Podcasts about medical sociology

Amod Nath Pyakuryal is the Managing Director at Ukaalo Abhiyan, a non profit independent media. He also has a Master's Degree in Medical Sociology from The University of Akron, MBA in Health Services Administration from The University of Dallas. In this podcast, he talks about recent Bal Mandir Scandal, Investigative Journalism and the problems Nepal has in Health & Education.

Dr. Melanie Egorin, Ph.D. ( https://www.hhs.gov/about/leadership/melanie-egorin.html ) is Assistant Secretary for Legislation (ASL), at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Dr. Egorin has a unique roll at HHS at the intersection of the executive and legislative branches of government, with responsibility for interacting with Congress and responding to various congressional oversight requests as it pertains to HHS role across its 12 operating divisions, which are responsible for administering a wide variety of health and human services programs to more than 100 million people. Dr. Egorin has had a 25 year career in the health policy domain and has recently served as Democratic Deputy Staff Director, Subcommittee on Health, Committee on Ways and Means in the U.S. House of Representatives, where she was staff lead for Affordable Care Act, Medicare Advantage, dual-eligible beneficiaries, women's health, and health tax issues. Prior to joining Ways and Means, Dr. Egorin worked for the U.S. Government Accountability Office and the University of California Office of the President, as well as teaching at San Francisco State University. Dr. Egorin holds both Bachelor's and Master's degrees from Emory University, where she studied Sociology and Public Health, and a Ph.D. from the University of California San Francisco in Medical Sociology. Support the show

Dr. David Clark is Professor emeritus of Medical Sociology at the University of Glasgow's School of Interdisciplinary Studies in Dumfries, Scotland and has wide-ranging interests in end-of-life issues in the global context.He founded and led the Glasgow End of Life Studies Group.He is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Southern Denmark, and a Visiting Researcher at the University of Navarra, Spain.

The purpose of this webinar is to further discuss how Congresswoman Robin Kelly (IL-02), Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus Health Braintrust and Co-Chair of the Congressional Caucus on Black Women and Girls, first introduced the Mothers and Offspring Mortality & Morbidity Awareness Act, or MOMMA's Act, which was instilled to address the maternal health crisis nearly five years ago. The panel will focus on the successes on the implementation of the MOMMA'S Act and what still needs to be done. Moderator Meagan Thompson, DNP Senior Health Policy Advisor for Congresswoman Robin Kelly Dr. Meagan Thompson is the Senior Health Policy Advisor for Congresswoman Robin Kelly who serves on the House Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health. As a nurse and former hospital administrator working at the intersection of public health and health policy, Meagan understands that we must improve the conditions in which people live, work, and play to make healthcare interventions most effective. Under the tutelage of Congresswoman Kelly, she is working on legislation to improve the quality of maternal health services, expand access to mental health services, improve access to nutritious food, and increase diversity in clinical trials. She hails from Mississippi and received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss). Following her time at Ole Miss, she completed a dual masters program receiving her Masters of Business Administration and Health Administration at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. She then received her Doctorate in Nursing Practice with an emphasis in health care leadership where her dissertation focused on spirituality in African-American women and the association with Breast cancer mortality rates. Panelist Mia Keeys, MA, DrPH(c) Director of Federal Affairs Hologic, Inc. Mia R. Keeys is the Director of Federal Affairs at Hologic, Inc. She's formerly the Chief of Staff to Congresswoman Robin L. Kelly, and also previously served as the Director of Health Equity Policy & Advocacy with the American Medical Association, after serving as the Policy Director of Congresswoman Robin Kelly's (D-IL) Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) Health Braintrust, the premier health policy arm of the CBC. In April 2017, The National Minority Quality Forum recognized Mia as a 40 Under 40 Leader in Minority Health. The Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences features Mia's children's book on health equity-titled Cole Blue, Full of Valor-in their national archives, "Visualizing Health Equity." Mia has been a Kaiser Family Foundation Barbara Jordan Health Policy Scholar; a Fellow for the City of Philadelphia in the Deputy Mayor's Office for Health and Opportunity; and an HIV/AIDS researcher in South Africa. Mia was also a U.S. Fulbright Fellow to Indonesia, where she lived and worked in various teaching, public health service and research capacities for three years, while simultaneously learning the national language, Bahasa Indonesian. Mia holds Bachelor of Arts degrees in English and Psychology from Cheyney University, and a Master of Arts degree in Medical Sociology from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN, where she was also a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Fellow at Meharry Medical College. She is currently a doctoral of public health student at The George Washington University. Mia is also a creative non-fiction writer, with training from the University of Oxford. She is originally from Philadelphia, PA. Originally published May 15, 2023

About Andrew Toy:Andrew Toy is the President of Clover Health, where he is responsible for driving the vision for how technology and analytics can improve the lives of Clover's members. Andrew joined Clover from Google, where he coordinated enterprise activities for the Android team and ran Machine Learning, Enterprise Search, and Analytics for the G-Suite team. Before that, he was the CEO and co-founder of Divide, a company focused on creating a split between work and personal data on mobile devices, which was acquired by Google in 2014. He earned his BS and MS in Computer Science from Stanford University. About Carladenise Armbrister Edwards:Dr. Carladenise Armbrister Edwards has served as the Chief Strategy Officer at Henry Ford Health, a $6B private non-profit system in Southeast Michigan; Providence, a $26B Catholic healthcare system with over 50 hospitals across seven Western states; and Alameda Health System, a public hospital authority located in Oakland, California. As the principal advisor to the CEO and executive team, she has led system-wide strategic planning, M&A, and other partnership ventures, business development, clinical and operational transformation initiatives, government affairs, marketing, and communications, population health, and managed care contracting. Dr. Edwards also served as Founding President and CEO of Cal eConnect, Inc., a nonprofit corporation that governed California's electronic Health Information Exchange.Additionally, she has held executive leadership roles in Georgia's Department of Community Health, Florida's Agency for Healthcare Administration, and the US Department of Health and Human Services. Dr. Edwards joined Clover Health's Board of Directors in July 2022. Dr. Edwards holds a Ph.D. in Medical Sociology from the University of Florida, a master's degree in Education and Psychological Services, and a bachelor's degree in Sociology from the University of Pennsylvania. Things You'll Learn:Medicare Advantage is the perfect example of how to provide health equity, as it gives money and resources to prevent illness and treat illness in a personalized manner.Decentralizing care can make clinicians more efficient and help them perform at the top of their license with the help of technology and analytics.The current hospital experience could be more efficient and scary, but it can be fixed using different tools and models of care.Organizations like Clover must ensure everybody gets access to the care they need, taking into account their social, economic, and environmental factors.Structural barriers, such as the structure of insurance and societal values, often create a disincentive to providing care to those who need it most.Everyone can be part of health equity by taking care of themselves first.Hospitals should be places where we go for certain aspects of our healthcare, not all of them.  Resources:Connect with and follow Andrew Toy on LinkedIn.Connect with and follow Carladenise Armbrister Edwards on LinkedIn.Follow Clover Health on LinkedIn.Visit the Clover Health Website.

In this episode, our guest Steph Tuazon talks about how through self-discovery, she was able to reconnect with herself and was able to heal from the trauma she's experienced in her past.  How taking up space may be difficult, especially for people of color. How challenging it might be to be mindful about not using her successes to define her and how discrimination, trauma, and microaggression can all substantially influence one's growth. When healing from trauma, it is necessary to understand where our beliefs are rooted and does it feel true to us. Music and dance are also effective therapeutic techniques to divert your energy. Topics Discussed: The challenges of taking up space and how uncomfortable it can be, especially as a person of color Being intentional about not relying solely on her accomplishments to define her and how she shows up The impact of discrimination, trauma, and microaggression The process of self-discovery and how Steph reconnected with herself Decolonizing pleasure Harmful mindsets about money The Filipino Myth of the “Manananggal” and concepts of sexuality and pleasure in different cultures Healing through therapy, nature, and relationships The importance of feeling safe and exploring safe positions in your body Incorporating music and dance as a way to process and explore trauma You can find Steph Tuazon here: Website | www.hiyatherapy.com About Steph Tuazon Stephanie Tuazon is a Pinay/Pilipinx-American therapist seeking to create a healing environment and safer container for those looking to explore their identities, purpose, and authenticity. They are on unceded Tongva territory (Los Angeles) with parents who immigrated from the Philippines (Tagalog and Kapampangan ancestry). Steph is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in California. They received their Master of Social Welfare from the University of California Los Angeles. She has a Bachelor of Science in Medical Sociology with a minor in Gerontology from Mount St. Mary's University Los Angeles. Own Your Journey! In our fast-paced world, many of us struggle with overthinking and worry which leaves us feeling overwhelmed or stuck. Hi! I'm Maria Grace Wolk. I'm a Filipina American entrepreneur, Psychotherapist, wife, and mom of two boys; My mission is to amplify diverse perspectives, break the mental health stigma, and inspire you to own your journey to wellness and fulfillment. Is there anything keeping you from changing your life? Watch my TEDx talk https://youtu.be/r0A2FXwyAsw to learn what happened when I left my comfort zone.

Is health a privilege or a right? As a society, how do we come to understand health and its social origins and outcomes? Though medicine has been understood as a social science that dates back to Hippocrates–the Hippocratic Oath–medical sociology is not even 70 years old yet! The climb to intellectual legitimacy and sound research is recent. When it comes to matters of stress, food, doctor-patient interactions, racism and sexism, medical sociologists have a lot to say and a lot to do…come join us as The Social Breakdown begins its journey in everything health!

Meet Our Guest: Dr. Carladenise Edwards is a seasoned Strategic Advisor and a former Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer for several prominent healthcare organizations, including Henry Ford Health System, Providence St. Joseph Health, and Alameda Health System. She also serves as a board member for organizations such as Heluna Health, RAND Health, American Board of Internal Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, and Healthcare Financial Management Association. Dr. Edwards holds a Bachelor's degree in Sociology and a Master's in Education and Counseling Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania and a Ph.D. in Medical Sociology from the University of Florida.Key Insights: Carladenise Edwards discusses the challenges faced by women and minorities in taking on leadership roles in the healthcare industry.● Reinvesting in Public Health. By strengthening public health infrastructure, we can create a more equitable and effective healthcare system that prioritizes the health and well-being of women and all people. This is essential for empowering women in leadership and ensuring that everyone has access to the care they need to live healthy and secure lives.● ”White Flight.” Carladenise's belief and concern that the opportunities for women and minorities to take on leadership roles will only continue to proliferate as long as the healthcare industry continues to suffer.● The Rewards of Hard Work. Women in leadership roles often face unique challenges, but their determination and hard work can lead to real, tangible results. By embracing the challenges and putting in the effort, women can make a significant impact on the healthcare system and drive positive change for everyone.This episode is hosted by Gary Bisbee, Ph.D., MBA​, Founder, Chairman & CEO, Think Medium.Relevant Links: Follow Dr. Edwards on TwitterRead more about Dr. Edwards

UzObi, Inc. is the first health technology company to specialize in providing ethically guided values-based health care decision-making tools to patients through their providers, insurers and hospital systems. UzObi empowers patients to have their identities and voices at the center of all health care decisions from routine, emergency to end of life medical decisions. Bio: Dr. Nneka Sederstrom received her BA in Philosophy from George Washington University in 2001. She began her career at the Center for Ethics at Medstar Washington Hospital Center in Washington DC the same year. She completed her Masters in Philosophy and Public Policy from Howard University in 2003 and proceeded to begin her PhD studies in Medical Sociology and Race, Class, and Gender Inequalities at the same university. After beginning her PhD studies, she was made Director of the Center for Ethics and Director of the Spiritual Care Department. She proceeded to hold these positions until she left to join Children's Minnesota in March 2016 where she served as the Director of the Clinical Ethics Department for almost 5 years. She has recently joined the executive leadership team at Hennepin Healthcare System as the new Chief Health Equity Officer where she will lead efforts in addressing health disparities, equity, and antiracism in the institution and community. Her PhD is in Sociology with concentrations in Medical Sociology and Race, Class, and Gender Inequality, MPH in Global Health Management, and MA in Philosophy. She is a member of several professional societies and holds a leadership position in CHEST Medicine and the Society of Critical Care Medicine. She is a Fellow of the American College of Chest Physicians and a Fellow of the American College of Critical Care Medicine. She is widely published in Equity and Clinical Ethics and speaks regularly at national and international meetings.  uzobiinc.com 

Description: In this episode, we are joined by Dr. Amy Houtrow. Dr. Houtrow is a pediatric rehabilitation medicine physician, a health services researcher for children with disabilities, and a person with childhood-onset disabilities. In this episode, she joins Dr. Poullos to discuss her career path, her research, and her advice for aspiring healthcare providers with disabilities.  Key Words: pediatrics, education, physical disability, Contra dystrophia calcium cans congenita, scoliosis, visual disability, research, mobility, lung disease, public policy Bio:  Amy Houtrow, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H., is a professor and the Endowed Chair for Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. She is also Chief of the Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine Services at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh (CHP). Dr. Houtrow earned her medical degree at Michigan State University and completed a combined residency program in Pediatrics at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. She is board certified in Pediatrics, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation and Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine. She completed a Master's degree in Public Health in Health Policy and Management at the University of Michigan and earned her Ph.D. with distinction in Medical Sociology at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) while also serving as faculty there. Her dissertation won an international award for research on childhood disability. Her research has focused on health care access and outcomes for children and youth with disabilities with special emphasis on health equity and the impact of childhood disability on families. She has authored over 140 manuscripts for high-impact medical journals, written and edited textbooks, developed training programs for young physicians, and she is a sought-after speaker for conferences nationally and internationally. Her work has repeatedly garnered national media attention and informed public health policy. In 2018 she was inducted into the National Academy of Medicine, one of the highest honors in medicine. Transcript

Meet Carladenise Edwards, Ph.D.:Carladenise Edwards, Ph.D. is a Strategic Advisor. Previously, she was the EVP and Chief Strategy Officer for Henry Ford Health System and Providence St. Joseph Health, as well as Chief Strategy Officer for Alameda Health System. Dr. Edwards serves as a board member for Heluna Health, RAND Health, American Board of Internal Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, and Healthcare Financial Management Association. Dr. Edwards received a bachelors in Sociology and master's in Education and Counseling Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania. She received a Ph.D. in Medical Sociology from the University of Florida. Key Insights:This episode is part of our Excellence in Leadership Series, presented by Citi. Carladenise Edwards, Ph.D. is a healthcare strategy expert. Mission Creep. Health systems try to be all things to all people all the time. Health systems need to refocus on their goals in the community and do a few things exceptionally well, rather than many things inadequately.Public Health Infrastructure. We need to invest in public health, rather than expect health systems to manage it. Public Healthinfrastructure will enable more people to get the fundamental care they need to be healthy and secure.Hard Work. Work is not easy. It is hard and takes energy, but if you're pushing uphill that means you are producing something of value.Nothing is insurmountable if we collectively work towards change. This episode was made possible by our partnership with Citi. Relevant Links: Follow Dr. Edwards on TwitterRead more about Dr. Edwards

In this episode Chris and Jane wander through Robert Crawford's 1980 paper 'Healthism and the medicalization of everyday life'

Dr. Joanna Eisele is a visiting assistant professor at Rollins College in Florida. She earned her Ph.D. in Sociology in 2014 from UCF and specializes in social inequalities. She teaches a variety of sociology courses and approaches them from an inequalities perspective. She is a mom of two and a powerlifter. Love this for her! Today we are getting spicy and deep-diving into medical sociology.  Autonomy, human rights and intersections with healthcare, access to timely, affordable, respectful reproductive care, the trickle-down effect of Roe v Wade, credible research and EBP, and having a girl-on-girl moment! This is going to be a good one! Let's get into it with Dr. Joanna!  https://www.plannedparenthoodaction.org/ (Planned Parenthood) https://www.plancpills.org/ (Plan C Pills) To connect with Dr. Joanna click https://www.instagram.com/joeis.73/ (HERE) To connect with Tori click https://www.instagram.com/nurse.tori_/ (HERE)  To connect with Sam click https://www.instagram.com/heysamanthaa/ (HERE) To connect with Cellfie Show click https://www.instagram.com/cellfie_podcast/ (HERE) Check out our Youtube page https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBMzT2riaWG_dJb2cfUzhpQ/featured (HERE) Subscribe to the Sweet and Salty https://www.cellfiepodcast.com/subscribe (HERE) Rate and Review the Show to Claim your Cellfie Swag Bag! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-cellfie-show/id1500843605 (HERE) https://www.cellfiepodcast.com/ (Cellfie Show ) https://www.cellfiepodcast.com/shop-1 (Cellfie Podcast Merch)  Produced by: Tori + Sam  THIS EPISODE IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY RITUAL (Code: CELLFIE-AMB) 15% off your first order  Get your Ritual on! Ritual was born out of the belief that better health begins with better ingredients. Here is why we LOVE ritual: Ritual's scientists sifted through thousands of independent research studies to determine the nutrients included in its products. Non-GMO ingredients, Easy-to-start, Easy to cancel, FREE shipping, Control your delivery date, FREE and easy cancellation, 30-day money back guarantee.  https://www.shareasale.com/r.cfm?u=2021146&m=71499&b=998755 (CLICK HERE ) THIS EPISODE IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY RESUME RX  Code: CELLFIE Save 20% STAND OUT IN YOUR JOB SEARCH!! Online courses, templates, and resources for healthcare professions to land the career of your dreams. We have BOTH used these products and can not recommend them more to you!  CLICK HERE https://cellfieshow--theresumerx.thrivecart.com/template-bundle/ (Nurse Résumé Templates)  CLICK HERE https://cellfieshow--theresumerx.thrivecart.com/template-bundle/5fac7fe4eb3e6/ (FILL-IN-THE-BLANK SOLUTION FOR YOUR RÉSUMÉ AND COVER LETTER) THIS EPISODE IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY CELLFIE STUDIOS  MAXIMIZE YOUR NURSING PROFESSION This 28 page eBook is a digital download that provides you with NURSE PRO TIPS to help you land that dream job! This is a fully loaded guide complete with the strategies to help you master your job application and interview process. We cover all of the juicy details to help you perfect the art of interviewing. https://payhip.com/CellfieStudiosLLC (THE COMPLETE NURSE INTERVIEW GUIDE TO LAND YOUR DREAM JOB! ) 

Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) is considered the front-line treatment for borderline personality disorder. What exactly is DBT, and why is it nothing like the invalidating experience that Amy describes in today's episode? To accept and change the reality of bad DBT, we speak with Fred Kutnick, LMSW about the propositions of good DBT.   Thank you for listening. To support the show and receive access to regular bonus episodes, check out the Very Bad Therapy Patreon community. Today's episode is sponsored by The Organized Therapist – Social Media for Therapists.   Introduction: 0:00 – 7:17 Part One: 7:17 – 44:17 Part Two: 44:17 – 1:23:33 Part Three: 1:23:33 – 1:26:01   Very Bad Therapy: Website / Facebook / Bookshelf / Tell Us Your Story   Show Notes: Donate to Dallas Dog – Rescue. Rehab. Reform. Fred Kutnick, LMSW: Website / Email Persuasiveness: An underappreciated characteristic of effective therapists. Expanding Systems Thinking: Incorporating Tools from Medical Sociology into MFT Education and Research

Tessa Sanderson has a diverse and interesting background. She has a PhD in Medical Sociology, but now works primarily with Women and Girls, educating them about the Wisdom of their (menstrual) Cycles. She is a Yoga teacher, again with a focus on Mother and Baby groups. She describes yoga as "a complete system to nurture you on every level ~ for wherever you are in your life and where you want to be" and I believe if she is your yoga teacher, it's going to a very supportive experience. She is also passionate about Embodied listening and works this into all of her work. We talk through her journey, her passions and how she supports women in their cycles, and how they heal from traumatic experiences, often to do with birth. She is real advocate for natural birthing, and working with the woman and her body, not "following what is prescribed to fit into a system". She is very honouring of the individual and both her professional and personal journey are fascinating. Join me as we talk though the life events that opened her up to this world. You can find her online at:www.tessayoga.co.ukwww.cyclicalwisdom.comhttps://womenswisdom1.teachable.com (cycle awareness, birth prep, mother & baby yoga) She has also written a series of books for children, both girls and boys, to help them move through puberty, and workbooks to support women through pregnancy. You can find them all on Amazon, written in the name Tessa Venuti SandersonMy passion is Inspiring Women to Inspire Women. So if you love these podcasts, please share them with those you love, and if you can leave me a review. It helps me to reach more women. And you can Join the UnMasking the Feminine Community here.Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RachaelT)

Kayla Santalla is a DEI and growth marketing expert with a 15+ year track record of driving business results and social impact for world-class brands. Committed to dismantling systemic racism, Kayla pivoted her career at the start of 2021 to focus on building diversity, equity, and inclusion into the foundation of brands. Kayla takes an intersectional approach to brand marketing and community-building work proven to fuel social impact and deliver on the bottom line. Her strategies center diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) accelerate growth, expose brands to larger markets, and catalyze loyalty. Kayla earned a dual degree in Media Management and Sociology from the University of Miami, as well as an M.A. in Sociology with a concentration in Race & Ethnic Relations and Medical Sociology. Kayla proudly served as a founding member of Girl Scouts of the USA's Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Racial Justice Steering Committee to transform the 108-year-old nonprofit into an antiracist organization. A lover of art and activism, she currently serves on Street Wise's board of directors, working to amplify artist voices and unleash the power of public art to spark change and build empathy within communities. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/quientueres/support

Robert Bartholomew has a PhD in Medical Sociology, and is an Honorary Senior Lecturer in the Department of Psychological Medicine at the University of Auckland in New Zealand. He's an expert in Mass Psychogenic Illness...

Featured researchers:Hana Hinkle, PhD, MPHInterim Director and Department Head, National Center for Rural Health ProfessionsAssociate Director, Illinois Area Health Education Center Network Program ResearchAssistant Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Illinois College of Medicine RockfordMichael Glasser, PhD (retired)Former Director, National Center for Rural Health ProfessionsAssociate Dean, Rural Health Professions ProgramResearch Professor, Medical Sociology and Dr. George T. & Mildred A. Mitchell Endowed ProfessorUniversity of Illinois College of Medicine RockfordLearn about rural health training opportunities through the National Center for Rural Health Professions and Illinois AHEC.To learn more about translational research, visit ccts.uic.edu.Interested in volunteering to participate in health research? Today's researchers want to make sure that treatments and cures are designed for everyone's unique needs. Are you ready to make a difference? Learn more at go.uic.edu/healthresearch.The University of Illinois at Chicago Center for Clinical and Translational Science is supported by the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, through Grant UL1TR002003. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.

On this episode, Lucy Ciaramitaro of the MHA is joined by Dr. Renée Branch Canady, PhD, MPA, who serves as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of MPHI; a Michigan-based and nationally engaged non-profit public health institute dedicated to advancing population health through public health innovation and collaboration. Dr. Canady gives us insight into not only health equity - but health inequity: what it is, why it matters, and what resources are available to those who want to create a more inclusive, equitable culture in their lives and work. Dr. Canady has been recognized as a national thought leader in the areas of health inequities and disparities, cultural competence, and social justice. She has published and presented broadly on these topics and her passion for this work is evident in her personal, academic, and professional life. Dr. Canady has been highly influential in broadening the discussion of health equity and social justice while serving on numerous national boards, review panels, and advisory groups. Dr. Canady has been an outstanding public health advocate, researcher, educator, and facilitator, and is a highly sought after speaker. Her career path has also included serving as Directed of Student Affairs in the College of Nursing at MI State University and Assistant Area Director in the Department of Residence Life at the University of North Carolina. She earned her PhD in Medical Sociology from Michigan State University, a master's degree in Public Administration from Western Michigan University and a bachelor's degree in Public Health Nutrition from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. To learn more about MPHI, visit: https://www.mphi.org/

Guest Editor Miranda Waggoner discusses the special issue, "Findings, Challenges, and Future Directions in Medical Sociology" published as the September 2021 issue of the Journal of Health and Social Behavior.

Birth Series, Episode #1 of 4. Symphysiotomy. Probably not a word you've heard before - and if you have, I'm sorry? Symphysiotomy is an obstetric procedure in which a person's pubic symphysis cartilage is cut to widen the pelvis for childbirth. Yes. Gross. I know. For most of the 19th century, symphysiotomy was a new solution to difficult births, and, to some doctors, preferable to Caesarean section, and certainly to the gruesome craniotomy. By the 1930s, though, in countries where childbirth had been medicalized, the symphysiotomy was phased out in favor of the safer C section - except Ireland. While surgical solutions to difficult childbirths increased in American and European obstetrics throughout the twentieth-century generally, it was only in Ireland that the use of symphysiotomy increased. Why, for the love of God, WHY, you ask? Let's dig in. For a complete transcript and bibliography, visit digpodcast.org Select Bibliography Cara Delay, “The Torture Began”: Symphysiotomy and Obstetric Violence in Modern Ireland, Nursing Clio, May 31, 2016 Cara Delay and Beth Sundstrom, “The Legacy Of Symphysiotomy In Ireland: A Reproductive Justice Approach To Obstetric Violence,” Reproduction, Health, and Medicine: Advances in Medical Sociology, Volume 20, 197-218 (2020). Marie O'Connor, Bodily Harm Report: Symphysiotomy and Pubiotomy in Ireland, 1944-1992, (2011)  Adrian Wilson, Ritual and Conflict: the Social Relations of Childbirth in Early Modern England, (Taylor & Francis Group, 2013). Adrian Wilson, The Making of Man-Midwifery: Childbirth in England, 1660-1770 (Harvard University Press, 1995). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Thank you for listening to She’s Got Drive. Today we have the last in out Black Mama series of interviews with midwife Tanya Khemet and Academic Keisha Goode, both President and Vice President of National Association of Certified Professional Midwives. We talk about the racism faced by Black midwives, the decimation of Black midwifery, and the need to address the structural barriers for Black Midwives today. And how Black Midwives is an answer to the Black Maternal Health crisis.  My name is Shirley McAlpine. Welcome to She's Got Drive. So grab your cup of tea, or drink of choice  and you might want to take a walk as you listen to these two amazing and inspiring women.    Dr Tanya Khemet Taiwo  considers herself blessed to be the mother of three beautiful girls who were all born into the hands of midwives.  After serving as clinic administrator and staff midwife of The Birthing Project Clinic for eight years, she became one of the founding mothers of Birth and Family Health Center, women’s health clinics housed in community health centers located in medically underserved areas of Sacramento.  She currently works in a Federally Qualified Health Center, continuing to care for low-income families in a multi-disciplinary setting. She comes from a family tradition of midwives.  She joined the NACPM Board of Directors in the fall of 2012, and has been President for 4 years. Dr. Khemet Taiwo is an assistant professor of midwifery at Bastyr University, and a research Fellow at The Birth Place Lab at the University of British Columbia. At the Birth Place Lab she’s collaborating on the Giving Voice to Mothers Study, a research project that examines how race, ethnicity and birthplace affect maternity care in the United States. Her dissertation research in epidemiology examined how prenatal socioeconomic and psychological stress impacted child neurodevelopment, and how these stressors are amplified by environmental exposures.   Dr Keisha Goode  joined the Board as the first appointed Public Member. She is currently a Visiting Assistant Professor of Sociology at The State University of New York College. Her primary research area is Medical Sociology with specific attention to the medicalization of childbirth and the historical and contemporary complexities of Black midwifery in the United States. She is completing a book proposal for the publication of her dissertation research, Birthing, Blackness and The Body: Black Midwives and Experiential Continuities of Institutional Racism.   Find Tanya: https://www.facebook.com/tanya.khemet Find Keisha: https://twitter.com/keishagoode8?lang=en NACPM : https://nacpm.org NACPM Facebook https://www.facebook.com/NACPM NACPM Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nacpmidwives/   She's Got Drive Journals: BUY IN HERE AMAZON HERE Including 30 Days of Gratitude -Making Every Day Count    HOW TO SUPPORT THE PODCAST  If you love She's Got Drive  please REVIEW it here on iTunes: http://shirleymcalpine.com/itunes   This podcast streams free on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.  Please Subscribe and Review . Tell your Sista friends and share online!   DONATE: check out our Patreon account:    FACEBOOK: Join the She's Got Drive Tribe on Facebook Private Group and share with other women with drive.     SHE'S GOT DRIVE is produced by Cassandra Voltolina. Artwork by Natasha Merrifield Listen on iTunes, Podbean, Stitcher and Google Play and SoundCloud Connect with me through Social Media INSTAGRAM: :@shirleymcalpine_ WEBSITE: http://shirleymcalpine.com/contactme/     

In this episode we talk to Zoé Samudzi. Dr. Samudzi has a PhD in Medical Sociology from the University of California, San Francisco. Her dissertation was about German colonialism, the Herero/Nama genocide, and the afterlife of that genocidal structure in the present. Her writing has appeared in Art in America, The New Republic, The New Inquiry, Jewish Currents, and other outlets. She is co-author of As Black as Resistance, which we spoke with her and co-author William C. Anderson back in 2018. In this conversation we talk about a range of topics related to settler colonialism and colonization in Africa, specifically in modern day Namibia, Zimbabwe and South Africa. Zoé shares with us some of the historical fights between European nation states, and European settlers in Southern Africa. She also shares a little bit of history on the Nama/Herero genocide and how it was utilized by the British to undermine the German Empire. Josh and Zoé explore the relationship between colonialism and fascism. And Zoé also shares some thoughts on the film Exterminate All The Brutes and challenges US exceptionalism in relationship to our analysis of settler colonialism and genocide.  Finally, Zoé talks about museums as ongoing sites of colonial violence and we discuss this in relationship to the recent revelations about the U Penn museum and U Penn and Princeton’s use of the remains of Delisha and Tree Africa, two MOVE children killed in the 1985 bombing, whose remains were taken from their families without consent or notice. MOVE has an event scheduled for May 15th in recognition of the 36th Anniversary of the MOVE bombing. You can also see their press conference addressing U Penn.  And there’s a petition for the repatriation of the remains of Tree and Delisha, and financial reparations to the affected families.  Suggested readings from Zoé Samudzi: - Mobilizing Black Germany by Tiffany Florvil - The Problems of Genocide by Dirk Moses  - Potential History: Unlearning Imperialism by Ariella Aïsha Azoulay  - The Brutish Museums by Dan Hicks  - Multidirectional Memory by Michael Rothberg - Exterminate all the Brutes by Sven Lindqvist - Alabama in Africa by Andrew Zimmerman May is a really busy month for us, beyond this great conversation we have a number of other exciting new episodes planned. If you are able to become a patron of the show, you can do so for as little as $1 a month.  

Dr. David Clark is Professor emeritus of Medical Sociology at the University of Glasgow's School of Interdisciplinary Studies in Dumfries and has wide-ranging interests in end-of-life issues in the global context. He founded and led the Glasgow End of Life Studies Group. He is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Southern Denmark, and a Visiting Researcher at the University of Navarra, Spain.

In the second part of our discussion with Dr. Jason Wasserman, we dive into his early life and the steps he took towards pursuing a career in Medical Sociology and Bioethics, his parenting style, and why he prefers the pursuit of a "life's work" over a "work-life balance".

My Special Guest today is the wonderful Tessa Sanderson! Tessa is an author of children's and women's books. Not only does she teach yoga and cycle awareness in person and through online courses, she is also a transformation mentor. Tessa has a PhD in Medical Sociology and she loves taking information from one place and delivering it to a totally new audience. I met Tessa very recently and just love her warmth and strong gentleness and I'm so thrilled that she has kindly agreed to have a chat with me now to share more about her journey. Links: Instagram Red Tent Transformation Gateway Yoga classes For menstrual education and women's gatherings For online Birth Preparation For Tessa's books search Tessa Venuti Sanderson on Amazon

We discuss occupational equality in the medical profession with Tania Jenkins (UNC-Chapel Hill)

We discuss occupational equality in the medical profession with Tania Jenkins (UNC-Chapel Hill)

We discuss occupational equality in the medical profession with Tania Jenkins (UNC-Chapel Hill)

Dr. Nneka Sederstrom was Director of the Center for Ethics and Director of the Spiritual Care Department at Medstar Washington Hospital Center in Washington DC before coming to Children's Minnesota as Director of the Clinical Ethics Department. She earned her PhD in Medical Sociology, MPH in Global Health Management, and MA in Philosophy. She is widely published in Clinical Ethics and speaks regularly at national and international meetings.Dr. Sederstrom loves to read (especially long epic fantasy series), dance, knit, and engage in all things crafty. She is the first African American woman bakery owner to use locally sourced ingredients in the state of Minnesota. She is the mother of Grayson, who happens to be a baby model, and Aadya, who may model one day. She is the wife to Charlie, the love of her life. Her favorite music is anything before 2005. Her favorite quote is “Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.” — Maya AngelouCharlie Sederstrom is a registered nurse and the current clinical and technical trainer at Medica where, among other duties, he is helping to lead a health equity work group that is beginning to take a detailed look at how access to quality health care, and health literacy, can be improved across the region.He, like many White people, is beginning to better understand the role he needs to play in recognizing, and then taking action against, racism in our community.  

Elder Care: Past and Future with Joanne Lynn, MD, MA, MS and Carrie Graham, PhD, MGS “There needs to be a community anchor in managing eldercare.”— Joanne Lynn, MD, MS, MA (03:21-03:25) Is it right, ethical, or moral that we have put 1.3 million Americans in solitary confinement for the past six months because of COVID-19? Would we tolerate this for college students? Young adults? Children? Not likely. But we have done this to 1.3 million nursing residents in this country. Why isn’t anyone asking these residents and their families what matters to them? In this week's episode, Dr. Melissa Batchelor welcomes Drs. Joanne Lynn and Carrie Graham as her guests for this week. We will discuss nursing homes and COVID as well as long-term care financing considerations from her fellowship. Part One of ‘Elder Care: Past and Future with Joanne Lynn, MD, MA, MS’ Joanne Lynn, MD, MS, MA, is a 2019-2020 Health and Aging Policy Fellow and is the Director of the Program to Improve Eldercare at Altarum Institute. One of the first hospice physicians in the US and an early developer of palliative care, Dr. Lynn is author of 300 peer-reviewed journal articles and 80 books and chapters on geriatrics, palliative care, and end of life care. She has been a tenured professor at the George Washington School of Medicine and Dartmouth Medical School and has worked in quality improvement for CMS, IHI, and the Washington, DC, Department of Health. She has led the team that has developed the MediCaring Communities reform model for eldercare and is working to generate communities capable of improving the performance of their eldercare arrangements. Other current projects include expansion of PACE to serve elders who are not enrolled in Medicaid and enabling better conditions for paid and unpaid caregivers. You can visit her website at Medicaring.org to read her Issue Briefs and comment on What to Do About Nursing Homes.  Carrie Graham, PhD, MGS, a 2018-2019 Health and Aging Policy Fellow, has been working in the field of health policy, gerontology, and evaluation research for 20 years. She holds a doctorate in Medical Sociology from UCSF and a master's degree in Gerontological Studies from the Scripps Gerontology Center at Miami University. She is currently an Associate Adjunct Professor at the UCSF Institute for Health and Aging and holds a joint faculty appointment at UC Berkeley in the School of Public Health. She is the principal investigator of several studies examining the experiences and choices of seniors and people with disabilities who are transitioning to managed care delivery systems. Most recently, she led a multi-campus evaluation of California's dual financial alignment demonstration. She also evaluates consumer-directed organizations that work to promote aging in the community, called Villages. Dr. Graham specializes in using a participatory evaluation approach that incorporates the perspectives of consumers and stakeholders in all phases of evaluation, from the evaluation design through the interpretation of results. She conducts research with hard to reach populations, including frail seniors, people with disabilities, people with chronic illnesses, and people with no or limited English proficiency. To answer complex policy questions, she often uses mixed methods, incorporating qualitative data from interviews or focus groups, and quantitative survey data. “COVID-19 showed how little policymakers and leaders know about their aging population.” — Carrie Graham, PhD, MGS (08:04-08:11) Since COVID-19 has overwhelmed most of our plans, Dr. Lynn ended up spending a great deal of effort trying to keep reporters and others attuned to what was happening to seriously disabled elders. She was initially trying to improve eldercare financing due to large numbers of older adults who, when they need help, have no resources. Communities need to know how they stand and how they're performing. She's involved in developing data for county-level descriptions of how elder care works across the country. If you think about what happens to a person when they become very disabled in old age, so much depends upon their geographic community. Is there a workforce that can help out when the person needs intimate care? Is there a transportation system? Is there housing that's all on one floor and wheelchair accessible? There is not yet a federal guideline that calls on nursing homes to know what their residents want.    If you have ideas of how nursing homes can be improved, you can add your comments to Dr. Lynn’s blog here. (Medicaring.org blog What to Do about Nursing Homes?).    You can also check out Dr. Terry Fulmer’s blog here: Nursing Homes in the Time of COVID-19: We Need Urgent Action Now and a Long-Term Strategy   You can also check out here Issue Briefs here on Elder Abuse; LTSS Financing; Home Care Workforce Shortage; Housing for the Elderly; and Transportation Challenges in Old Age. Part Two of ‘Elder Care: Past and Future with Joanne Lynn, MD, MA, MS’   It's getting to the point where it is so much more expensive to do nothing than break out and do some of the right things. Before COVID-19, we were already in big trouble with financing eldercare. The large numbers of boomers hit disability; they don't have enough savings. They don't have any insurance. They have relatively small families and are often separated by distance.    The best idea is an insurance scheme where the government picks up the costliest long-term patients, and the individual stays responsible for the upfront costs. Forty percent of us who make it to age 80 will have some form of cognitive impairment. Some people will escape it by having something that kills them abruptly. But most people will live with chronic illness, and even substantial disability for at least a while before dying. “The most fundamental thing is to know what the patient wants.” —  Joanne Lynn, MD, MS, MA (10:14-10:19) You can't know whether you're going to be the person who has a stroke tomorrow and needs 20 years of around-the-clock supportive services, or whether you're going to be somebody who lives until 86 and dies in her sleep. The hardest part is that no one can predict what you're going to need in the future. Thus, building a system that's reliable enough to trust for 50 years is crucial. We have to get the public to invest in their being, and better ways of dealing with the finances, or we are going to have one heck of a lot of older adults without housing, food, and the very basics.   Thank you for joining us for this special series of This is Getting Old. Sponsored by the Health and Aging Policy Fellows program, Capstone Conversations is brought to you by MelissaBPhD, in collaboration with The George Washington University's Center for Aging, Health, and Humanities.       About Melissa   I earned my Bachelor of Science in Nursing (‘96) and Master of Science in Nursing (‘00) as a Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) from the University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW) School of Nursing (SON). I truly enjoy working with the complex medical needs of older adults. I worked full-time for five years as FNP in geriatric primary care across many long-term care settings (skilled nursing homes, assisted living, home and office visits) then transitioned into academic nursing in 2005, joining the faculty at UNCW SON as a lecturer. I obtained my PhD in Nursing and a post-Master’s Certificate in Nursing Education from the Medical University of South Carolina College of Nursing (’11) and then joined the faculty at Duke University School of Nursing as an Assistant Professor. My family moved to northern Virginia in 2015 and led to me joining the faculty at George Washington University (GW) School of Nursing in 2018 as a (tenured) Associate Professor where I am also the Director of the GW Center for Aging, Health and Humanities. Find out more about her work at https://melissabphd.com/.

This conversation with Zoé Samudzi was recorded to operates as a complement of her text “Reparative Futurities: Thinking From the Ovaherero and Nama Colonial Genocide,” commissioned for and published in The Funambulist 30 (July-August 2020) REPARATIONS. Zoé begins by contextualizing the history of the first 20th century genocide, which was committed by the German settler colonial army against the Ovaherero and Nama nations in what is now Namibia. We then talks of the various forms of coalition settler colonial powers practice with each other, but also how the struggles against them can, in turn, form large solidarity fronts worldwide. Finally, Zoé describes the argument of her piece in The Funambulist 30 about the notion of reparative futurities. Zoé Samudzi is a writer and doctoral candidate in Medical Sociology at the University of California, San Francisco. She is also a photographer and the archivist with MATATU Nomadic Cinema. Along with William C. Anderson, she is the co-author of As Black as Resistance: Finding the Conditions for Our Liberation (AK Press, 2018). She is currently a fellow with Political Research Associates. https://thefunambulist.net/podcast/zoe-samudzi-namibian-history-anticolonial-solidarities-reparative-futurities

Trust in a time of pandemic. Laurie Taylor explores the role of social capital and trust in combatting Covid-19. He's joined by Michael Calnan, Professor of Medical Sociology at the University of Kent and Tannistha Samanta, Assistant Professor at the Indian Institute of Technology in Gandhinagar. Producer: Jayne Egerton

The panel are joined by one of Anna's academic heroes to discuss competition in medicine. Whilst we all agree a little friendly rivalry can help us learn, how can we make sure competitiveness doesn't affect our wellbeing as med students and new doctors? Our expert guest: Dr Heidi Lempp is a Reader in Medical Sociology at King's College London. Her work around medical students includes discussion of the hidden curriculum of medicine and the study of first in family students. Here's the paper Ryhan spoke about: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0194096#:~:text=The%20use%20of%20competitive%20learning,provide%20a%20pleasant%20classroom%20environment. Here's Heidi's 2004 paper on the hidden curriculum: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC520997/

Session 2: The Unconscious and the Psychopathology of Everyday Life David Tuckett - Conviction Narrative Theory: Bringing Modern Psychoanalysis into the Heart of Economics and Decision Science David Tuckett will take us on a fascinating journey through modern psychopathology of everyday life, demonstrating the paramount importance of the unconscious processes in problem-solving and decision-making, with a particular emphasis on the psychology of financial behaviour. Arguing that the human mind was designed to make decisions under uncertainty, he will explore the compelling stories consumers and investors constantly make up, to contain a range of emotional experiences and he will explain how these narratives of 'conviction' affect the wider economy. David Tuckett is a psychoanalyst, Professor and Director of the Centre for the Study of Decision-Making Uncertainty at UCL in the Faculty of Brain Sciences, as well as a Fellow of the British Psychoanalytical Society. He trained in Economics, Medical Sociology and Psychoanalysis and currently divides his time between clinical practice and research – since winning a 2006 Leverhulme Research fellowship for a "psychoanalytic study of investment markets" he has been collaborating with a range of colleagues in economics, finance, psychology, social anthropology, computer science and neuroscience to introduce psychoanalytical understanding to behaviour in the financial markets and the economy more generally. His book Minding the Markets: An Emotional Finance View of Financial Instability was published in New York and London by Palgrave Macmillan in June 2011 and a further monograph written with Professor Richard Taffler (University of Warwick School of Management) entitled “Fund Management: An Emotional Finance Perspective” was published by the Research Foundation of CFA Institute. Prior to this he received the 2007 Sigourney Award for distinguished contributions to the field of psychoanalysis. He has published books and articles in sociology, psychoanalysis, economics, and finance and is a former President of the European Psychoanalytic Federation, Editor in Chief of the International Journal of Psychoanalysis and Principal of the Health Education Studies Unit at the University of Cambridge.

This is episode 24, “Why Drug Prices Are So Expensive in the United States.” My guest Donald Light explains why drug prices are so high in the United States and the deficiencies in our current drug regulation system. Donald Light is a Professor of Psychiatry and Medical Sociology at Rowan University-School of Osteopathic Medicine. He is a guest researcher at Princeton and New York University. Prof. Light received the Edmund Pellegrino Medal in Bioethics for 2016 and the Distinguished Career Award for 2013 from the American Sociological Association. On the Google citation h-index, Prof. Light ranks in the 96th percentile. Do not miss this episode as Prof. Light describes the problems of our current drug regulatory system and explains why our drug prices are so high. For more information about drug regulation and pricing, check out Prof. LIght’s website, http://www.pharmamyths.net/. Prof. Light’s book, “The Risks of Prescription Drugs,” can be found here and here.

This month, Amina Massey joins host Puck Lo and guest Wendi Cooper for a conversation on on LGBT Rights, Police, and Louisiana's "Crime Against Nature" Law.Amina Massey is a medical sociologist, health educator, researcher, interviewer, photographer, writer, musician and artist. Her work as a medical sociologist looks at social determinants of health, chronic illness and systemic disenfranchisement.Wendi Cooper is a transgender woman of color and a native of New Orleans, Louisiana. She is program coordinator for TRANScending Women and CANScantSTAND at Operation Restoration. She has been a healthcare provider and mental health professional for over a decade, with a B.S. in biology from Southern University at New Orleans, and an Executive Masters of Criminal Justice with a concentration of juvenile justice from Southern University. Because of her connections with the transgender community, Wendi was appointed to Mayor Latoya Cantrell's transition team. She was a community organizer for the NO Justice Project in New Orleans, where she provided key testimony in the federal lawsuit that successfully challenged Louisiana's Crime Against Nature by Solicitation (CANS) law, securing the removal of more than 700 women from the sex offender registry. Wendi has been featured in MSNBC, ColorLines, and other outlets. Wendi's goal is to help all women, particularly transgender women, to overcome their fears. She is also organizing a march for justice on August 31 at 1pm in New Orleans.Thank you to Jesse Strauss for Audio Mixing and Editing.Music for this episode from https://filmmusic.io:"Too Cool" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) Licence: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).You can read more about the issues we explore on our podcast and much more on the website of the National Economic and Social Rights Initiative, nesri.org.Support the show (https://dignityandrights.org/donate/)

This guest lecture draws on nearly thirty years' experience of doing qualitative research in a variety of health settings that contain people, blood, injury, disease, emotions, and technologies. Prof Catherine Pope will describe some of the practical difficulties and everyday challenges of doing ethnography in these environments, and reflect on what it feels like to be an embodied researcher. Catherine Pope is Professor of Medical Sociology, and, from July 2019, will be based at the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford. She has championed the use of qualitative methods in health research, and played a leading role in developing qualitative evidence synthesis. Her research includes studies of NHS urgent and emergency care, evaluations of health service organisation and reconfiguration, and projects about everyday health care work. This talk was held as part of the Qualitative Research Methods course which is part of the Evidence-Based Health Care Programme.

This guest lecture draws on nearly thirty years' experience of doing qualitative research in a variety of health settings that contain people, blood, injury, disease, emotions, and technologies. Prof Catherine Pope will describe some of the practical difficulties and everyday challenges of doing ethnography in these environments, and reflect on what it feels like to be an embodied researcher. Catherine Pope is Professor of Medical Sociology, and, from July 2019, will be based at the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford. She has championed the use of qualitative methods in health research, and played a leading role in developing qualitative evidence synthesis. Her research includes studies of NHS urgent and emergency care, evaluations of health service organisation and reconfiguration, and projects about everyday health care work. This talk was held as part of the Qualitative Research Methods course which is part of the Evidence-Based Health Care Programme.

We discuss suicide with experts Seth Aburtyn and Anna Mueller

Aaron's guest this month is Dr. Bernice Pescosolido, who is a medical sociologist at Indiana University. Dr. Pescosolido studies the environments, neighborhoods, and connections that contribute to patients' identities, and looks how this social fabric works or doesn't work for some people. Particularly, Dr. Pescosolido studies the rising suicide rates in the United States, and tries to track the pathways that have led victims to suicide. She also studies what kind of social factors contribute to how patients come into contact with (or don't manage to engage with) the medical system.  The Healthcare Triage podcast is sponsored by Indiana University School of Medicine whose mission is to advance health in the state of Indiana and beyond by promoting innovation and excellence in education, research and patient care. IU School of Medicine is leading Indiana University's first grand challenge, the Precision Health Initiative, with bold goals to cure multiple myeloma, triple negative breast cancer and childhood sarcoma and prevent type 2 diabetes and Alzheimer’s disease.

The anti-vaccination movement explained.

Dr Hagai Boas, head of the Science, Technology and Civilization Program at the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute, discusses his co-edited volume Bioethics and Biopolitics in Israel: Socio-Legal, Political and Empirical Analysis. This season of the Tel Aviv Review is made possible by The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute, which promotes humanistic, democratic, and liberal values in the social discourse in Israel.

This week we have two really exciting guests Zoé Samudzi is a writer and doctor student in Medical Sociology at the University of California, San Francisco. William C. Anderson is a freelance writer. His work has been published by the Guardian, MTV, Truthout, and Pitchfork among others. We had Zoé on the show all the way back in episode 2, and for William we’ve been wanting to have him on the show for a long time and this was a great opportunity. This week we’re talking to them about their new book which comes on today June 5th on AK Press. So please, if you haven’t already bought a copy, log on to AKpress.org or visit your local radical bookstore and get yourself a copy.  "As Black As Resistance makes the case for a new program of self-defense and transformative politics for Black Americans, one rooted in an anarchistic framework that the authors liken to the Black experience itself. This book argues against compromise and negotiation with intolerance. It is a manifesto for everyone who is ready to continue progressing towards liberation."

Is health a privilege or is it a right? As a society, how do we come to understand health and its social origins and outcomes? Though medicine has been understood as a social science that dates back to Hippocrates-- the Hippocratic Oath-- medical sociology is not even 70 years old yet! The climb to intellectual legitimacy and sound research is recent. When it comes to matters of stress, food, doctor-patient interactions, racism and sexism, medical sociologists have a lot to say and a lot to do...come join us as The Social Breakdown begins its journey in everything health!

Date: April 19, 2012 Featuring: Donald Goldmann, MD, Senior Vice President, Institute for Healthcare Improvement Dale Webb, PhD, Director of Evaluation and Strategy, The Health Foundation, UK Mary Dixon-Woods, BA, DipStat, MSc, DPhil, Professor of Medical Sociology, University of Leicester, UK Gareth Parry, PhD, Senior Scientist, Institute for Healthcare Improvement WIHI doesn’t need to travel all the way to Paris, France, to focus on challenges with the design and evaluation of improvement initiatives. But, four leading experts in this area are going to be sharing some of the latest thinking on this topic at the 17th annual International Forum on Quality and Safety in Healthcare in Paris.WIHI host Madge Kaplan talks with these four presenters after their panel to share their observations with the WIHI audience. Here’s just a sample of what Don Goldmann, Dale Webb, Mary Dixon-Woods, and Gareth Parry want to cover:  Despite best intentions and commitment, improvement initiatives don’t always yield hoped-for results. Why does this happen? It seems so obvious, yet it turns out to be much harder to spread successes in one setting to another even if, on the surface at least, the settings seem pretty similar. What can help this adaptation? Everything seems to be running smoothly, but then problems with the design of the work are discovered late in the process. How can problems and design flaws be detected sooner? Everyone is very excited about the results of some improvement work, but when it comes times to write it all up, there’s confusion and disagreement about which mechanisms are actually responsible for the changes. How can this be avoided? One underlying theme is the need to integrate what one hopes to learn from an improvement initiative right from the start, and to build into the process a robust learning and evaluation system for every step of the way. These aren’t just abstract notions; you’ll hear from the WIHI guests about recent situations they’ve been part of or witnessed where “learning the hard way” has given rise to much better and clearer-eyed processes for the future.Here are some other things the guests promise to discuss: Developing a theory of change at the outset Matching expectations to the intervention Aspirational vs. evaluative goals The conspiracy of enthusiasm The importance of independent evaluation The theme of this year’s International Forum is “Solutions for Tough Times,” and improvers in the US and globally face many challenges. Getting the nuts and bolts and the design right for improvement work couldn’t be more important and relevant.

Lunch Hour Lectures - Autumn 2012 Prof Graham Scambler, Professor of Medical Sociology, UCL Institute of Epidemiology & Health To mark World AIDS Day, this lecture offers a characterisation of contemporary sex work in London, a debunking of some popular myths, and a framework within which policy issues in this area might appropriately be addressed. In an era of enhanced migration, a 'relativisation' of morals and a preoccupation with risks to health, Prof Scambler argues that respect for evidence in addressing sex work is crucial. UCL is consistently ranked as one of the world's top universities. Across all disciplines our faculties are known for their research-intensive approaches, academic excellence and engagement with global challenges. This is the basis of our world-renowned degree programmes. Visit us at ucl.ac.uk.