harvey and Dr. Ryan Petteway, have both written in Health Promotion Practice's sister journals. Dr. Michael Harvey won Pedagogy in Health Promotion's 2020 Paper of the Year for his article " How Do We Explain the Social, Political, and Economic Determinants of Health? A Call for the Inclusion of Social Theories of Health Inequality Within U.S.-Based Public Health Pedagogy ." Dr. Ryan P...

This episode is another reflection on the HPP Podcast's first year. Enjoy a conversation about queering the pipeline and LGBTQ+ visibility from Ep. 23 Exploring 20 years of PRIDE at Health Promotion Practice with Dr. Carlos Rodriguez-Diaz, Leo Kattari, and Lisa Carlson. A few other episodes that talked about LGBTQ perspectives were Ep. 3 Exploring a Queer Perspective in Public Health with Dr. Jose...

This week, we reflect on the past year of The HPP Podcast's first season. Enjoy a discussion on cultural kitchens by Dr. Maria Jackson from Ep. 15 Exploring Arts in Public Health with Dr. Jill Sonke, Dr. Sandro Galea, Dr. Maria Jackson, Sunil Iyengar, and David Leventhal . A few other episodes that talked about different ways of knowing were Ep. 11 Exploring Youth Citizen Science with Dr. Katherin...

This week, we reflect on the past year of The HPP Podcast's first season. Enjoy a story shared by Hannah Drake from Ep. 41 Exploring a Framework for Integrating Arts, Science, and Social Justice with Hannah Drake and Theo Edmonds . A few other episodes that challenged the way spaces and places provide inclusion are: Ep. 2 Exploring Imposter Syndrome and Representation in Academia with Dr. LaNita W...

"And, in some ways, I've even moved away from using the term 'intervention'– so much as I see it as a restoration of traditional practices." This episode was guest-hosted by Cynthia Begay, who was in conversation with Dr. Valarie Blue Bird Jernigan. As Native researchers, they talk about their experiences, changes in the public health field over the last 20 years, and their own growth away from We...

"It really encourages us to think about how we draw on those rich resources of knowledge and expertise that are already within our local communities. So, you know, where he saw Waka Ama is a really positive example of health promotion within an Indigenous Maori context, where those Maori values and practices are really foundational to the every day being." In this episode, Dr. Christina Severinsen...