Podcasts about national minority health month

Your zip code can be a stronger predictor of your health than your genetic code. In this episode, I dive into the complex issue of obesity in minority communities, especially during National Minority Health Month. I explore the reasons why obesity rates are disproportionately high among Black, Hispanic, Native American, and Pacific Islander populations, including food deserts, economic hardship, cultural eating habits, healthcare mistrust, and lack of safe spaces for physical activity. I also share personal stories and real-world examples to highlight these systemic barriers, and I offer practical, culturally relevant solutions from modifying traditional recipes and choosing budget-friendly healthy alternatives, to finding community support and advocating for better access to healthcare and nutritious food.  Tune in to this episode to uncover the real reasons behind obesity in minority communities—and discover practical steps you can take to spark lasting change.   Episode Highlights: Obesity disparities in minority communities Impact of food deserts and limited access to fresh produce Economic and time constraints affecting nutrition choices Cultural eating patterns and recipe modification tips Mistrust in healthcare and language barriers Lack of safe spaces for physical activity Practical strategies for healthier eating and lifestyle changes Importance of community support and advocacy for health equity Connect with Dr. Alicia Shelly: Website | drshellymd.com Facebook | www.facebook.com/drshellymd Instagram | @drshellymd Linked In | www.linkedin.com/in/drshellymd Twitter | @drshellymd About Dr. Alicia Shelly Dr. Alicia Shelly was raised in Atlanta, GA. She received her Doctorate of Medicine from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in Cleveland, OH.  Dr. Shelly has been practicing Primary Care and Obesity medicine since 2014.  In 2017, she became a Diplomat of the American Board of Obesity Medicine. She is the lead physician at the Wellstar Medical Center Douglasville. She started a weekly podcast & Youtube channel entitled Back on Track: Achieving Healthy Weight loss,  where she discusses how to get on track and stay on track with your weight loss journey. She has spoken for numerous local and national organizations, including the Obesity Medicine Association, and the Georgia Chapter of the American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgeons. She has been featured on CNN, Fox 5 News, Bruce St. James Radio show, Upscale magazine, and Shape.com. She was named an honoree of the 2021 Atlanta Business Chronicle's 40 under 40 award. She also is a collaborating author for the, “Made for More: Physician Entrepreneurs who Live Life and Practice Medicine on their own terms''.   Resources: FREE! Discover the 5 Reasons Your Weight-Loss Journey Has Gotten Derailed (And How To Get Back On Track!)

April is National Minority Health Month and National Stress Awareness Month, and we are continuing our conversation about wellness with corporate communications expert, professor, and journalist Justin Grant, author of the new book, "COMPANY MEN: A Wellness Guide for Black Men in Corporate America."Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support.

Dr. Liz Wood, Scholarly Assistant Professor at the Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine at Washington State University, discusses her grant-winning research on disability data; Julia Von Alexander, ASTHO Senior Analyst for Island Support, says leaders with the Federated States of Micronesia are working to improve healthcare access for remote island populations; Veronica Halloway, Executive Director for the National Association of State Offices of Minority Health, reflects on National Minority Health Month; and Trust for America's Health has announced that ASTHO has earned an Age-Friendly Public Health Systems Recognition. Association of University Centers on Disabilities News Release: Announcement of AUCD-ASTHO Grant Awardees ASTHO Blog Article: Improving Access to Healthcare in the Pacific: Q&A with Patrick Abraham Trust for America's Health News Release: The Association for State and Territorial Health Officials Achieves Age-Friendly Public Health Systems Recognition  

This episode of VHHA's Patients Come First podcast features Melissa Herd, Acting Director and Executive Officer for Region III of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Director Herd join us for a conversation about her career, the work of HHS across Region III (which includes Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, Washington, D.C., Delaware, and Pennsylvania), National Minority Health Month, and more. Send questions, comments, feedback, or guest suggestions to pcfpodcast@vhha.com or contact us on X (Twitter) or Instagram using the #PatientsComeFirst hashtag.

To help celebrate and recognize National Minority Health Month, we are bringing you a special month-long podcast series with our Strategic Alliance Partner, UPMC Health Plan. Welcome to our final episode of this limited series and our conversation with Janine Jelks-Seale, MSPPM, director of health equity at UPMC Health Plan.

National Minority Health Month is an opportunity to reflect on the connections between health disparities and communication. It’s essential to lean on research and outside expertise when communicating. But I share what might be an unpopular opinion about the role of expert recommendations in our communication efforts. It’s National Minority Health Month, so we’re going […] The post Reflecting on the connections between health disparities and communication appeared first on Health Communication Partners.

Join us on Wednesday morning when the Sistahs take over our classroom. Attorney Marilyn Mosby will check in to tell her story of the efforts to silence her. Attorney Mosby is the former Maryland State's Attorney for Baltimore. Before Attorney Mosby, Dr. A will discuss National Minority Health Month. Dr. is a Medical & Holistic doctor. If you have a health issue Dr. A will give you the choice of traditional treatment or Holistic healing. The Moves Pam Africa will start us off by observing Mumia Abu Jamal's birthday, we may even hear from Mumia himself! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

To help celebrate and recognize National Minority Health Month, we are bringing you a special month-long podcast series with our Strategic Alliance Partner, UPMC Health Plan. Welcome to our third episode and our conversation with Camille Clarke-Smith, EdD, MS, CHES, CPT, program director of quality improvement/Medicare/SNP STARs at UPMC Health Plan, which includes the UPMC for Life Medicare Faith and Wellness Program.

The Hosts of the JAWN, discuss Minority Health Awareness and Black Maternal Health. They share their personal experiences of Medical Care and provide insight on how their treatment shaped their perspective. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thejawnpod/message

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To help celebrate and recognize National Minority Health Month, we are bringing you a special month-long podcast series with our Strategic Alliance Partner, UPMC Health Plan. Welcome to our second episode in which we learn all about Freedom House 2.0 and the Pathways to Work Program from its very own Dan LaVallee, senior director, Social Impact, UPMC Health Plan, and Markisha Jones, a Pathways to Work/Freedom House 2.0 graduate.

I preview a free maternal health course from the Office of Minority Health, and give you tips on how to get the most out of this great resource. April is National Minority Health Month, so we’re diving into a resource from the Office of Minority Health about maternal health care. I preview this free resource […] The post Previewing a free maternal health course from OMH appeared first on Health Communication Partners.

In 1915, Booker T. Washington — born into slavery before becoming a very influential American author, educator and proponent of African-American businesses — established National Negro Health Week, now called National Minority Health Month, as a way to build awareness about the health disparities among racial and ethnic minorities.It is still celebrated every April and encourages everyone to take action to end inequities.News 8 contributor Gloria Jimenez told News 8 that the theme of this year's monthlong recognition is “be the source for better health.”See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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4.8.2024 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: Jonathan Majors Avoids Jail,Black Fla. Man Guilty of DUI,DEI & Medical School, Minority Health Month Actor Jonathan Majors escapes jail but must undergo domestic violence counseling. Lauren Victoria Burke was in the New York Courtroom; she'll give us a first-hand account of what happened the the judge handed down Majors' sentence. #BlackStarNetwork partners:Fanbase

To help celebrate and recognize National Minority Health Month, we are kicking off a special month-long podcast series with our Strategic Alliance Partner, UPMC Health Plan. Welcome to our first episode, which is all about the Baby Steps Maternity Program and its mission to support women throughout every step of their pregnancy journey.

Ever found yourself pondering the essence of leadership in the complex dance of relationships? That's exactly where Coach Kesh J Optiks, lead a thought-provoking journey—peeling back the layers on cooperation and personal dynamics. Our candid exchange unpicks the threads of traditional gender roles, as we weave through the narrative that impactful change doesn't necessarily require a colossal network, but rather the concerted effort of a tight-knit team. Sip on the insights as we toast to mental health during National Minority Health Month and Sports Awareness Month, and explore how self-leadership and service to others set the stage for success in intimate partnerships.It's a vibrant mix of storytelling and robust debate, where we shine a light on the balancing act of leadership within relationships. Kesh champions the notion of shared direction, stirring up the dialogue against the backdrop of culturally ingrained expectations. We tackle the nuanced roles both men and women play, not shying away from the complexities of submission and the challenge of setting a respectful tone in communication. The road to a thriving partnership, we uncover, is paved with emotional intelligence and the courage to both lead and submit, pivoting as life's symphony calls for a different tune.As we wrap up this explorative session, the spotlight turns to the keys of sustaining a dynamic relationship where leadership is a shared responsibility. We underscore the critical importance of self-healing and humility, dismantling the ego's barricades to foster a nurturing, responsive bond. Whether you're navigating the highs and lows of partnership or seeking to refine your own leadership compass, this episode promises a treasure trove of insights. So join us on this expedition of growth and healing, where your stories and feedback are the compass guiding our collective journey.LIKE OUR CONTENT? FOLLOW OR IG PAGE @MINDONMATTERS!!! ALSO Consider rating our show on whatever platform you listen on! It really helps our exposure and gives others who might want to listen easier access to our showWE'RE ON YOUTUBE!!! Just search "Mind on Matters Podcast" for video versions of our episodes. And while you're there why not subscribe and hit the notification bell to stay up to date on all our uploads!WANT TO BE ON THE SHOW OR COLLAB? Shoot us an inbox on IG, Facebook or our email address......MINDONMATTERSPODCAST@GMAIL.COM

April is National Minority Health Month, a time to raise awareness about health disparities that affect minority populations and promote efforts to improve the health of all Americans. Dr. Brooke Mobley, associate medical director over skilled nursing care in Tampa Bay, Florida, and associate medical director of North Pinellas Hospitalist Medicine for Optum Care of Florida, explains how you can bring awareness to minority health issues and improve your overall health. Tune in with co-hosts Gina Galaviz Eisenberg and Olivia Rahma, NP from WellMed at Ninth Avenue. Listen to the podcast by searching for Docs in a Pod on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Pandora, Podbean and Stitcher. Docs in a Pod focuses on health issues affecting adults. Clinicians and partners discuss stories, topics and tips to help you live healthier. Docs in a Pod airs on Saturdays in the following cities:   7 to 7:30 a.m. CT: San Antonio (930 AM The Answer) DFW (660 AM, 92.9 FM [Dallas], 95.5 FM [Arlington], 99.9 FM [Fort Worth]) 6:30 to 7 p.m. CT: Houston (1070 AM/103.3 FM The Answer) 7 to 7:30 p.m. CT: Austin (KLBJ 590 AM/99.7 FM) Docs in a Pod also airs on Sundays in the following cities. 1 to 2 p.m. ET: Tampa (860 AM/93.7FM)

Chief Health Policy Officer for Milwaukee County & Associate Professor of Medicine at the Medical College of Wisconsin Dr. Ben Weston joins Wisconsin's Midday News to talk about April being National Minority Health Month and providing necessary resources to the most medically and socially vulnerable communities. He also discusses Wisconsin legalizing xylazine testing strips and Milwaukee County opening 2 crisis stabilization houses to expand mental health services.

Community Connection Tuesday, April 2, 2024 Open lines to start on today's edition of Community Connection! Join us as we dive into the communities' most concerning topics. Then, in our second hour, Director of the Office of Minority Health Antoinette Holt updates us on the Indiana State Department of Health's plans during National Minority Health Month. Finally, City County Council Majority Leader stops by with a recap of the council's monthly meeting!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Host Claire Stinson welcomes you to a special year-end episode of Contagious Conversations focused on highlights from the 2023 season! Listen to selections from the year's episodes on topics as diverse as heath threats facing Black women; training the next generation of public health professionals; and the respiratory triple threat posed by COVID-19, influenza and RSV. Highlights featured include the groundbreaking vaccination approach that led to the eradication of smallpox in 1980; how investigators zeroed in on the cause of an outbreak of a drug-resistant strain of pseudomonas aeruginosa found in contaminated eye drops; the health threats most common to women, and the particular challenges faced by Black women; a conversation with new CDC director Dr. Mandy Cohen; and more. For full episode transcription, visit Contagious Conversations.   Key Takeaways: [1:25] Drs. Bill Foege and Mark Rosenberg codeveloped a project called “Becoming Better Ancestors: Nine Lessons to Change the World”. Dr. Foege talks about his inspiration for this project. [3:09] Dr. Laura Evans discusses the triple threat of COVID-19, influenza and RSV, and shares with the audience her thoughts on how to stay healthy and the importance of vaccines against respiratory threats. [4:37] April was National Minority Health Month and for that occasion Dr. Judy Monroe spoke with Dr. Melody McCloud, an Atlanta-based obstetrician/gynecologist, who shared her insight into the most common health threats women face. [6:22] CDC epidemiologist Dr. Danielle Rankin talks about her role investigating the cause of the outbreak of a drug resistant strain of Pseudomonas Aeruginosa. [7:21] CDC director Dr. Mandy Cohen speaks with Dr. Judy Monroe about the experience she brings to her position and CDC's priorities going forward. [8:59] Drs. Ezekiel Emanuel and Jerome Adams discuss hypertension in America and the risks it poses to almost half of U.S. adults. In this episode, Dr. Adams highlights the ethnic inequities in diagnosing and controlling this silent killer.

Accountability for health equity at the federal, state, and local policy levels is no longer an option but an imperative. In developing new healthcare policies and systems, equity must be prioritized and incorporated from the start. ⁠https://bit.ly/HealthEquityInActionGuide⁠ Moderator Brian Smedley, PhD Equity Scholar Senior Fellow at the Urban Institute Dr. Brian D. Smedley is among the inaugural class of Equity Scholars at the Urban Institute, where he will conduct research and policy analysis to address structural and institutional forms of racism that impact the health and well-being of people of color. Formerly, Dr. Smedley was Chief of Psychology in the Public Interest at the American Psychological Association (APA), where he lead APA's efforts to apply the science and practice of psychology to the fundamental problems of human welfare and social justice. Anational thought leader in the field of health equity, Dr. Smedley got his start in Washington, D.C. as an APA Congressional Science Fellow, and subsequently served at APA as Director of Public Interest Policy. Most recently, he was co-founder and Executive Director of the National Collaborative for Health Equity (www.nationalcollaborative.org), a project that connects research, policy analysis, and communications with on-the-ground activism to advance health equity. He was also co-Director of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Culture of Health Leadership National Program Center. From 2008 to 2014, Dr. Smedley was Vice President and Director of the Health Policy Institute of the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies in Washington, DC, a research and policy organization focused on addressing the needs of communities of color. Panelists Gary A. Puckrein, PhD President and Chief Executive Officer National Minority Quality Forum Gary A. Puckrein, PhD, is President and Chief Executive Officer of the National Minority Quality Forum (NMQF) — formerly the National Minority Health Month Foundation—a not-for-profit organization that he founded in 1998. NMQF addresses the critical need for strengthening preventable illness in minority populations through prevention, early detection, and control of disease complications. In April 2001, the National Minority Health Month Foundation launched National Minority Health Month in response to Healthy People 2010, the national health promotion and disease-prevention initiative. NMQF has received support from a wide variety of organizations, including federal agencies, pharmaceutical companies, payers, and trade associations. With support from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, NMQF undertook the Zip Code Analysis Project, developing a comprehensive database that links vital statistics and other elements. Melissa Bishop-Murphy, J.D. Senior Director of National Government Relations and Multicultural Affairs Pfizer, Inc. Melissa Bishop-Murphy is Senior Director of National Government Relations and Multicultural Affairs at Pfizer, Inc., where she supports the company's overall federal and state government relations and public affairs strategy and advises leadership on current multicultural congressional and legislative issues and activities. In addition, Ms. Bishop-Murphy leads Pfizer's government relations activities in GA, SC, NC and Puerto Rico as well as co-leads Pfizer's Multicultural Health Equity Collective. Prior to joining Pfizer, Ms. Bishop-Murphy was General Counsel for the Georgia Department of Medical Assistance, concentrating in the areas of Medicare and Medicaid, and served as an Attorney with the Department of Health and Human Services. Named one of Georgia's most powerful & influential women in Women Looking Ahead Magazine, Ms. Bishop-Murphy is currently on the board of the Andrew Young Center for International Affairs at Morehouse College and the Georgia Charter Schools Association.

We have yet to reach a consensus on the intellectual foundation of the health equity movement as it tries to replace the legacy system. Join us to discuss ways to improve or even replace the system for the best healthcare outcomes. We will also put in context the operating consensus that informs how health is apportioned. Speakers Gary A. Puckrein, PhD President and Chief Executive Officer National Minority Quality Forum Gary A. Puckrein, PhD, is President and Chief Executive Officer of the National Minority Quality Forum (NMQF) — formerly the National Minority Health Month Foundation—a not-for-profit organization that he founded in 1998. NMQF addresses the critical need for strengthening preventable illness in minority populations through prevention, early detection, and control of disease complications. In April 2001, the National Minority Health Month Foundation launched National Minority Health Month in response to Healthy People 2010, the national health promotion and disease-prevention initiative. NMQF has received support from a wide variety of organizations, including federal agencies, pharmaceutical companies, payers, and trade associations. With support from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, NMQF undertook the Zip Code Analysis Project, developing a comprehensive database that links vital statistics and otherelements—including demographic, environmental, claims, prescription, laboratory, hospital, andclinic data—in a centralized data warehouse, organized around zip codes. The Zip Code Analysis Project has enabled NMQF to develop the Health Assessment Tool, which measures and forecasts health status in small geographic areas, evaluates the impact of specific interventions, monitors changes in health outcomes, and undertakes risk assessments (health-care utilization and its financial implications). NMQF uses the Health Assessment Tool to stratify communities by geographic and health-status referents and to provide the health-disparities movement with a common set of indicators to measure and report on progress toward the elimination of disparities in health care and health status. Dr. Puckrein has received many awards and honors, including being named a visiting scholar and fellow at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History and a visiting fellow at Princeton University. He was publisher of American Visions, the country's leading African American art and cultural magazine, which he launched during his tenure at the Smithsonian Institution and Rutgers University. Dr. Puckrein also created and launched Minority Health Today, which served the needs of clinicians practicing in minority communities. 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.

On July 6, Medicare expanded coverage for new Alzheimer's Disease treatments under their Coverage with Evidence Development (CED) policy. Here, we will discuss how CMS, is operationalizing its policy through the recently launched Monoclonal Antibodies Directed Against Amyloid for the Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease CED Study Registry. Opening Speaker Gary A. Puckrein, PhD President and Chief Executive Officer National Minority Quality Forum Dr. Puckrein is the Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer of the National Minority Quality Forum (NMQF) — formerly the National Minority Health Month Foundation—a not-for-profit organization that he founded in 1998. NMQF addresses the critical need for strengthening preventable illness in minority populations through prevention, early detection, and control of disease complications. In April 2001, the National Minority Health Month Foundation launched National Minority Health Month in response to Healthy People 2010, the national health promotion and disease-prevention initiative. NMQF has received support from a wide variety of organizations, including federal agencies, pharmaceutical companies, payers, and trade associations. With support from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, NMQF undertook the Zip Code Analysis Project, developing a comprehensive database that links vital statistics and other elements—including demographic, environmental, claims, prescription, laboratory, hospital, and clinic data—in a centralized data warehouse, organized around zip codes. The Zip Code Analysis Project has enabled NMQF to develop the Health Assessment Tool, which measures and forecasts health status in small geographic areas, evaluates the impact of specific interventions, monitors changes in health outcomes, and undertakes risk assessments (health-care utilization and its financial implications). NMQF uses the Health Assessment Tool to stratify communities by geographic and health-status referents and to provide the health-disparities movement with a common set of indicators to measure and report on progress toward the elimination of disparities in health care and health status. Dr. Puckrein graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Brown University, where he received his master's degree (1974) and doctorate (1978). Between 1974 and 1992, he taught and lectured at Roger Williams College, Brown University, Connecticut College, and Rutgers University, where he was a tenured member of the faculty. Dr. Puckrein has received many awards and honors, including being named a visiting scholar and fellow at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History and a visiting fellow at Princeton University. Speaker Amanda Bartelme, BS Executive Director, Policy Eisai, Inc. Amanda Bartelme is the Executive Director, Policy at Eisai, Inc. In her role, she serves as Eisai's lead on all engagement with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, with a particular focus on ensuring Medicare beneficiaries have appropriate access to treatments. She provides internal support on issues related to access, reimbursement, and drug pricing and represents Eisai on key PhRMA and BIO workgroups focused on drug pricing, access and reimbursement. She joined Eisai in May 2022. Prior to joining Eisai, Amanda held policy roles at GSK, supporting access to vaccines, oncology, respiratory, rheumatology, HIV, and Covid treatments; and at Baxalta where she focused on hemophilia, oncology, and plasma-based therapies. Amanda began her career in health policy and reimbursement at Avalere Health, where she spent over a decade working on access for drugs, devices, and services with a special focus on physician administered drugs, diabetes, biosimilar payment policy, and the 340B program, and the evolving drug pricing and payment landscape.

This webinar will help to discuss the state of minority health, post pandemic, during National Minority Health Month. Where do we find ourselves now in terms of health equity? Is community engagement with trusted voices being continued by health policy makers & providers? Do we have a sustainability model for promoting engagement & health equity? Moderator Laura Lee Hall, Ph.D. President, Center for Sustainable Health Care Quality and Equity National Minority Quality Forum Panelists Daniel B. Fagbuyi, MD Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine George Washington Univ. School of Medicine Dr. Daniel B. Fagbuyi, known as “Dr. Dan” by his patients, is a distinguished ER Physician, Biodefense Expert, Chief Medical Officer, War Veteran, Asst. Professor and Media Expert, providing strategic leadership in public health literacy, biodefense, disaster preparedness, emergency management, and business continuity of operations both nationally and internationally. He served as Medical Director for Disaster Preparedness at Children's National Health System. Dr. Fagbuyi is board certified and one of the first and youngest African Americans appointed by the US Secretary of Health and Human Services, Kathleen Sebelius (Obama Administration) to the National Biodefense Science Board to provide expert advice and guidance on complex issues of preventing, preparing for, and responding to adverse health effects of public health emergencies. Under the leadership of Gen. David Petraeus, Dr. Fagbuyi (MAJOR) was a unique asset, possessing skills that enabled him to be involved in both combat and civil military operations. During civil operations, he was appointed “liaison” between the US Army and the Iraqi Ministry of Health, providing health and infrastructure assessments to the US government culminating in the rebuilding of damaged medical treatment facilities and the provision of medical treatments, food, water, and basic human essentials, ultimately winning the “hearts and minds.” As medical expert, Dr. Fagbuyi seeks to empower the public by providing timely, tangible, and easy to digest public health information and education. He has had appearances in both lay and professional media including: The Washington Post, NPR, CNN, MSNBC, CNBC, CBS, ABC, NBC, FOX 5, WUSA 9, ABC WJLA 7, Associated Press, Science, Today Show and more. Stephen B. Thomas, PhD Professor, Health Policy and Management Director, Center for Health Equity One of the nation's leading scholars in the effort to eliminate racial and ethnic health disparities, Dr. Stephen B. Thomas has applied his expertise to address a variety of conditions from which minorities generally face far poorer outcomes, including cardiovascular disease, diabetes, obesity and HIV/AIDS. Dr. Thomas has received numerous awards for his professional accomplishments, and over the years, his work has become recognized as one of the scholarly contributions leading to the 1997 Presidential Apology to Survivors of the Syphilis Study Done at Tuskegee. His current research focuses on the translation of evidence-based science on chronic disease into community-based interventions designed to eliminate racial and ethnic disparities in health and health care. In 2014, Democratic Gov. O'Malley appointed Dr. Thomas to the Maryland Health Care Commission, an independent regulatory agency whose mission is to plan for health system needs, promote informed decision-making, increase accountability, and improve access to quality medical and dental care. In 2019, Republican Gov. Larry Hogan appointed him to a new full term on the Commission. Originally Published on April 28, 2023

On the heels of National Minority Health Month this past April, we're joined by Dr. Gretchen Wartman, Vice President for Policy and Program at the National Minority Quality Forum, to discuss what healthy aging looks like for Black and Brown older adults and some of the barriers to healthy aging that PoC older adults face.  The National Minority Quality Forum (NMQF) combats health disparities among Black and Brown communities and empowers our most vulnerable neighbors to create healthier outcomes through culturally and linguistically appropriate resources. An advocate for over 30 years, Gretchen has committed her career to advancing health policy and restoring equity.

Representation Matters: Supporting EIB at Norton Healthcare   Summary: April is National Minority Health Month! In the April episode of Plugged In to Nursing, listen to Kirsten McCoy Dietrich, RN, and Jazzma Moore, program manager, discuss our Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (EIB) team at Norton Healthcare. As we strive to create an environment where each individual is celebrated, Jazzma highlights psychological safety, intersectionality, and diversity of thought as important aspects of our inclusive culture.   Speakers: Kirsten McCoy Dietrich, RN Norton Audubon Hospital   Jazzma Moore Program Manager, Equity Inclusion and Belonging   Show notes: ‘Nsite' is Norton Healthcare's internal employee platform To connect with Norton Healthcare's EIB team, email inclusion@nortonhealthcare.org     About Norton Healthcare's Center for Nursing Practice Norton Healthcare's Center for Nursing Practice is responsible for readying student nurses for practice and transitioning new graduate nurses into practice.  Our team is committed to serving the profession of nursing, meeting people where they are and taking them to where they want to be. Contact Information:  PluggedInToNursing@nortonhealthcare.org

In this interview for National Minority Health Month, Oncology Data Advisor speaks with Dr. Ian Bouligny, a third-year Hematology/Oncology Fellow at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Massey Cancer Center. Dr. Bouligny shares updates on his research regarding health care barriers faced by patients of minority populations with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and suggests questions that clinicians can ask their patients to ensure proper treatment support and accessibility.

April is Minority Health Month, and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Minority Health (OMH) observes National Minority Health Month to highlight the importance of improving the health of racial and ethnic minority and American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) communities and reducing health disparities. The theme for National Minority Health Month 2023 is "Better Health Through Better Understanding", focuses on improving health outcomes for racial and minority communities by providing them with culturally and linguistically competent healthcare services, information, and resources. As we think about eliminating health disparities, a part of that is making sure we are empowered as individuals to be advocates for ourselves. While we work on changing policies, we also have to make sure we are educated about our bodies, our minds, and our daily habits. Listen in to this conversation with Sandra Jenkins Clark, a certified yoga instructor and Dr. Nicholette Martin, a health and wellness coach and author, and former National Director, Health and Human Services for The Links, Incorporated - to give you some tips on the benefits of yoga, some commonly asked nutrition questions, and the importance of self-care.

Ryan Gorman hosts an iHeartRadio nationwide special featuring Kamara Jones, Acting Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs at HHS. Kamara Jones joins the show for National Minority Health Month to discuss the latest guidance on the COVID vaccines, along with the work her department is doing to keep Americans informed about the virus and measures that can be taken to stay safe. John Kleindienst, Disabled American Veterans (DAV) National Voluntary Services Director, also joins the show. John Kleindienst checks in for National Volunteer Month to discuss the work DAV does for disabled veterans nationwide, including volunteer services that have become a vital part of their effort to ensure veterans receive the support they deserve. Sara Espinoza, Interim President of the National Environmental Education Foundation, is our final guest. Sara Espinoza joins the show for Earth Month and Earth Day to discuss environmental education, and how it can contribute to a sustainable future, along with simple ways everyone can help tackle environmental issues.

It is Friday on The Rickey Smiley Morning Show. Today we have a full show. We start the show off with some news that can give us a little relief.  Robert Lewis Singeltary, the suspect wanted for shooting a six year old and his neighbor in North Carolina was apprehended in Florida. This shooting happened after a ball went into Singeltary's yard. It is good this man is off of the street. One of the defense attorneys in the YSL/Young Thug trail, Anastassio Manettas, was arrested in court for having a prescription pill outside of a medicine bottle and throwing a phone at an officer of the court. Another attorney said that Manettas was not throwing the phone at the officer and was trying to toss the phone to another attorney and missed. This case is becoming a spectacle. So many celebrities have decided to not pay for their blue check on Twitter. After Elon Musk has made it that everyone can now be blue check verified if you pay $11/per month. On Mind, Body and Business with Maria Moore, she talks about healthier parenting. She touches on the three pillars of this segment (the mind, body and business of our children). Since it is Friday, we have Battle of the Sexes. We have Natalia from Mississippi, and Peanut the Kid from Ohio. Keep listening to see who won. April is National Minority Health Month and Tiffany Taylor from The American Red Cross, joined The Rickey Smiley Morning Show to discuss the health disparity in black and brown communities. AND MUCH MORE!!!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In honor of National Minority Health Month, Dr. Shakira Grant, Assistant Professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, sat down with Oncology Data Advisor to talk about her research surrounding racial disparities faced by patients with multiple myeloma. Dr. Grant outlines the existing barriers to equitable health care and shares valuable advice on steps that oncology clinicians can take to make health care more accessible for their patients of minority populations.

340B contributes vital resources toward the pursuit of health equity for historically underserved communities. As we recognize National Minority Health Month, we speak with Fatimah Muhammad, director of 340B pharmaceutical services and drug replacement at Saint Peter's University Hospital in New Brunswick, N.J. Fatimah discusses how her hospital uses 340B to address maternal health disparities, including support for a birth center to improve maternal health outcomes. Before the interview, we provide news updates on new 340B legislation in Congress and changes to drug company contract pharmacy policies. Causes of Maternal Health Disparities Fatimah shares data demonstrating disparities in maternal health outcomes and discusses the role that social determinants of health play in health disparities. The Saint Peter's Approach to Maternal HealthSaint Peter's University Hospital created a birth center that has adopted a midwifery model of care. Fatimah discusses how the birth center incorporates doulas into patient care and how it approaches high-risk pregnancies. She also notes that the birth center cares for all patients no matter their health insurance status.340B's Role in Maternal Health Saint Peter's has used its 340B savings to provide maternal health services and expand its family health center. The hospital's plans for continuing to support maternal health include creating a food pantry for mothers and families who are experiencing food insecurity.  Check out all our episodes on the 340B Insight podcast website. You also can stay updated on all 340B Health news and information by visiting our homepage. If you have any questions you would like us to cover in this podcast, email us at podcast@340bhealth.org.Resources  340B Health Statement on the Protect 340B Act to Ban Discriminatory Payment Policies  Novartis Is Latest in String Of Companies Tightening 340B Restrictions  340B Health Contract Pharmacy Dispute Resources for Members  National Minority Health Month 

This week on Pharm5: Mifepristone's FDA approval up in the air Statins for primary prevention in PLWH Xylazine sedative found in illicit fentanyl Death by H3N8 avian flu Phase II Match Day In in honor of National Minority Health Month, this week's episode was fully written, developed, and recorded by members of the Student National Pharmaceutical Association (SNPhA) at the HSC College of Pharmacy. Thank you to SNPhA members Hillary Matthews, Alyssa Ching, Jalyn Vance, Brizeek Martin, Lauren Robertson, ChiChi Opara, Jared Mitchell, Jasmine Hill, and Alexis Zamora for your contributions!                                                                                           Connect with us! Listen to our podcast: Pharm5 Follow us on Twitter: @LizHearnPharmD References: Perrone M, Weber PJ. Access to abortion pill in limbo after competing rulings. AP NEWS. http://bit.ly/3KDc9qU. Published April 8, 2023. Accessed April 13, 2023. Bose N. White House plans support for drugstores, pharma in Abortion Pill Battle. Reuters. http://bit.ly/3o9pekg. Published April 10, 2023. Accessed April 13, 2023.  Stein P, Marimow AE, Masih N. Appeals Court temporarily keeps abortion pill available but limits access. The Washington Post. http://bit.ly/41mQIRO. Published April 13, 2023. Accessed April 13, 2023.  Daily statin reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease in people living with HIV, large NIH study finds. National Institutes of Health. http://bit.ly/41rv7aR. Published April 11, 2023. Accessed April 13, 2023. Triant VA. Cardiovascular disease and HIV infection. Curr HIV/AIDS Rep. 2013;10(3):199-206. doi:10.1007/s11904-013-0168-6 Nakagomi A, Shibui T, Kohashi K, et al. Differential Effects of Atorvastatin and Pitavastatin on Inflammation, Insulin Resistance, and the Carotid Intima-Media Thickness in Patients with Dyslipidemia. J Atheroscler Thromb. 2015;22(11):1158-1171. doi:10.5551/jat.29520 Hoffman J. White House designates animal sedative as an 'emerging drug threat'. The New York Times. http://bit.ly/3o07pE7. Published April 12, 2023. Accessed April 13, 2023.  Biden-Harris Administration designates fentanyl combined with xylazine as an emerging threat to the United States. The White House. http://bit.ly/3GFiIbr. Published April 12, 2023. Accessed April 13, 2023.  China reports first human death from H3N8 bird flu: Who – DW – 04/12/2023. dw.com. http://bit.ly/3o1LWuw. Published April 12, 2023. Accessed April 13, 2023. Baz M, Paskel M, Matsuoka Y, et al. A single dose of an avian H3N8 influenza virus vaccine is highly immunogenic and efficacious against a recently emerged seal influenza virus in mice and ferrets. Journal of Virology. 2015;89(13):6907-6917. doi:10.1128/jvi.00280-15 China Records World's first human death from H3N8 bird flu, WHO says. Reuters. https://bit.ly/3KxAJcR. Published April 12, 2023. Accessed April 13, 2023. American Society of Health-System Pharmacists resident matching program. https://bit.ly/3UDaTsG.  Accessed April 13, 2023. ASHP match statistics. ASHP Match | Statistics of the Match. https://bit.ly/42e4Ga1. Published March 15, 2023. Accessed April 13, 2023. Overview of the match. ASHP Match | Overview of the Match. http://bit.ly/3MGOV67. Published March 15, 2023. Accessed April 13, 2023. Schedule of dates. ASHP Match | Schedule. https://bit.ly/3I8MJA7. Published March 15, 2023. Accessed April 13, 2023. 

On this episode of Inside Health Care, we'll hear from two health care innovators. One developed a unique yet powerful approach towards resolving historic gaps in health equity. The other champions artificial intelligence as a key solution in the drive towards streamlined patient-centered care.And...both of them will be featured speakers at NCQA's annual Quality Talks event, set for May 3, 2023, in Washington, DC.Nzinga Harrison, MD, is Co-Founder and Chief Medical Officer of Eleanor Health, a tech-enabled, population-based provider of comprehensive, whole-person, substance use disorder care and mental health care. She is a vocal advocate and activist who emphasizes the need for U.S. health care to address systemic and ingrained harms of racism and marginalization faced by many communities in this country.This interview begins with Dr. Harrison to explaining one of her most profound concepts: that Racism can be considered – and treated – as an addiction.Suchi Saria, PhD, stands firmly at the crossroads of Artificial Intelligence and Modern Medicine. She is the Founder and CEO of Bayesian Health, and works at Johns Hopkins University, serving both as the John C. Malone associate professor and the Director of the Machine Learning, A.I. and Healthcare Lab.In this interview, you'll learn how A-I, Machine Learning, and even ChatGPT can soon propel us into a world of resolved Equity disparities and improved patient-centered outcomes.In our Fast Facts segment, we observe National Minority Health Month by exploring disparate asthma diagnoses in African-American populations. We also explore NCQA's asthma-based HEDIS measure, Asthma Medication Ratio [AMR].

April is National Minority Health Month, and this episode we're sitting down with Dr. Melody McCloud to discuss the health threats faced by minority women—Black women in particular—as well as the vital role of equity in public health. Dr. McCloud is an obstetrician-gynecologist who became the first black woman to establish an OB-GYN practice in DeKalb County, Georgia. Dr. McCloud is also the founder and medical director of Atlanta Women's Healthcare PC and lectures nationwide on women's health, sex and social issues. Her recent book, entitled Black Women's Wellness: Your "I've Got This!" Guide to Health, Sex, and Phenomenal Living, was released in January. This month's episode is hosted by Dr. Judy Monroe, president and CEO of the CDC Foundation. For full episode transcription, visit Contagious Conversations.   Key Takeaways: 1:40] Dr. McCloud talks about her life journey and what drew her to the field of medicine. [3:28] What are some of the most significant physical health threats faced by minority women, and what effect do societal stresses have on black women's physical health? [4:55] Dr. Monroe and Dr. McCloud discuss homicide as the sixth leading cause of death among Black people. [6:00] Dr. McCloud speaks of the journey of writing her book. [7:49] What changes has Dr. McCloud seen in maternal health outcomes? [10:22] What are the most important steps that women, particularly minority women, can take to improve their health and well-being? [13:06] Why is it essential that we focus on health equity? Where can this focus lead us in public health? [15:29] Dr. McCloud addresses implicit racial bias. [16:15] Dr. McCloud speaks of the societal stress black women experience. [17:19] What bright spots does Dr. McCloud see in public health related to women?   Mentioned in This Episode: Black Women's Wellness: Your "I've Got This!" Guide to Health, Sex, and Phenomenal Living Learn more about the CDC Foundation's Health Equity work  

Better Health Through Better UnderstandingApril is National Minority Health Month, a time to raise awareness about the importance of improving the health of racial and ethnic minority communities and reducing health disparities.  This month focuses on:Increasing health literacy for patientsProviding culturally and linguistically competent care for diverse populations andImproving access to health care information for patients with limited English proficiencyMinority health refers to the distinctive health characteristics and attributes of racial and/or ethnic minority groups that can be socially disadvantaged due in part to being subject to potential discriminatory acts. Please tune into BIRTHING JUSTICE that airs on PBS Monday, April 10th.  Check out The Eudaimonia Center's IG page for information about our Birthing Justice Watch Party.Support the show

Today Dannelle talks about National Minority Health Month, an annual observance in April that raises awareness about health disparities that affect racial and ethnic minorities. The Chronic Disease Alliance is hosting a livestream event on Addressing Health Disparities this Thursday, April 6th at 1pm EST/10am PST. Register for the event here! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

April is National Minority Health Month. Health disparities run so deep in this country, that your zip code is a better predictor of your health than your genetic code. Research has shown that the conditions we face as we live, learn, and work— or what researchers call the social determinants of health— have a lot to do with our health.In this episode, Dr. Ebony Jade Hilton talks about her advocacy for a more equitable healthcare system. Dr. Hilton is an anesthesiologist at the University of Virginia and was the first Black woman anesthesiologist at MUSC. Dr. Hilton's work extends far beyond the walls of the hospital. She is a vocal supporter of health equity, advocating for underserved and marginalized populations. Follow guest Dr. Ebony Jade Hilton on Twitter.Follow host Halle Tecco on Twitter.Visit the Heart of Healthcare website for episode recaps and more!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Kicking off April's celebration of National Minority Health Month, acute care nurse practitioner and University of South Carolina College of Nursing Assistant Professor Dr. Dwayne Alleyne joins NP Pulse to share his experience surrounding health equity, minority health issues and inherent biases. Listen to this important conversation  for a fresh perspective on ways NPs can help effect the change needed to build a more inclusive and trusted health care system. Representation within the health care workforce saves lives! Get involved today! Members of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners® (AANP) can partner with other NPs by joining the AANP Health Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Community. AANP also offers a variety of resources, including articles on the AANP News Feed and continuing education activities in the AANP CE Center, which can help you more effectively address social determinants of health and improve health equity in your community. Be sure to register today for the 2023 AANP National Conference in New Orleans on June 20-25, where former NASA Astronaut Joan Higginbotham will inspire attendees to break through barriers and take their practices to new heights. Members get more, including a savings of at least $200 off nonmember registration rates for the in-person conference!

In honor of National Minority Health  Month Sybil talks to Senator Amy Klobuchar and Ruth Clements of Quest Diagnostics. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The "National Minority Health Month Kickoff: HEAA Legislation Update" topic was originally presented during National Minority Quality Forum's weekly webinar series. Listen now for a closer look at addressing existing disparities. Panelists: Adam Beddawi, MS(c) Federal Policy Manager, National Network for Arab American Communities Lydia A. Isaac, PhD, MSc Vice President, Health Equity and Policy National Urban League Anita Burgos, PhD Senior Health Policy Advisor Office of Congresswoman Robin L. Kelly (IL-02) (Moderator)

To close out this year's National Minority Health Month, NP Pulse is joined by mentor, nurse motivator, expert critical care nurse practitioner and AANP Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee member Dr. Danielle McCamey.   Resources from this episode: Martin Luther King III at National Conference: aanp.org/national22 AANP DEI Community: aanp.org/communities Meet the AANP DEI Committee: aanp.org/DEI   Join AANP Today: aanp.org/membership

Additional resources OHA COVID-19 vaccine website: covidvaccine.oregon.gov OHA Facebook  Safe+Strong website Ask a Black Doctor on The Numberz REACH webpage and REACH Facebook Mental Wellness and Behavioral Health Q1: Throughout the pandemic, I have sometimes found it hard to cope. What are some of the ways COVID-19 has affected our mental health? Many people have experienced anxiety, stress or depression during the pandemic. This has come from several factors, such as social isolation, economic stress or the loss of loved ones. Or even contracting COVID-19.  For example, a recent study of 154,000 COVID-19 patients in the Veterans Affairs health care system found that people who had COVID-19 were 39% more likely to be diagnosed with depression and 35% more likely to be diagnosed with anxiety than people who did not have COVID-19.  So, you are not alone. Many of us have experienced the effects of COVID on our mental health. Q2: What can I do to protect or improve my mental health during this pandemic? Great question! The good news is there are several things you can do to stay mentally fit during the pandemic, some of which are fun. For starters, find an exercise you enjoy. Try going for a walk, jogging or doing yoga. You can also prepare and eat healthy and well-balanced meals with lots of fresh fruits and veggies. Try to limit junk foods, caffeine and alcohol. Sleep is also important and staying connected to loved ones is critical. Finally, be sure to monitor how much news and social media you consume. Watching and hearing constant updates can worsen feelings of anxiety. Q3: I hear people talking about “mental health,” but I also hear them say “behavioral health.” What is the difference? Let me explain. Behavioral health is a term used to encompass mental health conditions, substance use disorders, problem gambling and other addictions. Behavioral health is a broader term than mental health. Mental health conditions, substance use disorders and problem gambling are more narrow classifications. The National Alliance on Mental Illness intentionally uses the terms “mental health conditions” and “mental illness/es” interchangeably. A mental illness is a condition that affects a person's thinking, feeling, behavior or mood. These conditions deeply impact day-to-day living and may also affect the ability to relate to others and live the life you want to live. It is not the result of one event. Genetics, environment, relationships during early life, life experiences such as traumatic events, and lifestyle influence whether someone develops a mental health condition. A stressful job or home life may make some people more susceptible. Biochemical processes and basic brain structure may play a role, too. Mental illness is no one's fault. And for many people, recovery is possible, especially when you start treatment early and play a strong role in your own recovery process. Q4: What resources are available in the community to cover mental health issues and what type of services are offered? Your mental health is a priority. To find psychiatrists, counselors, therapists and nurses who specialize in behavioral and mental health services, contact the Mental Health Call Center at 503-988-4888. If you are on the Oregon Health Plan or Medicaid you can visit the Mental Health & Substance Abuse provider directory or call 503-988-5887. If you have no insurance you can contact agencies on the  County Contracted Addiction Services Provider Agency List. You can also call 211 for help. Another option is to visit your primary care provider. Finally, there are community-based organizations like Center for African Immigrants and Refugees Organization (CAIRO), African Family Holistic Health Organization and the Catholic Charities where support is also available.  Q5: How has COVID affected suicide rates in Oregon, especially the Black community?  This is a difficult topic, but I think it is important.  One suicide is too many. When looking at 2020, available data did not show a suicide rate increase in the U.S. In fact, Oregon was one of seven states that showed a decrease in suicide rates between 2019 and 2020. Due to the low number of suicides by individuals identified as Black Non-Hispanic and data system limitations, it is challenging to determine which communities were disproportionally affected by suicide related to the COVID pandemic in Oregon.  However, when looking at suicide rates over the past decade, all races have seen an increase in Oregon. Of specific concern is the increase in the Non-Hispanic Black population with a rate of 3.5 in 2000 to a rate of 10.9 in 2019. Oregon also reports to national suicide data. National data has shown increased rates of suicide among Black adults and children over the past decade.    What are some resources for support for those struggling with thoughts of suicide? Health inequities exist due to historic and systematic policies, rooted in white supremacy, that continue to have harmful effects today. In communities of color, addressing racism and its effects is a form of suicide prevention. The Racial Equity Support Line, 503-575-3764 (available weekdays from 10 a.m. – 7 p.m. PST), is a service led and staffed by people with lived experience of racism. It offers support to those who are feeling the emotional impacts of racist violence and microaggressions, as well as the emotional impacts of immigration struggles and other cross-cultural issues. Also, Oregon launched the Safe + Strong Helpline and website, recognizing that COVID-19 has changed our lives in many ways. Call the Safe + Strong Helpline at 1-800-923- HELP (4357) and visit the Safe + Strong website to help make sense of what you're going through and to learn more about what resources and support can help you, your loved ones and the communities you live and work in. Additional Resources • 24/7 Suicide Prevention National Lifeline number: 1-800-273-8255 • 24/7 Crisis Text Line: Text “OREGON” to 741741 • Senior Loneliness Line: 503-200-1633  What should we do if someone tells us they are having thoughts of suicide? If you think someone is thinking about suicide, take the following steps: • Talk to them in private: Listen to their story, and let them know you care. • Ask directly about suicide, calmy and without judgment: “Are you thinking about killing yourself?” • Take the person seriously. • Encourage them to reach out to the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, 1-800-273-8255 or the Crisis Text Line, text OREGON to 741741.  • Stay with them while they contact one of these services. . Q6: Ever since the pandemic started, I have noticed that my son is struggling to stay happy. How can I help him? Being a young person during this time can be especially difficult. Kids and teens have had to cope with isolation, missing school and milestones, and uncertainty about the future. Unlike adults, they are still developing skills to navigate these challenges.  Our young people also face issues like racial injustice and bullying. This can lead to low self-esteem and several kinds of behavioral problems, like substance abuse.  It is important for family and friends to reach out to youth and let them know they are not alone, and let them know you are there to help. When young people have caring family members or friends who support them, they can better manage times like these. There are lots of places you can go for help. YouthLine for teen-to-teen crisis help is a phone line and a texting support line are offered through Lines for Life. Trained teens respond from 4 p.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Friday, PDT. Adults are also available 24/7. Call 1-877-968-8491; text teen2teen to 839863. You can also Google:  Therapy for Black Girls or email info@therapyforblackgirls.com National Alliance on Mental Illness or call 703-524-7600 Q7: Sometimes I feel like I can't deal with one more thing. First we shut down due to this pandemic, then George Floyd, then there's confusion about when to wear masks, or don't wear masks. Now, there's inflation and a war in Ukraine. How can I cope with all of these changes? It is exhausting isn't it? We are ALL tired. It has been a long and difficult two years. What you are feeling is called change fatigue. As people, we like routine, and we get fatigued when our routines are disrupted. One thing that helps is to find a new rhythm. If keeping a mask on is helpful for you, then keep it on. If you want to continue to follow physical distance guidelines, do that. You can also try things like eating at the same time every day, or going to bed and getting out of bed at the same time every day. These are little things that can provide predictability and routine in our unpredictable world.  Q8: April is National Minority Health Month. How does this support the Black, African American and African Immigrant community? National Minority Health Month highlights the ways in which the FDA's Office of Minority Health and Health Equity is working to improve minority health and health equity. This year's theme is “Give Your Community a Boost” and focuses on the fight against COVID-19. One goal is to address misinformation. So there are videos that show people from diverse backgrounds working on the COVID-19 vaccines, and the importance of diverse communities getting vaccinated and boosted. Getting vaccinated and boosted is the best thing we can do to protect ourselves and protect our community, so I hope you'll check out the videos on the FDA's Minority Health and Health Equity website.  Document accessibility: For individuals with disabilities or individuals who speak a language other than English, OHA can provide information in alternate formats such as translations, large print, or braille. Contact the Health Information Center at 1-971-673-2411, 711 TTY or COVID19.LanguageAccess@dhsoha.state.or.us.

April is National Minority Health Month (NMHM), a time to raise awareness about health disparities that continue to affect people from racial and ethnic minority groups and encourage action through health education, early detection, and control of disease complications.  National Minority Health Month is Celebrated every April to build awareness about the disproportionate burden of premature death and illness in people from racial and ethnic minority groups and encourages action through health education, early detection, and control of disease complications.  This episode explores the impact of implicit biases on the delivery of healthcare.

Additional resources OHA COVID-19 vaccine website: covidvaccine.oregon.gov OHA Facebook  Safe+Strong website Ask a Black Doctor on The Numberz REACH webpage and REACH Facebook Treatments for COVID-19 Q1: I have heard that some people can get treated for COVID-19. What treatments are available and how are they different from vaccines? Yes – treatments for COVID-19 are available for some people. Some treatments are given in the hospital, some are infusions and some are pills you can take at home. They are all in short supply and currently available to people who are high risk of severe disease.  Vaccines introduce your immune system to a protein from the virus, allowing you to build up antibodies without being infected. Vaccination can also boost any natural immunity a person may have from being previously infected.  When somebody with sufficient antibodies is exposed to COVID-19, they immediately fend off the virus, which prevents infection. As antibody levels drop, the virus may be able to infect the person but the immune system still has a decent chance to fight COVID-19 and prevent severe infection.  Booster shots rebuild antibodies quickly, within a few days, even quicker than the original vaccination. This rapid rebuild also happens when an unvaccinated person previously infected with the COVID-19 virus gets their first vaccination. So be sure to get vaccinated and boosted, even if you have previously been infected with COVID-19. Treatments do not replace vaccination, which remains the most important step we can take to protect ourselves and our loved ones.  If someone can't get vaccinated, there is a treatment available that helps the body fight the virus that causes COVID-19.  Treatment for COVID-19 must take place shortly after someone has tested positive. If you've tested positive for COVID or have symptoms, contact your doctor right away. Q2: Someone was telling me about the federal Test to Treat program. Is this a program for everyone? The Test to Treat program connects people that are at high risk of severe illness from COVID-19 with the right treatment. It provides people a place to go to get tested, receive a prescription for a treatment, and fill that prescription all at one location. The program is intended for people that do not have a doctor or who cannot easily get in to see their doctor. However, anyone can receive treatment at a Test to Treat site. To participate, a person can use the Test to Treat Locator to find a site, or call 1-800-232-0233. These sites receive their therapeutics from the federal government. OHA is working on adding additional sites that fit federal criteria to be a Test to Treat site.   Q3: If treatments support defense against COVID-19, why aren't they available to everyone? There a few reasons why treatments are not available to everyone. First, vaccines have proven to be the best defense against COVID-19. Get vaccinated and then boosted. Also, don't forget your flu shot. Secondly, because of nationwide shortages, treatments are not widely available. Finally, it is all based on eligibility. A healthcare provider determines eligibility based on your medical profile. They will consider things like if you cannot get vaccinated due to health conditions or if you had a bad reaction to the vaccine or if you need additional treatment due to a weakened immune system. Only a healthcare provider can assess if you are eligible. Q3: Are treatments safe?  Depending on your medical history, certain treatments are not recommended. To determine which treatment is right for you, consult your doctor. You should also always check that your information is from a trusted source. If you have questions about any medication, contact the FDA's Division of Drug Information at 301-796-3400 or druginfo@fda.hhs.gov. Q5: What are the names of the FDA approved or authorized treatments and once I take them, how do they work in my body to fight COVID-19? The FDA has authorized two oral antiviral medications, one from Pfizer named Paxlovid. The other from Merck named Molnupiravir. With either one, they must be taken as soon as possible after a positive COVID-19 test and within the first five days of symptoms to be effective.  Paxlovid works by stoping the replication of the COVID-19 virus in the body by binding to an enzyme that disrupts the virus' ability to mutate and keeps certain viral proteins from forming correctly.   Molnupiravir interrupts replication of the virus' genetic material by introducing mutations. As the virus copies itself, it gets so mutated that it can no longer function.   The same thing happens with the FDA approved antiviral drug Remdesivir, known as Veklury, it also acts on the virus' genetic material, blocking its ability to mutate. It is administered by injection into the vein through an IV. Monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) are authorized for use to treat COVID-19. They work by mimicking the antibodies your body produces in response to a virus. These molecules are produced in a laboratory and they work to block the COVID-19 virus from entering your cells. Monoclonal antibody treatment is a fluid given using a needle either into a vein (infusion) or under the skin (subcutaneously). Your healthcare provider or the site where you will be getting treatment will explain which treatment you will get. For both procedures, needles are used by a trained medical professional. If you are unvaccinated, you should wait 90 days after your treatment to get the vaccine. Regen-Cov, Sotrovimab, Bebtelovimab and Evusheld are all monoclonal antibodies. Sotrovimab is effective against infection by the  Omicron variant.  Q6: Finally, April is National Minority Health Month how can I get involved? This year the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Minority Health (OMH) and its partners are highlighting the important role community plays in helping to reduce health disparities in racial and ethnic minority and American Indian/Alaska Native groups. The theme for this year is Give Your Community a Boost!  To support COVID-19 vaccination and boosting, OMH invites you to #BoostYourCommunity by using, sharing, and attending National Minority Health Month (NMHM) resources and events with your organization, communities, and network!  If you are not insured, you might qualify for the Oregon Health Plan, which covers COVID-19 vaccines, boosters, treatment and home tests. It also covers regular check-ups, prescriptions, mental health care, addiction treatment, dental care and more. To see if you qualify and to learn more go to OHP.Oregon.gov and click Apply for OHP. You can also call 800-699-9075 or find a local community partner at bit.ly/ohplocalhelp for help.Document accessibility: For individuals with disabilities or individuals who speak a language other than English, OHA can provide information in alternate formats such as translations, large print, or braille. Contact the Health Information Center at 1-971-673-2411, 711 TTY or COVID19.LanguageAccess@dhsoha.state.or.us.

This week we celebrate an important month, but where should we focus our attention?

Additional resources OHA COVID-19 vaccine website: covidvaccine.oregon.gov OHA Facebook  Safe+Strong website Ask a Black Doctor on The Numberz REACH webpage and REACH Facebook COVID-19 and other Chronic Disease+ Emerging Variants & New Booster Q1: The first week of April is Public Health Week and April is also National Minority Health Month. What's that mean to us? These types of observances help us focus on important issues – in these cases public health in general and the health of communities of color, specifically. The theme of National Minority Health Month is “Give your community a boost!” which is a great reminder for people to protect themselves against COVID-19 by getting vaccinated and boosted. And also don't forget to get your flu shot. Q2: I've heard that a second COVID-19 booster is approved. How is this different from the first booster? Yes. On March 29th, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its COVID-19 vaccination guidelines to include a second booster dose for some adults, and for immunocompromised people age 12 and older. Eligible people can get a Second booster dose four months or more after getting their first booster dose. Q3: I've also heard federal funding for COVID-19 treatment, testing and vaccination for uninsured people is going away? What's happening? Congress did not pass the funding needed to continue to pay for COVID-19 testing, treatment or vaccinations for uninsured people. They are still discussing the funding package and we hope they will pass one soon.  If you are not insured, you might qualify for the Oregon Health Plan, which covers COVID-19 vaccines, boosters and additional doses. It also covers treatment and home tests. You can apply any time of the year. The best way to find out if you qualify is to apply. You can apply online, in person or through the mail. You can also get help applying for free. To learn more go to OHP.Oregon.gov and click Apply for OHP. You can also call 800-699-9075 or find a local community partner at bit.ly/ohplocalhelp for help. Q4: How would you define health equity? How does this affect the Black community? I would say health equity is when all members of society enjoy a fair and just opportunity to be as healthy as possible. The pandemic has highlighted that health equity is still not a reality. COVID-19 has disproportionately affected Black people, putting us more at risk of getting sick and dying from COVID-19. While the mask mandate has been lifted and hospitalizations have dropped in the state of Oregon, the Black community is still very much struggling with the effects of COVID-19. Overall, Blacks and other ethnic minorities do not have equal access to health care. Issues such as lack of insurance, transportation, child care, or ability to take time off of work can make it hard to go to the doctor. It makes it hard to prevent and manage issues like chronic illness.  As I mentioned before, Oregon Health Plan can help bridge the gap for health care coverage. Besides COVID-19 related care, it covers regular check-ups, prescriptions, mental health care, addiction treatment, dental care and more. Q5: Speaking of chronic illness, my mother has high blood pressure and diabetes.  What are her risks if she catches COVID-19? People who are over 65 or who have chronic diseases like diabetes, cancer, or heart disease are more likely to get very sick with COVID-19. If you or a loved one have one of these conditions, talk with your doctor about how to protect against severe disease from COVID-19. Again, if you are able to get vaccinated then do so. Also, get all available boosters that you qualify for. You can visit multco.us/reach for information on upcoming vaccination sites.   I don't have a chronic disease, but I am overweight.  Will this make me more sick if I get COVID-19? Obesity, smoking and even pregnancy are all conditions that increase the risk for severe illness from COVID-19. Vaccination and boosting is safe and effective for protection against COVID-19. Q6: Besides my fears about COVID-19, I am worried about how chronic disease affects my health overall. Are there any other tips for managing chronic disease better? Creating an action plan for proactively managing your chronic illness is the first step in practicing good self care as it relates to your personal health. Talk to your doctor or a community health worker to learn tips on how to manage your medicaton, become more active, manage stress and eat healthy foods. Q7: I keep hearing that there is another new variant out, can you please explain what it is?  Should I be worried? Sure, glad you asked! BA.2 is a subvariant of Omicron.  It spreads 80% faster than the earlier Omicron and was first identified in the United States in December. It accounted for about 55 percent of new U.S. cases in the week ending March 26, according to C.D.C. estimates on Tuesday, March 29. To be safe from BA.2 and all variants, get vaccinated and boosted. And if you had a booster more than 4 months ago, you may qualify for another if you're over 50 or are over 12 and have a compromised immune system. Document accessibility: For individuals with disabilities or individuals who speak a language other than English, OHA can provide information in alternate formats such as translations, large print, or braille. Contact the Health Information Center at 1-971-673-2411, 711 TTY or COVID19.LanguageAccess@dhsoha.state.or.us.

Ryan Gorman hosts an iHeartRadio nationwide special featuring Dr. Purvi Parikh, an allergist and immunologist at Allergy and Asthma Associates of Murray Hill, about COVID-19, including its impact on minority communities. They also discuss how to differentiate between an allergy and a COVID infection. Best-selling Author Kostya Kennedy also joins the show to discuss his new book TRUE: The Four Seasons of Jackie Robinson.

Ryan Gorman hosts an iHeartRadio nationwide special featuring Dr. Purvi Parikh, an allergist and immunologist at Allergy and Asthma Associates of Murray Hill, about COVID-19, including its impact on minority communities. They also discuss how to differentiate between an allergy and a COVID infection. Best-selling Author Kostya Kennedy also joins the show to discuss his new book TRUE: The Four Seasons of Jackie Robinson.  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How Can Telehealth Improve Health. The host for this show is Vikram Acharya. The guest is Anela Tector. How telehealth improves the health of minority communities in the state of Hawaii. The ThinkTech YouTube Playlist for this show is https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQpkwcNJny6nEGDDJmPCaqQzxX94yQZvc Please visit our ThinkTech website at https://thinktechhawaii.com and see our Think Tech Advisories at https://thinktechadvisories.blogspot.com.

Additional resources OHA COVID-19 vaccine website: covidvaccine.oregon.gov OHA Facebook  Safe+Strong website Ask a Black Doctor on The Numberz REACH webpage and REACH Facebook Spring Gatherings and Holiday Safety Q1: After two long years of being in the pandemic, I want to gather with family and friends, is it safe now? Nowadays many people are vaccinated or have recently recovered from COVID-19, so have a degree of immunity. COVID-19 cases are also fairly low, so we can get together. But we should still do so in ways that reduce our risk. If you are getting together indoors with a lot of people – and especially if you are doing so without a mask, you must accept that there's a good likelihood of being exposed to COVID-19. If you're in a room with 100 people, we assume that 2 will have COVID-19, but cases are creeping up a bit. So, keep that in mind. COVID-19 spreads through airborne particles. So if you are gathering indoors, good ventilation can help create a safer environment. Maybe consider keeping gatherings a little smaller so that people can spread out if they need to. As always, the best protection for everyone ages 5 and up is to get vaccinated and boosted and to also get your flu shot. Make an appointment or walk in to get that first shot, that second shot, and that booster shot. Vaccines still offer us our best protection and having all your recommended vaccine doses is the best way to protect yourself and the loved ones that you want to gather with this spring. Something else you can do to stay safe is move your gathering outdoors to celebrate those good times. If everyone is vaccinated and boosted, you can enjoy looking at people's smiles in the sunlight. You can also use CDC's COVID Data Tracker to learn if your community or the community where you are gathering has a high number of COVID-19 cases. That should help you decide what kind of safety measures to take. Q2: During some religious practices we eat and drink from the same utensils, should I be worried about getting COVID-19? Getting COVID from the surface of a glass or a fork isn't the easiest way of transmission. It's more being near someone who has COVID and breathing the same air. Using individual utensils could provide more safety. Wiping utensils in between use can also offer a layer protection.  Q3: You say to assess my own risk when gathering. How do I do that? To assess your risk, ask yourself if you are 65 or older, do you have other medical conditions or chronic disease like diabetes, lung disease or heart disease. Are you taking medications that reduce your immune system like high doses of steroids or chemotherapy to treat cancer? Do you have HIV that is not well controlled or an autoimmune disease?  If the answer is yes for you, someone in your household, or someone that you are visiting with then consider wearing a mask. If your health condition allows you to be vaccinated, make sure you are vaccinated and boosted and that you have your flu shot.   Q4: I really like to hug people when I have not seen them in a long time. Are we safe to hug again now? Many of us have missed hugging our loved ones. I think it is really important. So again, think about your own risks and the risks of the person you're hugging. Are you both vaccinated? Are you at risk for severe disease? Are they? We know COVID spreads through the air, so if you are going to hug you might think about turning your head or wearing a mask. Q5: During the holidays, I like to travel to gather with family and friends. How can I stay safe? Getting vaccinated and boosted and your flu shot before you travel is a great start.  After that, I'd recommend you bring a high-quality, well-fitting mask, like an N95 or KN95, and plan on wearing that mask. The federal government still requires masks on public transportation, and in airports and on airplanes, through April 18. So, you should expect to wear your mask. I would also encourage using the community-level map again for travel. That way you can check the COVID-19 spread in the area you are going to. If you are traveling by car and you do not know the status of those you are traveling with, you can wear a mask and keep the windows open. Another option is to fly direct and limit the number of layovers you have in different places. Q6: I heard about the second booster, but if hospitalizations are down and masks are coming off, why not wait to get it later, like in the fall when things might get bad again? If I get my second booster now, won't it be worn off by the fall? I understand the reasoning, but if you only had two doses you probably have very little protection left from Omicron right now. COVID is still circulating in our communities. Boosters will bring your protection level up. We don't know what will happen in the fall. We're making our recommendations based on what we know today. Q7: Finally, I heard that April is National Minority Health Month, tell me more about it. How can I participate? I would love to. National Minority Health Month is celebrated every year in April. Its origin is in the 1915 establishment of National Negro Health Week by Booker T. Washington. The focus is to establish “appropriate programs and activities to promote healthfulness in minority and other health disparity communities” (H. Con. Res. 388). This year's theme is “Give Your Community a Boost.” If you want to get involved, on April 20, 2022 from 11 a.m.-12 p.m., you can join the Twitter chat “COVID-19 Gamechangers: Trusted Messengers Giving Communities A Boost!” held by the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities @NIMHD and the Office of Minority Health @minorityhealth. It will be hosted in English and Spanish @OMH_Espanol.  Document accessibility: For individuals with disabilities or individuals who speak a language other than English, OHA can provide information in alternate formats such as translations, large print, or braille. Contact the Health Information Center at 1-971-673-2411, 711 TTY or COVID19.LanguageAccess@dhsoha.state.or.us.

April is National Minority Health Month, a time to focus on improving the health of racial and ethnic minorities and reducing health inequities. We also want to acknowledge Black Maternal Health Week, April 11-17 which explores causes and solutions to the staggering statistic that Black women are three times more likely to die from pregnancy-related causes than white women. During this national observance, Dr. Deb sits down with a special guest, Dr. Amanda Williams. Dr. Williams is a practicing Ob/Gyn, the Assistant Chair of Chiefs for Maternity with The Permanente Medical Group and serves as the Maternity Director for Kaiser Permanente's Oakland Medical Center. In this compelling episode, Dr. Williams discusses her dedication and years of experience exploring inequities in care affecting Black mothers and the complex factors driving them.

In Episode 15, Season 4 of the Amplifying Scientific Innovation® Video Podcast, Dr. Sophia Ononye-Onyia, Founder and CEO of The Sophia Consulting Firm, interviewed Dr. Bill Rastetter & Mr. H. Puentes, Co-Founders, San Diego Squared. SD2 is a nonprofit focused in increasing diversity in STEM-driven companies through partnerships, programs, and financial support for high school students, college students, and their educators. In recognition of National Minority Health Month, this episode showcases Dr. Rastetter and Mr. Puentes's unique perspectives on science advocacy, health equity and influential leadership with a focus on facilitating opportunities for the next wave of STEM talent. . For full transcript, please visit: https://sophiaconsultingfirm.com/blogs-%2B-articles/f/amplifying-scientific-innovation%C2%AE-co-founders-san-diego-squared

April is minority health month! Today we talked with Dr. Camie Wright of CareSource to discuss health equity and their new health equity collaborative in Indiana.

April is National Minority Health Month and the BLACK HEALTH LIT podcast is back from break. We're kicking off this month with a discussion on Happiness. We spend a lot of time talking about depression, anxiety, and other mental health challenges, but we don't spend enough time talking about happiness. On the "Happy & Whole '' episode I had a discussion with Sasha Nicole who teaches women how to feel more confident and courageous through various courses, motivational videos, coaching, and keynote speeches. She has been a mental health advocate in the wellness industry for over ten years and has survived severe postpartum depression. She has adjusted and grown to a place where she thrives with a mental health condition. It is her mission to assist others in living a healed and whole life while honing in on what truly makes you happy. Let's Connect: IG: @blackhealthlit, @therealsashanicole Twitter: @blackhealthlit Website(s): www.blackhealthlit.org www.fearlessnfluence.com www.thefearlessshop.com --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/blackhealthlit/support

In honor of National Minority Health Month, NACHC hosted civil rights leaders from the Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations (AAPCHO), UnidosUS and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) to discuss how health centers have played a lead role in bringing healthcare to vulnerable communities, and how they can lead our nation out of the COVID-19 pandemic and into the future with a more equitable healthcare system. Featured speakers: Jeff Cabellero, Executive Director, AAPCHO Janet Murguía, President and CEO, UnidosUS Marjorie Innocent, PhD, Director, Learning and Impact, NAACP This discussion was recorded on April 27.

April is National Minority Health Month, and this year, the national Office of Minority Health is focusing on the disproportionate impact the COVID-19 pandemic is having on racial and ethnic minorities, including heart disease. We are delighted to have Dr. Stella Lisk, Structural Heart Program coordinator at Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth with helpful tips for everyone to take better care of our hearts. We are completing 14 months of living with Covid-19, and too often we think this is an adult pandemic. But our kids have been equally affected. Missed graduations, proms, school events and get-togethers; the social components that are so crucial for healthy childhood in today's society - all gone for the last year. We are honored to have Dr. Kia Carter, co-medical director of Psychiatry at Cook Children's in Ft. Worth for the second half of our show. She is a wealth of information on not only how our kids are affected by the pandemic, but also when things turn to the dark side and kids start thinking of suicide, what we as parents, grandparents, or family support should know. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Race to Value listeners -- April is National Minority Health Month, and this year, the HHS Office of Minority Health is focusing on the disproportionate impact the COVID-19 pandemic is having on racial and ethnic minority communities.  This Bonus Episode is a compilation of viewpoints on health equity and racial disparities of care from some of our former guests in the past year.  We hope you take the time to listen intently to their message. Certainly over the last many year we have been exposed to the great inequities that have existed in our society for far too long.  We have one major obligation we have to each other…that is to tell the truth.  And the truth is, there are so many inequities in our society for minorities, including the manifestation of institutional racism within our nation's health system. As leaders in value-based care, we have to be accountable to the endeavor that we are about. We endeavor to, in fact, ensure every patient receives the best treatment possible so they can live the life they are intended to live. That we endeavor to create the opportunity for health equity, and that is true regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, or otherwise. We hope you find meaning in this Bonus episode and gain awareness for how important health equity and social justice is to win this Race to Value. Episode Bookmarks: 1:39 Daniel Chipping introduces National Minority Health Month and its' focus on COVID-19 impact on minority communities 2:10 Dr. Eric Weaver delivers a special message on overcoming institutional racism in our nation's healthcare system 3:29 Dr. Farzad Mostashari reflects on the murder of George Floyd and how it was a reckoning for social justice (and health equity) 6:33 Dr. Lerla Joseph discusses how she has devoted most of her life committed to health equity, how ACOs are a vehicle for change 12:30 David Smith provides a powerful social commentary on how pervasive systemic racism is in our society and his awakening as a white male 18:41 Christina Severin on the country's reckoning, how her white privilege as conditioned her to be a racist, and how health centers can address inequities 23:10 Dr. Ernest Grant on the public health crisis of systemic racism, the disproportionate burden of disease related to SDOH, and how nurses can call for change 30:19 Dr. Stephen Klasko on how the zip code of communities ultimately determine health, and how the pandemic has raised awareness of inequities 31:46 Christina Severin on how the calling for racial justice, coupled with the pandemic, has created urgency to “bridge the digital divide” 33:36 Dr. Gordon Chen on the social injustice of different lifetime expectancy rates between white and minority communities 36:04 Shannon Brownlee on how Black Lives Matter has forced hospitals to focus on health equity 38:24 Dr. Mark Gwynne on how investment in data analytics can help ACOs identify opportunities in populations where there are disparate outcomes 39:11 Dr. Christopher Crow on how health equity in communities can be addressed through reforms in education, health, and business 40:27 Cheryl Lulias on building community-based coalitions to address health equity 42:10 Robert Sepucha on the disproportionate burden of kidney disease in minority populations 42:57 Dr. Edwin Estevez on the vulnerability of the Hispanic population on the Texas/Mexico border and how his ACO focuses on nutrition and health literacy 46:17 Mike Funk on how health plans can address disparities in minority communities 48:15 Dave Chase on the opportunity for social impact investment to creative cooperative structures in disadvantaged communities 48:53 Dr. Mark McClellan on health policy approaches to address health equity 49:30 Andrew Croshaw on how the Biden Administration will define value through health equity

Please Leave a Review!  THIS EPISODE COUNTS FOR CE! - but read the disclaimers it might not count for your state. Go here to take the test and get your free CE Credit! In honor of National Minority Health Month, Andrew and Michelle welcome two passionate experts in the field to the podcast today. Daniel Lopez, RDH, a dental hygienist practicing in a Federally Qualified Health Center in New York City, makes a return visit, while Alicia Murria, RDH, MS(C), and Founder and CEO of Hygienists for Humanity, is making her first appearance here. Together with our hosts, they examine the fundamentals of minority health and what that looks like in dentistry today, and offer their recommendations for the future. They begin by sharing differing perspectives on politics and minority health, exploring public health and private practice treatment, and offer a glimpse of DentaQuest's Preventistry. Our panel then delves into the need for an outcomes-based health model, the barriers to quality focused care on minority groups, and the many avenues which could lead to overcoming these barriers. Alicia and Daniel conclude the interview by stressing the most important components to address in minority health, and by offering their sage advice for listeners interested in ‘really making a dent in this problem'. Drawing greatly upon Alicia and Daniel's immense expertise and experience, today's conversation marks one more step in bringing crucial awareness to this decidedly sensitive and extremely important topic.  EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS:  Interview starts: 8:08   Guest introductions   Politics and minority health   Public health and private practice treatment   DentaQuest's Preventistry   New York State's move toward an outcomes based health model   Barriers to quality focused care on minority groups   Learning about cultural differences and making connections   Expanding the role of the hygienist, meeting patients where they are, developing trust, and offering consistency   Underserved and neglected populations   What we can be doing in our communities   Motivational interviewing   The importance of listening to all patients and educating them   Learning from each other in the hygienist community   Daniel and Alicia's parting advice  QUOTES:  “You don't go into this profession with a political mindset. You go into this profession with a heart.”   “Health insurance is, unfortunately, a political issue.”   “I think, in public health, we're offering fish sandwiches every single day, and we're not teaching enough people to fish.”   “If I feel like I didn't give them what they needed, and I didn't serve them well, I bring them back at no cost to them.”   “And also, private practice grows if they have disease.”   “Why on Earth are we the only health care modality centered around prevention, and no one pays attention to what we have to say?”   “What does it look like if your insurance is paying out more for prevention than for restoration?”   “There's this endless cycle of new providers. The most at-risk and the most underserved are constantly being seen by people who are just learning the ropes.”   “The dentist population does not reflect the general population.”   “Dental providers and medical providers are less empathetic to the black population than they are to white.”   “You have to be able to see color in dentistry.”   “There are so many different avenues that you need to go down to actually get to a point where you're really making a dent in this problem.”   “I've literally had people say they would rather die than go somewhere else.”   “You have to start with yourself…be a resource, be a friend, let them know that you're an ally in their community.”   “Be willing and be open to getting it wrong.”   “These patients that we are servicing need prevention more than anything else.”   “Don't be afraid to speak up!”     LINKS:   A Tale of Two Hygienists homepage - https://ataleoftwohygienists.com/     AToTH on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/aTaleOfTwoHygienists/     AToTH on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/ataleoftwohygienists     AToTH on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/atoth/?originalSubdomain=ca        PDT homepage     MINORITY ORAL HEALTH IN AMERICA: DESPITE PROGRESS, DISPARITIES PERSIST   Disparities in Oral Health   The Persistence of Oral Health Disparities for African American Children: A Scoping Review       Alicia's Instagram   Alicia's Facebook   Hygienists for Humanity   Email Daniel

Please Leave a Review!  THIS EPISODE COUNTS FOR CE! - but read the disclaimers it might not count for your state. Go here to take the test and get your free CE Credit! In honor of National Minority Health Month, Andrew and Michelle welcome two passionate experts in the field to the podcast today. Daniel Lopez, RDH, a dental hygienist practicing in a Federally Qualified Health Center in New York City, makes a return visit, while Alicia Murria, RDH, MS(C), and Founder and CEO of Hygienists for Humanity, is making her first appearance here. Together with our hosts, they examine the fundamentals of minority health and what that looks like in dentistry today, and offer their recommendations for the future. They begin by sharing differing perspectives on politics and minority health, exploring public health and private practice treatment, and offer a glimpse of DentaQuest’s Preventistry. Our panel then delves into the need for an outcomes-based health model, the barriers to quality focused care on minority groups, and the many avenues which could lead to overcoming these barriers. Alicia and Daniel conclude the interview by stressing the most important components to address in minority health, and by offering their sage advice for listeners interested in ‘really making a dent in this problem’. Drawing greatly upon Alicia and Daniel’s immense expertise and experience, today’s conversation marks one more step in bringing crucial awareness to this decidedly sensitive and extremely important topic.  EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS:  Interview starts: 8:08   Guest introductions   Politics and minority health   Public health and private practice treatment   DentaQuest’s Preventistry   New York State’s move toward an outcomes based health model   Barriers to quality focused care on minority groups   Learning about cultural differences and making connections   Expanding the role of the hygienist, meeting patients where they are, developing trust, and offering consistency   Underserved and neglected populations   What we can be doing in our communities   Motivational interviewing   The importance of listening to all patients and educating them   Learning from each other in the hygienist community   Daniel and Alicia’s parting advice  QUOTES:  “You don’t go into this profession with a political mindset. You go into this profession with a heart.”   “Health insurance is, unfortunately, a political issue.”   “I think, in public health, we’re offering fish sandwiches every single day, and we’re not teaching enough people to fish.”   “If I feel like I didn’t give them what they needed, and I didn’t serve them well, I bring them back at no cost to them.”   “And also, private practice grows if they have disease.”   “Why on Earth are we the only health care modality centered around prevention, and no one pays attention to what we have to say?”   “What does it look like if your insurance is paying out more for prevention than for restoration?”   “There’s this endless cycle of new providers. The most at-risk and the most underserved are constantly being seen by people who are just learning the ropes.”   “The dentist population does not reflect the general population.”   “Dental providers and medical providers are less empathetic to the black population than they are to white.”   “You have to be able to see color in dentistry.”   “There are so many different avenues that you need to go down to actually get to a point where you’re really making a dent in this problem.”   “I’ve literally had people say they would rather die than go somewhere else.”   “You have to start with yourself…be a resource, be a friend, let them know that you’re an ally in their community.”   “Be willing and be open to getting it wrong.”   “These patients that we are servicing need prevention more than anything else.”   “Don’t be afraid to speak up!”     LINKS:   A Tale of Two Hygienists homepage - https://ataleoftwohygienists.com/     AToTH on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/aTaleOfTwoHygienists/     AToTH on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/ataleoftwohygienists     AToTH on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/atoth/?originalSubdomain=ca        PDT homepage     MINORITY ORAL HEALTH IN AMERICA: DESPITE PROGRESS, DISPARITIES PERSIST   Disparities in Oral Health   The Persistence of Oral Health Disparities for African American Children: A Scoping Review       Alicia's Instagram   Alicia's Facebook   Hygienists for Humanity   Email Daniel

April is National Minority Health Month, and Black Maternal Health Week takes place April 11 –17 every year. Let's talk about this and why we should live in the moment everyday! While we are on the topic let's talk about responsible girl code while you are living in every moment and enjoying our lives. Tune in to learn and laugh with me! Seasons 4 is coming to an end so catch up now!

April is National Minority Health Month and National Donate Life Month.  In this episode of Bowel Sounds, hosts Drs. Temara Hajjat and Jennifer Lee talk to Dr. Udeme Ekong about disparities in transplant hepatology.  We discuss the importance of organ donation and the impact of COVID-19 on patients pre and post-liver transplant, how transplant centers are managing deceased and living donor programs, and COVID-19 vaccination in pediatric patients.As always, the discussion, views, and recommendations in this podcast are the sole responsibility of the hosts and guests and are subject to change over time with advances in the field.Produced by: Jennifer LeeSpecial requests:Thank you to everyone for listening to our podcast. If you enjoyed this content and thought it was useful, we ask you to consider doing any or all of the following three things:Tell one person who you think would like this type of content about the podcast.  We want to reach more GI doctors and trainees and general pediatricians, pediatric residents, and medical students.Leave a review on Apple Podcasts -- this helps more people discover our podcast.You can also support the show by making a donation to the NASPGHAN FoundationSupport the show (https://www.naspghan.org/content/87/en/foundation/donate)

Toral and Anthony have a conversation about the importance of minority health in honor of National Minority Health Month with Jeremy Stewart (he/him/his), Nutrition and Health Outreach Coordinator at Cornell Wellness. For more information on the resources provided by Cornell Wellness, please visit: https://recreation.athletics.cornell.edu/wellness Click here to learn more about "The Unapologetic Guide to Black Mental Health" by Dr. Rheeda Walker, Ph.D.: https://www.rheedawalkerphd.com/book

Ryan Gorman hosts an iHeartRadio nationwide special featuring Dr. Kneeland Youngblood, a board member for the Prostate Cancer Foundation, and John Lehr, President and CEO of the Parkinson's Foundation. Along with the work both organizations do, they discuss National Minority Health Month and Parkinson's Awareness Month.  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ryan Gorman hosts an iHeartRadio nationwide special featuring Dr. Kneeland Youngblood, a board member for the Prostate Cancer Foundation, and John Lehr, President and CEO of the Parkinson’s Foundation. Along with the work both organizations do, they discuss National Minority Health Month and Parkinson’s Awareness Month.

Ryan Gorman hosts an iHeartRadio nationwide special featuring Dr. Kneeland Youngblood, a board member for the Prostate Cancer Foundation, and John Lehr, President and CEO of the Parkinson’s Foundation. Along with the work both organizations do, they discuss National Minority Health Month and Parkinson’s Awareness Month.

April is National Minority Health Month! This is a time to raise awareness about health disparities that continue to affect racial and ethnic minority populations and encourage action through health education, early detection, and control of disease complications. Join us as we talk about our own health issues as minority women and how we deal with them. Music by: AShamaluevMusic https://soundcloud.com/ashamaluevmusic --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/petsandwigs/message

ResourcesADCES in Practice article: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2633559X20960466.Resources for National Minority Health Month and cultural competency: DiabetesEducator.org/MinorityHealthMonth.Access & Affordability Resources: DiabetesEducator.org/affordability.

In honor of Black Maternal Health Week, we discuss the issues that affect Black mothers, and what may cause the 3-4x increased death due to pregnancy among the population. This striking disparity exists even when health insurance status, education, and chronic diseases are taken into account suggesting there is something dangerous about being black pregnant and giving birth in the context of the United States. The month of April is recognized in the United States as National Minority Health Month – a month-long initiative to advance health equity across the country on behalf of all racial and ethnic minorities. Our guests for this episode are Misty Wilder, Director of Healthy Start, Brianna Henderson, Founder of Let's Talk PPCM and Jen Sarduy, President of ReBirth Equity Alliance, Their experiences are crucial in understanding our topic for today.

  Let's Talk about Having a Healthier Life... We end our series on self-help & motivation this week with our final episode of the month of July. This week we are blessed to have Dr. Donna Hamilton on the Lunch and Learn with Dr. Berry. Dr. Donna is a 4-time best-selling author, speaker, workplace well-being strategist and CEO of Manifest Excellence, LLC, a health promotion company that helps CEOs create happy, healthy, productive workplaces where that make it easier for people to do the job they're hired to do. Dr. Donna took the time out to teach us how to create a happier & healthier lifestyle. She starts by teaching us what it really means to be healthy, talked about some of her personal struggles with health and what were 5 key areas that seem to keep a lot of people down in the pursuit of optimal health. This is another episode where you are going to be learning a lot about yourself & hopefully will know what tools you have been missing. 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Introduction Dr. Berry: And welcome to another episode of the Lunch and Learn with Dr. Berry. I'm your host, Dr. Berry Pierre, your favorite Board Certified Internist. Founder of Drberrypierre.com as well as a CEO of Pierre Medical Consulting. Helping you Empower Yourself For Better HealthTM, with the number one podcast for patient advocacy, education and empowerment. Today we bring you another amazing episode with Dr. Donna Hamilton, who is going to be getting us right in the mindset of health and how to stay healthy and really how to get healthy. And this is really purely, truly, especially from a mindset standpoint because if you've been following along, we've talked about, we've had a series of episodes this month where we really wanted to focus on how our mindset plays such a huge factor in keeping us healthy. I started them off with the self-reflection. Then we had Dr. Michelle Clay talked to us about stress and stress relief. Then we had Dr. Brad pretty much kinda knock it out the park talking to us about how we don't have any more excuses and how we need to reach in actually attain our goals and get failure out the way. So that was definitely one of the highlights of this month. And we're going to end it with Dr. Donna Hamilton. And of course like always I would like to, you know, do a little quick little bio. So y'all know all these amazing people I have on here. She's a four time bestselling author, speaker. She's a workplace wellbeing strategist and CEO of Manifest Excellence, which is a health promotion company to help CEOs create happy, healthy, productive workplaces that make easier for people to actually do the jobs that they're hired to do. Right? Which makes sense. She offers services to help driven professionals get unstuck and become unstoppable. Her consulting courses, coaching, trainings and books use holistic and trauma-informed strategy to help their clients decrease stress, improve mindset, strengthen resilience, and increase productivity. So again, that makes sense. Right? It makes sense that I would kind of end this series with someone who kind of wraps everything we talked about for the month, in like a boat. Right? And for everyone who has been following along. Who’s been given such amazing support, thank you for all you doing. You know, kind of keeping up with me. Like I said, this is National Minority Health Month, right? But again, when we talk about Minority Health Month, this is something that I want you to be talking about it in August and November, back in June. I want this to be a 24/7 or deal, making sure where our mindset is correct. Because again, your blood pressure isn't gonna go down if your mindset isn't there or a cholesterol isn't going to go down, your weight isn't going to go down. All of these things: your stress, your anxiety, all these things aren't gonna work unless we include the mindset aspect of it. So definitely thankful for having Dr. Donna on to kind of help educate us on just really staying healthy in general. And then you guys are in for amazing treat like always. If you have not had a chance, go ahead, subscribe to the podcast,l leave a five star review and tell a friend to tell a friend. Like that's the most amazing thing about you guys is that you actually are doing that, right? So we're getting more and more of viewership. More and more listeners to the show as we move on from week to week. So definitely thankful for all you guys support. You guys have a great and blessed day. Episode Dr. Berry: Alright, Lunch and Learn community. You heard another amazing introduction to personal friend of mine. But a person who I've been following along for about three plus years now. Some give or take and all we've been talking about, self-care, self-reflection, getting in the right mental mindset to get healthy. I figured, there was no way to really end this month without having this special guests on, right? So Dr. Donna please, first of all, thank you for joining the Lunch and Learn community today. Dr. Donna Hamilton: Thank you so much for having me and thank you for having this topic. It's one of my favorite topics. So thank you, thank you, thank you. Dr. Berry: So Dr. Donna unfortunately I got a lot of folks in my Lunch and Learn community who loved to like skip my intro. I don't know why they like skipping the intro. I guess they don't like hearing the music and that's okay. Right? Because I always give my guests another opportunity to kind of say like who they are. Maybe something that you know is not necessarily in the bio but just so a person who's just listening maybe for the first time and say well, who is Dr. Donna and why does Dr. Pierre love her so much. Dr. Donna Hamilton: I get it because truth be told, I'm one of those people who tends to skip. I'm like, let's get it and at the same time context is everything. So hi! Lunch and Learn community and listeners. I am Dr. Donna. I started my career as a board certified community pediatrician and I transitioned into a workplace well-being strategist. So now I do two things. With my company Manifest Excellence, we help CEOs create happy, healthy, productive work families and make it easier for people to do the job that they've been hired to do. We offer courses, coaching and consulting. We also have services direct to individuals. So some people say that's great, but I need to do something outside of work. I also help super achievers who usually are kind of able to push through everything. We help them when they hit the wall. And so we helped them create their own personal plans that they can give back in their group and start to function at their best in mind, body, spirit in life. Dr. Berry: Perfect. And you know that again, I think that's definitely an amazing segue, right? Especially when we talk about the topic of health. And this is how I think I have to ask just a basic question. Right? And again, it almost sounds silly, but understanding, I'm a physician, right? So they may come second nature, but to someone else who is really trying to turn that corner and whatever that health goal is, right? Trying to obtain that. Why is being healthy really so important? Why is that such a big thing for us? Dr. Donna Hamilton: Yeah, that's a great question. I agree. Some people may say it's simple or silly, but it's not, because we have to start at the beginning. And you and I were both our primary care doc. So we tend to think like, let's get the basics. And we know that we don't, not everyone focuses on health. The word health is a lot more than not to being sick. And sometimes when people say or hear the word health, what they really are thinking, at least for adults, remember my background is in pediatrics and so that is, I translate a lot of those sensibilities into adults now. A lot of people say healthy, what they really mean is not sick. The word health literally means whole. W. H. O. L. E. That's the root of the word. So I guess way back whenever we created the English language and someone chose the word, what they were describing was someone who was whole, W. H. O. L. E. They were functioning at their best in their entirety. That's what being healthy literally means. And that's why it's really important because you cannot be sick but still not be functioning well. Not feeling well physically, mentally or emotionally. Dr. Berry: I think it's extremely important, especially when you touch on the different aspects of it. Because I love that you did that because I think a lot of times the common knowledge is for, especially from a physician to really maybe focus on one aspect, right? Maybe just from a physical standpoint you look healthy but maybe we're not going to address those other aspects of it. How important do you feel making sure that not only the physical, the emotional, the mental, the well like all of that plays a factor in making sure we are completely healthy, which is obviously the whole? Dr. Donna Hamilton: That it's crucial. The way I described it to adults is, in pediatrics or if you were dealing with a child, whether it's your child or a family member or someone in the community. Intuitively we know this. So we wouldn't look at a child who is physically doing well and thriving, but they had behavior problems or they were depressed or they were acting up and acting out. We wouldn't say that child was well or healthy. We know that there was more to deal with it. If they were homeless, if they had social issues. We would know that something needed to be addressed. But for some reason, and I don't know what the age is so to speak. Somewhere expectations get lowered for adults. People say, well, you know what, I'm not overweight and I don't have any scary diagnoses and they ignore everything else and that doesn't ignore it, doesn't hit their radar. I'm still somewhat amazed when I have these discussions with people and I walk them through. Being healthy is really functioning at your best in mind, body, spirit and enlightening and they're like, oh yeah, that makes sense. So that's the essence of wellbeing. That's another, that's one of the reasons that you will see that. I still talk about health, but for my understanding, the way I'd use, I use health, wellness and wellbeing interchangeable because they all are trying to describe the same theme. Unfortunately the way we tend to be in our society, people like to try to streamline it. So people first started using the word wellness because folks stop using health to mean like in its entirety. So people start saying, I'm going to talk about wellness then. So people understand, I mean function at your best in every way. And then people started to use the word wellness to mean like nutrition and maybe fitness. But again, it’s part of wellness, but they kind of just, again, they got away from the sense of it means functioning in your best in every aspect. So now you'll see that a lot of people are talking about wellbeing and I'm hoping we get to it at wellbeing. You know what I mean, like we get it that people stop trying to streamline away this concept of functioning at your best in its entirety. Because like I said, we'd know what we wanted for our children. I don't know why for some reason for adults, people stop wanting it for themselves or for each other. Dr. Berry: Oh, that's a whole, okay. Alright. I love it. I love that point. Question. And of course I asked this as an internist who takes care of the 18 and up, how would you rate really our ability to even teach that message to others as far as just being overall healthy in the whole fear of it? Dr. Donna Hamilton: You know that depends on a lot of different paths. I think it depends on your specialty. I think it depends on your, you know, so whether it's pediatrics, whether it's Med, Peds, whether it's family medicine, whether it's internal medicine and you train thinking, I'm going to be a sub specialist or you did internal medicine thinking you're going to go into geriatrics. So I think it really depends on how you were trained, what you were trained in and in general what you bring to your job, which is like any other specialties like any other profession, it's what you bring to it. I would say in general, and it might be a little bias but also can be correct. I think in general, pediatricians are the best range because and I laugh but it's true, but it is part of how we are training, especially for General Ped and community pediatric, which is how I was trained, so we are truly trained in the bio psycho social model, like to really take a good history to make sure that we're assessing developmental. I mean if you think about it, part of the pediatric paradigm is medical home. That's become part of the adult medicine paradigm. But it literally was started in pediatrics in the 60s the idea that your doctor is your team leader and we're going to make sure that we're keeping touch. I'm keeping track of everything that you need in order to be healthy, but there's like you said, a lot of family medicine people, a lot of internists who do take care of adolescents and young adults, they tend to be focused in into more that what a wellness and preventive aspect. I'm hoping that as a society, understanding the importance of prevention. That more doctors will get better and have time connect the other piece you can be trained because we actually all are trained. Let's be honest, we all are trained in this. Then you get the specifics and the logistics of your job where depending on where you're employed and how, who's in charge of your schedule, you don't have time to practice good medicine. I mean, we know we got plenty of phenomenal of what they do and people don't give get enough time to take care of their patients. And I used to, when I retired my clinical practice. And that was one of the reasons it was very challenging to practice what I knew was best for my patients. And I used to talk at the administrators and the scheduling people and say a little tongue in cheek, but seriously, you know, patients don't know they're only supposed to have a 10 minute problem. Yeah. Patients gonna come in. Whether you schedule me for five minutes, 10 minutes, or the 30 minutes that I need to adequately address this issue, that's how much time it takes to look, to take care of the patient. Dr. Berry: I love it and it's very definitely interesting point that I didn't even know about as far as the medical centered home starting with children, which makes sense. But, and you're right, like in a primary care setting, that's definitely been this new model that's come around where they really are trying to encapture a patient's health care even when they leave the office, which sounds like why weren't you doing it before? But like that's definitely the movement that's happening. Dr. Donna Hamilton: Absolutely. And it's what we need. It's a win-win for everyone. Patients need that. Especially when we're not feeling well. When you're not feeling well or you have a family members not feeling well that you don't even have enough as much energy to coordinate and organize everything. You don't even know what you're supposed to do most of the time. I mean, you and I, we're fortunate we're physicians. We have friends who are physicians. Yeah, so we have a basic understanding of what's supposed to happen. But again, you know, you're not a pediatrician. I'm not an internist. So if I'm dealing with an adult medicine cardiac issue, I still maybe don't know all the things that are supposed to happen and what all the balls that need to be juggled so to speak. That's where your family home, your medical home comes in and most doctors who care about their patients, which is most of us, especially in primary care. (Shout out to primary care). By the way, to all the listeners out there, it's really important for you to have a primary care doctor, and I say this because you and I know a lot of people don't, especially people who tend to have more medical issues. Let's say it's a cardiac issue or it's a renal issues, kidney issues. They don't see that specialist a lot and they'll keep going there. Even women who are healthy, they'll tend to go to their gynecologist. I have a doctor who is gynecologist. Shout out to all the gynecologists we love you. They'll be the first to tell you that they are not primary care doctors. Their focus is on women's reproductive health. And so you need, and I really use the word need, but in this case I'm going to, well it's highly, highly recommended. Dr. Berry: Highly, highly recommend. Dr. Donna has stamped it here on the Lunch and Learn community. Go ahead. Dr. Donna Hamilton: Highly recommended, your medical and your self-care team. You have someone who is your primary care doctor who's not a specialist. So for adults that would be an internist or an internal medicine doctor or someone who is family medicine doctor. And for children that is a pediatrician. Yeah. They're also family medicine doctors who do take care of children. So it would be a pediatrician or family medicine doctor who takes care of infants, children and adolescence. I know you love track, but this is all important. Dr. Berry: All important. No, no, that's okay. That's the Lunch and Learn community is here to learn and listen. So they going to take everything we give them. (There you go). Now question. And when we talk about being healthy, right? And at the time we're recording this, I'm in an issue where I'm struggling with quote unquote being healthy. I actually, for those who followed me on Instagram, you know that I suffered an injury chasing after my son. Right? And now I am in the rehab process of a surgery that I recently had got done. And I see the mental changes that have happened just based off that. When we talk about just some of the struggles that are associated with just being healthy. What are some issues that you kind of run across, you seen in some of your patients on the time of time basis? I said like, wow. It seems like everybody seems to be dealing with the same related issues. Dr. Donna Hamilton: Oh, that's a lot. You know, I would, I'm gonna go to a core, something you touched on. Mindset is a really big piece. That's kind of a trendy word right now. The way I teach, we talk about mental, the mental arena, which is your thoughts, your beliefs, your expectations. So that mindset piece is a really big one. And that can shift if you're having a physical health challenge. And the mind and body are in constant communication, right? So you might actually be feeling good and tend to be more positive and with your expectations about life and your health. And then you ended up with a physical health challenge and then your mind starts to awfulize, right? And you're like, oh my gosh, what can happen, to cover or you just don't feel as good. So that's one of the common, common themes where people who are dealing with any type of health issue, it's that mindset piece and the, it really the expectation that they're going to be healthy, especially as they get older. And notice I didn't say old, it's older. So people in their twenties who start getting into this belief. You know that they're old, they're starting to fall apart and anything, anytime something goes wrong it's like, oh I'm getting older. And I look at was like on so many levels we have to stop that. First, because sometimes you're like half my age. But also there is a big connection between our expectations and our biology of belief. Which we can have a separate discussion about that. But a lot of times we start to focus on the negative and we still, we look for the negative instead of focusing on the expectation of being healthy or recovering or getting better. So those are some of the common pieces that I see. Again, it's a focus on illness instead of wellness and what we can do to feel better to get better. So whether instead of focusing on, okay, so how can I recover quickly so I can get back and do whatever. People are wondering, how long am I going sick? How long is this going to hurt? It's spoken on the negative instead of the positive expectancy. Does that make sense? Dr. Berry: It makes total sense and I love it because we had a recent guest, Dr Brad on here who kind of talked about how a lot of times we focus on the failure aspect instead of focusing on the goal and the win. So that makes complete sense, right? If we get sick and all they're doing, we're focusing on the sickness aspect of it and not the aspect of getting better, then it's going to take a long time to get better. I had decided that makes total sense. Dr. Donna Hamilton: Our brain and for people who are listening, I don't want you to beat up on yourself that this is your tendency. We're wired this from a neurologic perspective. We have what's called a negativity bias and there's a lot of reasons for that. The very short version, it's helped us survive. So if you are walking out in the street and I'm making it up, you want into a bear, I live in the Poconos so this actually can happen. You want to remember every aspect of what you know puts you in danger so that you don't do that. So that's our mind is wired to focus on these things. And so it does take some energy and effort to shift to start to focus on the positive. But it's a payoff because you might be improving and not even notice it. A good example is pain. When I was practicing and kids were a little bit different. Fortunately I didn't have any too many children who had chronic pain. But I did have some older adolescents who had some chronic illness. We would teach them to focus. If we gave them some pain medication. Instead of saying, well, how much does it hurt beforehand and how much that just hurt now? We would ask them to focus on the pain relief because it made them start to say focus. Although this is better because if not, people are still focusing on how much it hurts instead of is it feeling better. How much is it feeling better now? And you train yourself to focus on feeling better, getting better, you know? So in your case, for someone who's having a mobility issue, if you hurt on your leg or your foot, instead of focusing, I still can't fill in. I still can't walk without a limp. I still can't go up a flight of stairs. It's like, oh no, what? I walked across the room today before it started hurting. And the shifts start to help us focus on being better and being healthier and looking forward. Because our energy goes where our attention flows. So we see and we attract what it is we focus on. So let's focus on what we want instead of what we don't. Dr. Berry: Oh I love that. I love it. Dr. Donna, you've talked about a key arenas really affecting our health. What would you say they are? Like some of the key arenas really affecting our everyday health. Whether you're an adult and I know you deal with children but working with adults now. Dr. Donna Hamilton: So whether you're an adult or child, the key arenas are the same. There are five and I don't get caught up on the number because depending on who you listen to, they'll define them in different ways and they'll give them different needs. But the concept is that we are talking about every aspect of affecting your health and wellness. So for this conversation, I teach the people, I've worked with five arenas. The first is the physical. So that's what you would think. It's the body. It's what you put in your body, on your body, and anything that affects anything that's tangible. Those are all aspects of the physical arena in your life and your health. There's the mental arena, which we touched on earlier. Those are your thoughts and your beliefs, your inner voice. So you can see that for a lot of people, they may look good physically and their mental arena is off. And we're not talking about mentally ill. We're talking about people who are chronically critical of themselves and others beating up on themselves. They awfulize, you know, if you say can be done, they're the first to tell you 500 reasons why there's no way, why they're definitely gonna die. So that would not be a healthy mental. The next is the emotional arena. Those are your feelings, which is different than the mental arena. That's a very important distinction. The mental arena. It's about thoughts. Your thoughts and beliefs are not the same as your feelings. And many, many people don't like to play in the realm of feelings. So that emotions - happy, sad, fear. So that's the emotional area and you can see why many people like to avoid that because some of those feelings are uncomfortable. But that's an important part of being healthy, addressing your emotional arena. The next is the social arena and this is a big one and many people overlook it. Your social arena is what gives life variety and spice. So those are your habits, your hobbies, your money, your relationship, your job. So in medicine, for any positions who are listening, we talk about the bio psycho social. When we take a social history. For other listeners who aren't in medicine, that's why when you go to your primary care doctor, especially for first visit, they'll ask you what do you do? What do you do for a living? Are you married? Are you single? It's not just being nice and establishing a relationship though that's important too. This gives us a picture of all the aspects affecting your life. Because your job, your money, your, your habits. Whether you smoke, whether you text and drive. All of these affect your overall health and wellbeing. Your sleeping habits, all of these come under the social aspect of the social media. And the lesser arena is the spiritual arena. And that's not religion, but religion does fall under this. The spiritual arena is around on your purpose, your mission, what gives your life meaning and how you make sense of it. That's also very, very important. Not only from quality of life because you can have everything looking good in those other boxes. So you're physically healthy mentally, emotionally. You got a job that you love and healthy relationships, with money. And you're still feeling like your life has no meaning or purpose. And so remember we said being healthy, as functioning in your best in every aspect. If you're walking around feeling like your life has no meaning or purpose, you're not really living your best life. You're not functioning at your best. That's why that spiritual arena is really important. It also becomes very important if you end up getting physically ill. Because if you're unconscious or unspoken belief is, nah, doesn't really matter and your doctor is saying come on, you've got to get your blood pressure under control. I don't know what's going on. If you don't get this under control, you're going to have a stroke. You could die. And if you're really trying to like, oh well and you're not depressed. I'm making a distinction to people are depressed. But people will really kind of have this existential. Oh well if I live, live and I don't, that's fine. You're not going to be motivated to take stuff better. So all the arenas are connected. And so with my coaching clients, many times I will tell people, if you're stuck trying to make progress in one area, you would benefit from starting with another arena. So for a health thing, if you have tried six ways from Sunday to lose weight and it's not working, many times we find success when we start in another arena and start addressing that arena first. Dr. Berry: Oh I love it. And Lunch and Learn community, I tell you every time, I think I say it's a week now, every week. I selfishly learn just as much from the guests as you guys may be learning as you're listening to this right now. So I'm definitely intrigued and remember, we do show notes so you don't have to like write anything down. You will get a chance to kind of have everything kind of written in a nice little pdf format so you can get those five key arenas. And I think Dr. Donna touched on it very well that you could be doing great in three of them, right? But those other two could be the reason why you can't lose weight. The other two could be the reason why your blood pressure isn't going down. The reason why, you know, you're not having good communication in your relationship. But also so I definitely love the fact that, you know, they really are together and again, we're not trying to prioritize one or the other. We're just trying to say, yeah, you got five that really can affect it one way. Thank you Dr. Donna for that aspect. Dr. Donna Hamilton: Yeah, they're all related. And like I tell people because we do workplace wellbeing, I see that a lot. So here's another way that's common. When you ask what are some things that we see are common, very, very common. So people will be stressed at their job for fill in the blank reasons. Not enough money, too much demand. Bully boss. They’re stressed out at work. They go home. They can't turn it off or they're still stressed out. So one, it might end up affecting their relationship, their arguing with their significant other, or they're kind of snippy with their kids or they're feeling guilty because they're not spending time with their kids. If that doesn't happen, then they're wondering why. Maybe they can't sleep well, they just, they're having sleep problems because the stress from work. And I'm not saying this is always the case, but here's a common scenario. So the stress from work is disturbing your sleep and then they're wondering why they're gaining weight. Because sleep disturbances can affect your weight or they're wondering why they're having trouble controlling your blood sugar. Because if you're not getting enough sleep, that can be a factor. So this is a scenario where sometimes the key to affecting change is dealing with work stress. It might be getting another job. It might mean having a fierce conversation with your manager. But the issue might not be getting more disciplined and not what you're eating. It may be, in this case we got to do something about that stress job because that's the one that is wreaking havoc on your physical wellbeing. Dr. Berry: I love it. And I think, and I especially think this segues perfectly to kind of our next point. Because obviously someone's not going to be able to Google how to get healthier. Because it's different for everybody. What do you think about the importance of having really individualized plans and goals for each individual person in their pursuit to become healthier? Dr. Donna Hamilton: I’m a huge fan. So much so that I've wrote a book entitled Wellness Your Way. It's literally about making it your way because one size doesn't fit all when it comes to health. Now that doesn't mean that there aren't common themes and patterns. I mean that is the case. But depending on what your underlying issue is, depending on your age, where you live. There's so many different variables that you may have to have a customized plan. You will get better benefits if you have a customized approach to that. And what works for your friend may not work for you. I mean, we tell patients that all the time. If nothing else with prescription meds, right? I mean, we have many times, well my aunt had so and so and she had this, so I'm gonna take that thing and we'd like, don't do that. That's an extreme example, but it happens, right? It's all things. The other piece that's very important. What worked for you 10 years ago, five years ago, might not work for you now. So it's not just customized from person to person. It's customized for point of life for you. You know, you may have had a health issue that a new diagnosis. You may have had a baby. I mean there's so many different variables that's going on. You may have a different job now, so you know, you can't take certain medications because they'll make you sleepy and you can't do that yet. There are just so many different variables. That's why it's so important to have a customized approach for you now. And the best way to do that, again, going full circle, that's my I having their primary care doctor who you know and trust and who knows you. That's why it's so important because they can help customize what you need now. Dr. Berry: Oh, I love it. And of course they can pick up your book. The book was called again, I'm sorry? Dr. Donna Hamilton: Wellness Your Way. Dr. Berry: Wellness Your Way. And remember Lunch and Learn listeners, the link will be in the show notes as well too so you can pick that up and we'll make sure we support Dr. Donna and especially helping enlighten this community. Again, I'm enlightened. Like I said I'm, I've got the five keys like ready to make sure like I'm maximizing my approaches in every single one of them. So again definitely appreciate that aspect of the education today. Before we let you go, because I know your time is busy but couple of things I want to talk about. Because we talk about mindset being a very a buzz wordy type terminology these days, right? But what do you think about health, being healthy in self-care? Is that one in the same way? What do you think the relationship is with those things? Dr. Donna Hamilton: I'm a big fan of distinctions in words and so health and self-care are different though they are interconnected. Self-care is what it sounds like. It's the way you take care of yourself or it's part of how you become healthy or how you maintain your health or how you become healthy. And so self-care helps you achieve your health goals. Likewise if you're healthy or not, your degree of health and wellbeing. That can affect your ability to take care of yourself. A very basic level, if you are feeling so ill physically warned him that you can't get out of bed, it's more challenging. You take care of yourself. You’re either not feeling well. Mentally, not up to it or physically you can't get up and go take a walk. So that's the one. So they are different but they are intimately related. Dr. Berry: And do you find any common misconceptions or issues that kind of prevent people from making sure that their self-care is where it needs to be? Dr. Donna Hamilton: Oh absolutely. The biggest misconception is that self-care is a luxury and it involves luxury items. Yeah, I love a mani, in spa day as much as the next person, I'd love it. But there's more to self-care than massages and mani and even meditation. Those are some of the common things people they gotta take care of myself and you're spotting. You take care of myself at the learn how to meditate. These are all examples of self but self-care is, it's broader than that. And we have to encourage people to look at self-care in different categories. Self-care. It doesn't have to be this separate thing that you make time for. You can have small spurts of self-care that are quick and easy. You can have longer spurts of self-care like a nice vacation but you can also have self-care but you do in the moment at work and also self-care isn't always the juicy fun stuff. Self-care is going in for your annual exam. Self-care is making sure you get your cholesterol level under control. You know self-care is going to the dentist and having your eyes checked right. Those are acts of self-care too. Self-care cannot be having a plan to manage stress at work. It can be making sure once an hour you get up and you walk around if you have a desk job. So there's lots of different ways that we can create self-care that are not these luxury things that you have to add to your schedule. Dr. Berry: I love it. And first of all Lunch and Learn community. You know I love that Dr. Donna. She has told you to get your regular annual visit like three times today and I'm loving every single time she says it because I am 100% here for it. Dr. Donna Hamilton: Yes, thank you. We have to start with the basic and Dr. Berry knows I'm a big fan of acknowledging and then be real. I'm not saying that it's easy or necessarily pleasant to do. That does not change that it's important to do. So it's important. That's why you listen to this podcast. Actually listening to this podcast can count as self-care depending on your intention and the spirit with which you listened to it. And I'm sure most of you are listening to it with the intention of learning information about your health. That's taking care of your mental arena. You're filling in your mind with healthy beliefs, accurate information from trusted, valued physicians in healthcare providers. Because Dr. Berry, he's not just going to bring you anyone. He's going to bring people know what they're talking about. So that self-care. Because it can be confusing these days to have good, reliable, trustworthy health information. You know doctor Google, we love it. But that isn't the best way to get reliable health information. And by not the best way I would say don't do it. Unless it is taking you to a trusted website, of a trusted physician you know. So this counts as self-care, especially if you put the information that you learned into action. Take one step, like one step. And that is counts self-care. Dr. Berry: I love it. And before we let you go and the last question I always employ to my guests, how is what you're doing? How can what you do to help empower others to take better control of their health? Dr. Donna Hamilton: What we teach literally is around knowing what you need and then advocating and taking appropriate actions. That is a core of what we teach at my company. A core of my approach when I work with coaching clients, it's around giving people the information that they need and then inspiring them forward. That is, people say, don't tell your secret sauce, but I'm going to share that with them. That's part of my secret sauce. And Dr. Berry knows I'm big on inspiration and motivation and that's not a Pollyanna sort of way. You know, because doctors, we tell people what to do and we tell them how to do it right. So think about a prescription, take two pills. That's what to do. Take it, you know, at bedtime, a little bit of food. That's how to do it. The Art of medicine is inspiring people to do it and that's a big piece of what we have to do. And that's why you'll find, and people who talk to me and follow me, we'll find that I focus on what's to do, not instead of what not to do. We talked a lot about that. I will share a lot of inspiration and uplifting information because people need that now more than ever. It's easier to take action, take care of yourself when you feel like there's a purpose. So that is a big piece of it. When you start to think about your five arenas, you start to think about, well how am I doing in each of these areas? What's working? What needs some work if feels so much more manageable for starting to feel more manageable than, oh my goodness, what's going wrong? What my doctor said, all these numbers of bad, blah, blah, blah, and I'm afraid I'm getting old. And all that negative self-talk that can actually put you into. It can shut you down. Part of a stress is a freeze response. So people talk about fight or flight, which a lot of your listeners may have heard of. There's a third part that people don't recognize, which is freeze response. It is a physiologic response. So we get overwhelmed. We shut down because we think like our mind and our bodies are programmed so that it kind of, it feels like it's keeping us safe. It doesn't always, but so we keep people inspired and motivated with information and to know that they're doing what's best for them. To understand how to get advocates and how to get good healthcare to support them. Because you don't need to be a doc. That's the other thing I tell people. I mean, we want you to have a medical literacy. We want you to understand what you need. But we train a long time to learn all this information. You don't have to take on all that responsibility. And I say this, everyone who the recovering control freaks out. Raise if you’re listening, tell the truth. I'm raising my hand to, you like to have control because then they'll say. That's a lot of responsibility to put on yourself. Also not realistic. So get someone who can help you. Take care of yourself. And that's that empowered piece. So you know how to talk to about. You know questions asked. You know how to advocate for yourself. But then also you can trust them to help you achieve your goals and that's how this all comes together. So it makes it easy. You have to help your doctor help you and that's how we help you. You keep you up lifted and educated so you know what to do and what to ask for. Dr. Berry: I love it. I love and Dr. Donna thank you for definitely knocking out, knock in that question out of the park. Absolutely an amazing, and again, Lunch and Learn community knock down is when someone that we've been friends for going on three plus years now and every time I see Dr. Donna is, and again this is not just fluff like she is really inspiring. She is really being positive. She's really making sure that you are in a right mindset to be able to move forward. So Dr. Donna, thank you for joining the Lunch and Learn podcast and really help educating us and getting us together. But before I let you go. And again, I keep saying that, but this is a timeframe that I like to show off my guest. I'm very fortunate enough to know some amazing people doing some absolutely amazing things. Dr. Donna hinted at a little bit when she talked about her book on this your way. Dr. Donna I want you to kinda take the floor, let people know what you're doing, what you got for them, books, courses, whatever that is, please let them know now, because I don't know if Lunch and Learn community realizes there's like no, like this is actually like a big dog right here talking to you. That's why I always give the opportunities like, no, just let these folks know like who you are. And they said, ok. Yeah, yeah. That's Dr. Donna Hamilton. Dr. Donna Hamilton: Thank you Dr. Berry. Yes. So as we talked about in the beginning, for those of you who skipped, right, and I am a four time bestselling author. I'm an international speaker. I have been featured on ABC, NBC, CBS, NPR, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera. So my information is out there and not that we need to have it validated by others, but I'm doing something that other people find valuable. So that's Dr. Berry mentioned you can get my book Wellness Your Way. He's going to have a link to the site where you can go to get an autographed copy for me and it's on Amazon. We are in the process of shifting over some logistics. So if you run there and its listing is not right there right now, don't worry, it's getting up there. What apart through our company manifest excellence, as we mentioned, we do work site wellbeing consulting. One of the pieces of we're very, very excited about as we're rolling out new trainings and courses for managers and CEOs around trauma informed leadership. We're really excited about this. But people may not realize it, but about two thirds of every adult has survived at least one childhood trauma or what we call in pediatrics adverse childhood event. And then if you add, when they get to be adults, you add so-called regular traumas like car accidents and having surgery or so by having a fire. That's a lot of the workforce that is walking around having survived a trauma and so a certain subset of that has may have post-traumatic stress or they're just, they interface a little differently. And we are teaching employers how to have a trauma informed workplace. So we can talk about that a separate podcast. We're teaching people how to be trauma informed with each other so that we all have workplaces that help us get our job done instead of causing us to shut down and be more stressed and less healthy. So we're really very excited about that. I also have a gift. I want to make sure that your listeners have. If they go to manifestexcellence.com/chooseyou. We have a checklist. This is not about trauma informed. I should've mentioned this earlier. This is for what we're talking about today. It's a self-care checklist. There's so much out there around how to be healthy. Even after listening to all this information, you still say, but where do I start? So we've put together a nice short sweet document that goes over some of the key healthy habits. They'll give you the most bang for your buck. So whether there's certain habits that whether you're trying to be healthy, address diabetes or weight control or whatever, is there certain habits that will give you health benefits across all the different arenas. So we have that list and it's combined with a nice checklist and you can write your notes down and you know what to talk to your doctor about. Dr. Berry I said I'm really big on that. And a lot of times we have all these wonderful ideas and then we go to the doctor's office and the patient doesn't remember anything they want to talk about, like not one thing. And so we have it all in one document. We've got prompting questionnaires. Some of my health goals are blank. I want to talk to my doctor about blank. Doctor can help me with, you know, so please do that for yourself. Again, we want you to be empowered, but we don't want you to be burdened. So we are giving you the tools so that you can help your doctor help you. Dr. Berry: I love it. Absolutely. Oh, okay. Say it again. That's why I love to have amazing guests who bring us stuff. Right? So we're going to actually leave with stuff to be able to kind of get onto the next level because Dr. Donna said correctly. We can tell you all we need to tell you, but you still have to take that action, right? So I want to make sure you download this checklist that take action, get healthy, get to your doctor, get that wellness appointment done and over with, right? So you don't have to have Dr. Donna come after you because you have not done it yet. Dr. Donna Hamilton: It would be to encourage and love you for. That sounds healthy and like fluffy and all of that. But I always do. I tell people, most people do a good enough job beating up on themselves. They don't need me or their doctor beating up on them. So we are going to come behind you and courage you forward and say what's going on? If I did imitations better, I imitate, a nice loving, caring grandmother voice or something like that to inspire people forward. Because most of us know, especially if you're listening to this podcast, you are learning what it is to do. So we just have to help you get out of overwhelm so that you can do it. And that's part of my expertise. Helping people move from the stuck to unstoppable. Dr. Berry: I love it. And what's your website again so people know where they can find you? Dr. Donna Hamilton: Go to manifestexcellence.com and that's where we'll have all the workplace wellbeing information. There's lots of blog posts you can go and we have, I want to say about seven years worth of blog articles about self-care. How to be healthy at work. There's safety. There's a lot of information there. If you are a CEO or manager and you want to bring us in to help with your, to do lunch and learns at your office or to do checkups for your employee wellbeing program, you can contact us there. Or if you are an employee who wants simply some information about how to be healthy, you can contact us through there and they'll get the information to us. And for the guests and for the gift, it's manifestexcellence.com/chooseyou. That C. H. O. O. S. E. Y. O. U. Dr. Berry: I love it, Dr. Donna. Again, I can't thank you enough for not only such an amazing discussion today on health, but really accumulating an amazing month of podcasts that really focus on, we're not just talking about blood pressure. We go, trust me, I've got plenty of podcasts that talk about that, right? But like we want to make sure that we're hitting home the fact that you're like, no, your mindset, I got to get right. If you want to get healthy, we’re halfway, we're already on the other side of halfway towards 2019 and depending on when you're listening to this. So you can start today if you didn't start the first six months. And Dr. Donna you had been such an amazing job and definitely thank you again for joining the Lunch and Learn community. Educating us. Getting us together. Like I said, even though I thought I was a little bit healthy, I'm going to make sure I take myself to the next level. Dr. Donna Hamilton: That's right. We need to aim high, be healthy. Function at your best, in mind, body, spirit, and life. Aim high. Dr. Berry: Thank you Dr. Donna. Dr. Donna Hamilton: Thanks Dr. Berry. Download the MP3 Audio file, listen to the episode however you like.

April is National Minority Health Month. The Sisters discuss a chronic disease that affects all minority groups at higher rates than whites and answer your questions, "Can I prevent it? "Does cinnamon cure diabetes?" "Why is insulin so expensive?"

In the United States, the month of April is recognized as National Minority Health Month. It’s an initiative to advance health equity across the country on behalf of all racial and ethnic minorities. And this week is Black Maternal Health Week! Black Mamas Matter Alliance is a non-profit organization sponsoring Black Maternal Health Week from April 11 through April 17. I strongly encourage you to connect with Black Mamas Matter and to sign up for their mailing list (find that link in the references below). They have all kinds of free social media events this week. It’s important to see black mamas’ voices and perspectives elevated around issues that impact them.  In this episode, we are excited to feature Michelle Gabriel Caldwell. Michelle is a trained and certified childbirth educator and doula. She has more than ten years of experience in both of these areas, and also has experience as a postpartum doula and a breastfeeding peer counselor. Her passion is educating women about their options during their birth journey. As a woman of African descent, she wants all women to understand the role they play in healing. In addition, Michelle holds science degrees and works full time for a Germany-based chemical company from her home in New Jersey. In 2018 Michelle became an Evidence Based Birth Instructor, and she is teaching Evidence Based Childbirth Classes for parents as well as EBB workshops for professionals in the New Jersey area.  Join us for a deep discussion on racism in the birth world, and how to combat institutional prejudice. One more announcement - TONIGHT is the last chance to attend our free public webinar all about the research evidence on epidurals and cesareans! You can register for that webinar via the link in the resources below.  For more information and news about Evidence Based Birth®, visit www.ebbirth.com. Find us on Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest. Ready to get involved? Check out our Professional membership (including scholarship options) and our Instructor program. Find an EBB Instructor here, and click here to learn more about the Evidence Based Birth® Childbirth Class.  RESOURCES: Sign up for the Black Mamas Matter Alliance email list here. Learn more about Black Maternal Health Week here. Connect with Michelle on Facebook, and via email at babypleasebirthservices@gmail.com Join us for our FREE webinar on the “Evidence on Epidurals and the Risk of Cesarean” airing live TONIGHT, April 17 at 9:00 pm Eastern! Register here.

Introduction... On this week's episode of the Lunch and Learn with Dr. Berry we have Dr. Shanicka Scarbrough, better known as America's Favorite Family Physician to bless the podcast with some wisdom and knowledge. As we take in another month of April we recognize National Minority Health Month and I figured who better to discuss the importance of focusing on minority care & physicians than Dr. Shanicka. As the medical director for BlackDoctor.org, she works tirelessly to connect culturally competent physicians to patients and vice versa. Dr. Shanicka recognized the need to act on this void of information between the willing parties and continues to be essential in bridging the gap. Her love to support those in need aren't just centered here in the United States as you will get to here about her many passport stamps over the years. Listen to the end as she discusses her love for growth & guidance and how it helped propel her to write not just one or two books but twelve in a year. This is definitely and episode that you will enjoy. Listen on Apple Podcast, Google Play, Stitcher, Soundcloud, iHeartRadio, Spotify Sponsors: Lunch and Learn Community Online Store (code Empower10) Pierre Medical Consulting (If you are looking to expand your social reach and make your process automated then Pierre Medical Consulting is for you) Links/Resources: drshanicka.com www.herdailyjournal.com Facebook - @drshanicka and @drshanickaauthor Instagram @drshanicka Twitter @drshanicka BlackDoctor.org Social Links: Join the lunch and learn community - https://www.drpierresblog.com/joinlunchlearnpod Follow the podcast on Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/lunchlearnpod Follow the podcast on twitter - http://www.twitter.com/lunchlearnpod - use the hashtag #LunchLearnPod if you have any questions, comments or requests for the podcast For More Episodes of the Lunch and Learn with Dr. Berry Podcasts https://www.drpierresblog.com/lunchlearnpodcast/ If you are looking to help the show out Leave a Five Star Review on Apple Podcast because your ratings and reviews are what is going to make this show so much better Share a screenshot of the podcast episode on all of your favorite social media outlets & tag me or add the hashtag.#lunchlearnpod   Episode 104 - Bridging-the-Gap- Full TranscriptDownload [showhide type="post" more_text="Episode 104 Transcript..." less_text="Show less..."] Introduction: Dr. Berry And welcome to another episode of the Lunch and Learn with Dr. Berry. I’m your host, Dr. Berry Pierre, your favorite Board Certified Internist. Founder of Dr. Berry.com as well as Pierre Medical Consulting. Helping you empower yourself with better health with the number one podcast, where patient advocacy helping you empower yourself with better health. This week we have an amazing guest. A good friend of mine, Dr. Shanicka Scarbrough who is going to educate us on how we bridge the gap. We get to talk about National Minority Health Month. We get to talk about a lot of her endeavors. Because she's a phenomenal woman who just does absolutely amazing things and is probably busier than me, right? And I know I know a lot of people say I'm busy. With this one, she is a busy one. Like this kind of doors and my works, like she makes me work a little harder when I see the amount of work that she gets done. So quick bio. I know you guys need that credibility boost so you know like hey, make sure Dr. Berry is just talking to anybody. Dr. Shanicka Scarbrough a.k.a. America's favorite family medicine doctor. Graduated from the University of Illinois College of Medicine in 2009. She completed her family medicine residency program at Advocate Christ Medical Center in 2012. Since then she has gained invaluable experience as a board-certified family physician. She has had the privilege of owning and operating a private medical practice. She is a bestselling author with four titles including As the Wind Blows Vol. 1 and 2. As well as her Daily Journal Series where she emboldens women to take one step closer to Christ and a longtime physician entrepreneur where she teaches at a physician and physicians in training how to start her medical practice. Currently, Dr. Shanicka is the Medical Director of Black Doctor.org and works as a wound care specialist in Sacramento where she lives with her husband Pastor Darrell Scarbrough and their three rambunctious dogs. Dr. Shanicka mission is to be transparent about her life in hopes and share her testimonies will help bring others closer to God. Haven't been the featured MC of the Diva M.D. radio show on urban broadcast media as well as a variety of other platforms on television social media. She speaks in various educational inspirational settings travels internationally including Haiti and many countries in Africa to extend her knowledge skills and expertise around the globe and you do and you'll have the links to her website and her daily general series that I think you guys all need to pick up because it's absolutely amazing. And like I said you know this is amazing person right. And again weekly, we talk a lot about her work with Black Doctor.org or we talk a lot about her work with the international mission trips as she does. So you just got to sit tight and be ready for another great episode but remember before you do that make sure you hit that subscribe button. Make sure you share this with a friend of yours. Tell them to hit the subscribe button and leave 5-star review. Dr. Shanicka 5 star review. Let her know she did an amazing job and you guys have a great take. You're ready for an amazing episode. Episode Dr. Berry: All right, Lunch and Learn community. Again, you heard amazing intro from not only a person I respect in the health community especially when it talked about minority health and it talked about physician empowerment. But a friend of mine, Dr. Shanicka Scarbrough, who is, you know, really helped educate us on, you know, obviously when rational minority health needs. You know, what the roadblocks of being an author. You know, why, as she kinda, taken upon herself to get physician out there, own way. You know, put the pen and paper. So definitely excited about today show. And again, Dr. Shanicka Scarbrough, thank you for coming. Dr. Shanicka Scarbrough: Thank you so much for having me, Dr. Berry. Dr. Berry: Again, again, Lunch and Learn community, I can't hide this person enough. Again, I think, things were going on almost 3 years now I think and it's (Yes, sir). Quite some time and as see, we both see each other grow. Its pace is been absolutely amazing and I'm the biggest geek fan. I watch a lot of my colleagues from afar. Do amazing things. So I knew Lunch and Learn community, that I needed to get her, you know, to educate us a little bit and talk about some things I think is important. Especially in this month that we're in now when we talk about National Minority Health Month. Again, first of all, before that, Dr. Shanika, please tell Lunch and Learn community a little bit about yourself and you know, they may not know, they may not read the bio about of. Dr. Shanicka Scarbrough: Absolutely. Again, thank you, Dr. Berry, for having me on your podcast, Lunch and Learn. This is an amazing platform. I am a geek as well, looking from afar (laughing). And all of you guys do some amazing things and watching you all, do your amazing things is actually what motivated me and some of the positions that I have now, to be able to amplify that. So, super excited about that and we can talk about that and just a bit. And I am back, Dr. Shanicka Scarbrough, formerly Dr. Shanicka Williams. Scarbrough came two and a half years. No. Yeah. Two and a half years. Now, my husband is a pastor. We are originally held from Chicago. Then we moved all the way to Sacramento, California. Our work, he has called to pastor church. My church, Homboss church in Sacramento. So I'm super excited about what God is doing in the city of Sacramento itself and our church community. I am a Board Certified Family Medicine Physician. I went to the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine (laughing), in hometown 2009. And did a residency in family medicine. I'm an advocate of Christ in 2012. Since then, I have a multitude of opportunities and things to do within the family medicine scope. That's really shaped to why become as a physician as well as some of the physicians that I currently have. I am currently the medical director of Black Doctor.org as of September of 2018. And I am a skilled wound care physician and that's a wound care specialist where I going to nurse and council. I take care patients who have wounds, all types of wounds, diabetic wounds, pressure ulcers, so any wounds that inspection, any wound that you can think of, I'm taking care of those, in the nursing homes. And over the past, since September, actually been able to prop of my lifestyle to fit the way I wanted to look. You know, as a physician. It's always a tough thing to do. (You're right about that). Yeah. (Laughing). That's always a tough thing to do but I think right now, I think I fit that sweet spot. So, yeah. I'm excited about what happens in medicine, what happens in the African-American community, as far as the physician, and the growth of physician in medicine, increasing the diversity in medicine. So all of that is important to me. Dr. Berry: Love it. So again, Lunch and Learn community until you see, some special. I usually, I guess. I got a lot of special friends and she's definitely one of them and you know, I thought of, depending on where you listen to his month of April, National Minority Health Month which obviously, I'm biased, right? Because a minority, as a physician, I’m keying to a lot of the different concerns that the, especially the African-American male faces on a daily basis when it comes to healthcare. Obviously, tell us, especially with the month going on as it is in your role at Black Doctor.org. What does national minority health month kinda mean to you? Dr. Shanicka Scarbrough: Yeah, absolutely. So, I've always had a passion for the African-American community, not just because I'm an African-American or I'm an African-American physician. But because of our inequality in health. I have a passion for any person or group of people that are marginalized, that is decent advantage, especially when it comes to healthcare because that's my profession. That is what I see the most. So, everything that I do is centered around career wise and education wise and getting the word out is centered around education, educating the minority population on health disparities, things that they need to know, to live a healthier life and that is ultimately how I became to be the medical director of BlackDoctor.org. So national minority health month is huge for me because I feel like, it is my duty (strong word). It is. It is my duty, not just in April, right? Not just in February, you know. It's my duty on a daily basis to educate and whatever that's look like. That's what I'm gonna do. Whatever capacity or rule that I'm in. That's what I'm gonna do. So I'm a first lady of the church. We have the first lady's health initiative where we are around the country. We have chapters around the country that focus on health in the African-American churches. So I didn't want just to be a pastor's wife. I didn't want just to be a pastor's wife right? I used my platform to educate and that it's all about. So National Minority Health Month has just been an exemplification of what my goal is to do on a daily basis, every day of the year. Dr. Berry: And it's so important, right? Lunch and Learn community. We talked about various diseases here in a podcast, where diabetes, heart diseases, and immortality and birth. You've heard them (Absolutely). And the minority seems to be more adversely affected by it, right? So it's definitely something that drives a lot of us to really want to do more because we need to do more, right? It's a duty. A lot of us really feel like it is our duty to do more because if we don't if we continue to trend, right? It's not gonna be good. Dr. Shanicka Scarbrough: It's detrimental to our community. Absolutely. Dr. Berry: I like. Actually, it's a first lady, what is that? Dr. Shanicka Scarbrough: So a first lady is just a pastor's wife. (Right). If you are a pastor's wife, your pastor having a church, you are considered especially in the African-American community to be the first lady of that church. And if you can even see me but I'm putting up air clothes, as I'm talking. So you know, there are a lot of people like you know, that take that rule very seriously and you know, unfortunately, but fortunately, people, they follow you, like that. Because you have that rule. So I don't want to be, miss in my responsibilities and that's what God is calling me to do. Any opportunity, it's not just a title to me. Any opportunity that I have, I gonna push God's agenda, all the time, every time. (Love it). And He has a passion for the marginalized. Dr. Berry: Speaking of roles, as a medical director, again, I've always been familiar about Black Doctor.org has been, one of those websites, even as a medical student, as a student, oh ok, this is speaking to me, right? And I'm always, always keen to stuff that, kinda speech directly to me. SO that, I actually love the way website. Obviously, you have been the director. What's the rule kinda and tell them what some say that you know what, I can do this? Dr. Shanicka Scarbrough: I'm always pushing whether act to do this. That is always the question of my life, am I qualify for this? Am I doing just fine? But, so, actually, Black Doctor.org, I became aware of them because they are Chicago-based company. Maybe a company. And I've always loved looking at their articles, receiving their newsletter, all of those things. So kinda develop he relationship with the CEO, over the course of many years. I did a few educational Facebook live for them while I'm living in Chicago and even came back. And you know, once I move, but because of that relationship, the rapport that I built with the CEO, I was able to relate to him some of my passions, some of my desires and some of my frustrations, about the way medicine was going and share with him some of the jobs I was working in frustrated me. And you know he's a business mind and ok, let’s create some solutions. All right! Let's do it. Officially, as of September of 2018, I became their very first medical director Black Doctor.org and my role is essentially is to create programs and services that ultimately connect positions with the patient. And one of my ideas was what we just launched last month. Web video connects directory. Is a directory, culturally sensitive positions. So that patients can go on our site. Our site already has over a hundred thousand kids a day where patients are looking for doctors. So we have to find a doctor feature. Now, we are building our list of African-American physicians that are culturally sensitive physicians. You don't have to be African-American to be a part of our directory, but it does mean that you have a passion for decreasing the health disparities in the African- American community. So yeah, so we're building that directory right now as we speak and positions across the nation are joining and we are hearing testimonials of a patient coming to the doctor office saying I found you on Black Doctor.org and I trust you. That in itself, ok look, we are on the right track. We are growing, we supposed to do. In the ultimate goal is to really bridge that gap and help disparities present patients with physicians that they trust so that they can get good access to care, that's the bottom line. That's our ultimate goal in any of the products and services that we create. Dr. Berry: Now was especially that first business of just connecting patients to physicians. Was that something that a lot of the viewers and people come to a website that ask for, hey, how do I found one in Detroit? How do I found one where I living? Dr. Shanicka Scarbrough: Absolutely, we would see that questions all of the time. Like our facebook page, in our customer support, asking where can they find physicians that look like them or as culturally sensitive. You would also see it. Even if some of our doctor's work. People don't know that we have a small community or even a large community of doctors where we talk to each other across the nation and we would get the question of, hey looking for African-American doctor in Philly, that you now, see OBG. We would have those conversations among ourselves because we want to refer our patients to people that we trust. So it was twofold, you know. Not only with the consumers asking but also the doctor. I wanna, need a doctor that I wanna send my patient too for, especially to care or happy is. I' m so, we are definitely trying to fill that void and make that easier for people to connect. Dr. Berry: And Lunch and Learn community, I wanna really stress on, I think we talked about this in the past. It's already been shown that if you're doctor shares similar characteristic like you, it kinda looks like you, you are one more likely to follow the direction, you're more likely to take the medication was supposed to and see them when actually supposed to. It adds to the cycle of becoming healthy and getting healthier. When you actually follow the direction of the doctor. Dr. Shanicka Scarbrough: Absolutely, absolutely. Dr. Berry: I remember, there was a doctor, I forget, where the person I suppose to be while back where the family didn't speak in English, English were not there primary language and the physician actually upset that the person can't speak in English. Speaking of a non-culturally competent physician. Like that's where a lot of people run into. They run a lot of physicians who don't respect their culture, don't look like them and can't relate to them and this is no way they can possibly treat them to best of ability. So I'm definitely excited about this, the connection. That’s really it is. I know a lot of time when people talk about these disparities. They always say they would just go to, they can't really find them. It's not that they don't want to go to OB, they really don't want to go to PH, and they really can't. They don't know where they're at. (Exactly). Not a twofold part because again actually, me and Dr. Shanicka talked about all time, a lot of us physician, we don't do that a bit job, let folks over here, right? If you've heard Dr. Shanicka, she let you know she's in the building, when she's here. There is no question about it. But a lot of us, unfortunately, what we did during medical school, during our residency, we get to a place, we don't tell people, hey this is why you need to come to me. Definitely thankful for, Black DOctor.org just can able to say hey we gonna do the legwork for you. Dr. Shanicka Scarbrough: Yeah. And we're also, our goal is to be able to offer cultural sensitive training as well. So hospitals and organizations can offer webinars or seminars or some type of didactic so that they are able actually to get culturally sensitive training, right. For all of the physicians. You know, we need it. I'm not just saying that just African-American. Listen. If I have Chinese patients or I have Korean patients, or I have Muslim patients, I wanna know culturally acceptable, right? (That's so true.) We can all use it, you know. That the United States is supposed to be united. (Talk about it). Laughing. Just say it. Dr. Berry: Speaking of United, again I want to, you know, Dr. Shanicka business right, before. For those again, if this is the first time you’ve heard of her. She does now only amazing work here in the United States, but she, let her said, her passport is full. She might already on the second book. I don't know even know. Right? She probably in the second book. Because she is, not only the Christian to the world of health care right? In the United States and try to get us together. But she does outside the country. Can you tell Lunch and Learn community, just a little about your international work, right? What's influenced you? Again I'm in awe in some of the stuff that you do. Dr. Shanicka Scarbrough: Laughing. Let me just tell you. The guy blesses my feet. He's definitely blessed my feet. In the past year and a half, I wanna say. I have been to Africa five times. In Haiti in May, it would be at least three or four times. I try to lost count. But I go again, I go again in May. I was, actually really blessed to come across a young lady Sheryl Posla, a missionary for Christ, whose vision and the mission was so completely in line with everything that I stand for. That I have not on a mission trip without her and her team yet. So every trip that she's goes on that I'm able to go on. I just go. I just go. We've been in too many parts of Africa. We've been to South Africa with our church as well. We've been to South Africa, West Africa. You know, a lot of different parts. Burkina Faso, Chad, Cameron, like Kenya, it has been, which the other one, I trying to, I see it in my head and I can't, oh Ivory Coast. Dr. Berry: If you like Lunch and Learn, I tell you, you thought I'm playing if I said she's in the second book. I think you know, the first book is like, put away somewhere. Dr. Shanicka Scarbrough: No. Claim it, claim it. It's not yet but claims it. I'll take it. Yeah. So you know, her vision. I'm a Christian. I'm a follower of Christ. What we do is we spread the Word. Not only, will a lot of these countries not let you in. You know just to talk about Christ. Period. So she has few bringing medical care and treatment to countries all over the world and just so happen over the past two and a half, it's been, Africa. But she goes wherever she leads her. And you know also, try to save souls. We have awesome times. We were usually gone for 10 days. We usually go three or four times a year. It has been you know, be most. I don't even know how to describe it. Amazing experience. If any physicians, whether you are a Christian or Muslim. Whatever you know, whatever you are, that holds no bearing for what God is calling you to do. But if you are a physician and have not done a mission trip. It puts the United States healthcare system on the front line. Ok. When you see so many people that do not have access to care and the appreciation that they have for members to come and bring them medical care, to bring them to health education, to try to treat their diseases. I've seen miracles happened. I've seen patients who were ostracized by their country or by their tribe because of medical condition that they have that easily fixable, right? But they didn't have access to care. Just the stigma, you know, laid upon them. Just the feeling of gratitude to be able to assist them and to help them, to love on them. To come across the country for them. It just, it has been an amazing ride. If you are a physician and you have not done medical mission trips, you know, please, please, please. Get with the organization and go. Dr. Berry: Try to have Dr. Shanicka. (Get with me). And I think, you said a great point because I remember going to, I believe it is Jamaica and the act of gratitude. Like they were so happy that I was just saying hey, this is what you should take for blood pressure. Something that we take for granted. I'll be honest, we take for granted over it sometimes right? Just abilities, oh just take this medication, just do this here. And when you go to the country that you know. Yes, we have some resource unavailability here in the United States. Like it doesn't even compare, right? Doesn't even compare when you go to these countries and just as you see the look of their face and just happy to talk to them. Because they are happy because they know the work that you have do just to come to their country. You know what, thank you. I've never heard so many thank you when I did a medical trip because they were just so thankful that I was just there to take blood pressure and to do vitals. It's just an amazing thing, with that sentiment. So you have heard basically what does mean. Dr. Shanicka Scarbrough: I am, oh my gosh. Yes. As many times as financially possible that I can go, absolutely I am all over. And when I say it put the US healthcare system in the front line. I hear some of these surgeons that are going out and operating, for instance, like cataract surgery, there's a doctor out in Kenya who does cataract surgeries and it costs the patient maybe $20. Now $20 to them is a lot of money, you know, and they have to gather their resources and they have to do the things they have to do to get that $20 but what can you get? You can't get to get Starbucks by yourself and get free and a cup of coffee and a Donut, $20 you understand what I'm saying? That it costs, you know, thousands and thousands of dollars putting people in debt for surgeries that could be, you know, costs pennies on the dollar. So it, you know, it frustrates me the way our health, the direction our healthcare is turning to. It's really frustrating. And not only that and that's a whole another soapbox to get into. Dr. Berry: Well probably, we probably have to do a separate episode. Where do we upset about with them? Dr. Shanicka Scarbrough: Because you know, I can go in and I can go in all day long, (Yes.) on our healthcare system. Then I won't do it on this podcast Dr. Berry. Dr. Berry: No, that's a future one, that's a future one. Lunch and Learn community, she already says she'll come back for a second one so we don't, we gonna talk about the ills of our healthcare system. Just to get a look on our side. Dr. Shanicka Scarbrough: Yeah, absolutely. I'm all for it. I'm all for it. We got to make a change. Right? If we don't talk about it, we can't do anything about it. Dr. Berry: I agree. It is speaking to talk about it. One thing that what I love about you as you love the document, right? One thing is people are gonna know what you're doing because you're going to let people know what you're doing. Right? Can you talk about just how important it is to really document one story and you know, get their truth out there? Dr. Shanicka Scarbrough: Absolutely. So I don't do it just so people can know what I'm doing. I'd do it because I want people's lives to be transformed. If I, if I could be honest with you, I’d transparent with you if I’d never posted again on a social media site. But if you were to look back from my post from 2010 where I was just posting to be posted versus you know, the posts that you see now, all of my posts have some transformative message. Then I want you to get that, you know, if you are not born to get it anywhere else, you scroll past my page and at least gave it for me. You know, sometimes people say that your life is, you know, maybe the only Bible people read, you know. So, and I want to be a testament. I want to be a testament to God's goodness. I want to be a testament of if it mobilizes you to do good for someone else. Awesome, I've done my job. So that's, that is the intent behind my content of sharing with people. Is, I really want people's lives to be transformed. Whether their health, whether it's spirituality, whether you know, whatever the case may be. I want you to be transformed. Dr. Berry: And speaking of that, can we, can we just, can we talk about the, your, your, your journal series just to bring the Lunch and Learn community, just kind of talking about it again. And that's where I really want to really, really dive deep. And because I think one thing about you that I love is that your word is so consistent. It's been consistent for three plus years. Through ups, through downs. It's, it's just been this like, I want you, and depending on who you are, whatever the subject is, I just want you to do better. Dr. Shanicka Scarbrough: Yeah, no, that's that. That's it right there. You said it in a nutshell. That's how the Her Daily series, Her Daily Journal series was born. Um, I was literally in the car with my husband driving to you know, San Francisco or Oakland. Driving somewhere is fun . And God spoke to me and I said I needed to write a journal a month for the next year. And you know, see how that transform people's lives. And what it is, is every for the month or for the year of 2018. The beginning, the end of 2017 to almost the end of 2018, I literally live in front of everyone watching. Wrote 12 books in 12 months and each one detailing some biblical principle. That you know, that and it's mostly geared towards women. That they can use to help them in their everyday lives. And that was one of the most difficult but amazing journeys I've ever taken in my life. To be able to hear God speak one thing and then see Him bring it to finish 12 months later. And the close of the journals was at the death of my mom right after the death of my mom. So that final journal was, was dedicated to her. And actually, her death actually brought everything full circle for me and brought everything into perspective for me. And, and it just made me just love God more. So that was an amazing journal, that journal, you know, those journals are out and they can be used every, every month for the rest of your life. Yeah. I have people that are going through the journals for the second time. We're now doing a hard daily journal live online book club for women. So on the last day of each month, we go over the journal. That you know, what was going on for that month. For April, we're going up a prayer daily chats with God, how much talks about how to pray prevalently and what that means, what does it mean to pray. So yeah, it's, it's been exciting. I've been, you know, I get so many messages about, you know, women's lives are being transformed by these journals and it's just a blessing. I didn't write one of them. Okay. I didn't write one of them. It was the Holy Spirit that led me the entire way. I thought I had a list of topics I was going to cover and God was like, (I got this, I got this) Laughing. I got this. Exactly. And you can actually see as I'm going through them again, you can actually see my progression as I get close to Christ. And that's, that's the model. You know that these journals helped embolden women to take one step closer to Christ. And you can literally if you did journal by journal starting from December. December, what's the first one you can see my journal, my journey of growth. And that's what epitomizes for me is that I want women to grow as they continue to go through each of the journals. Dr. Berry: I love it. And, and, and it's so, so interesting, especially because again, we, we've known each other for a while. So, ah, you know, we used to watch, I used to watch and take care of your mom and I could just see the love that was there. I could see, you know, that I can see regardless of what was going on, you are there to brighten up her day. And she brightens up. And again, Lunch and Learn community, you know, we're fear at the logo, so leave it I guess to say we've actually been rocking the, again for a good time, but you know, pretty close. I definitely am happy for, for everything that's been going on, but especially the accumulation of the journal series. You know that. Dr. Shanicka Scarbrough: I appreciate that. Thank you for your support. You've always been very, very supportive and I'm very appreciative of that. Absolutely. Dr. Berry: So, so you've, you've taken, you've taken what God's kind of put your heart into your mind, right? And put it on paper. But then when I noticed, right, again, again, cause I get it, I'm watching from afar. You did channel that energy to get other people to do the same. What, what was, what was that motivation and how did, like, because again, you dropped 12 books, I figured you're like, Oh wow, (laughing). Oh, I'm bringing you along with me. (Yeah) It gets again, right? Because again, this the subject, you, the, you, the word you is always objective, right? But whoever that you is, I'm going to bring you along with me and I want you to tell your story. Like what was that thought process? And, and again, as I said, I'm always surprised at the stuff you do. So I just very you, regardless of whatever you want to do, you just go ahead and do it. Dr. Shanicka Scarbrough: Hey, you know what? That's the whole point is to be obedient, right? If God gives you something, you want to be obedient in what He tells you to do. And that's what I've been and you know, really focusing on over the past couple of years is number one, being able to hear him clearly and then two, you know, acting on what he tells me to do. I don't want to just be a consumer, you know, I want to be able to give, you know, give what you told me to do and do it because it's not about me. It's about the fruit. It's about the people that are being blessed by it and the lives that are being changed by it. And that's basically the concept. Um, and I believe you're speaking of as the wind blows series. Yes. Yeah. So those are, those are two analogies that I've done and I'll probably continue those, but everybody has a story. Everybody has a testimony. Everybody has something that they have gone through that they have overcome. And you know, I want it to be able to share that with people. I want you to hear other people's struggles and let them know that you are an overcomer, that you can overcome this, that just because you're in the situation that you're in right now, it doesn't mean that number one, God doesn't love you. And number two, that he's not going to bring you out of it. You just got to trust him. So to be able to see people tell their testimonies and even watching them, watching them write it and the transformations that they had reliving it as they put their pens and paper and you know, the cleansing that came from releasing their stories. Some of these people, they never shared their stories with anyone before in life. So to be able to open up their heart on, on pen and paper and to share with the world is huge for them. And to see the feedback given to them because they were so transparent and because they were so open and willing to share their story of redemption. I think that's what it's all about. You know? How, how did God transform you? How did, how did he shift? How did he change you? You know what? What steps did you take to become, you know, who you are now? How did you overcome the abuse? How did you overcome the addiction? How did you overcome depression? Right? So those are, those are all stories that need to be told. Um, and I think if more people open up their mouths right, then more people will be transformed. Dr. Berry: Now, was it difficult to get them to put that on the paper to get them to open their mouth of that was, that was where they, in a way, it was there some issue, (No). That we caused them to say like, I've been, I didn't want to do it before. Dr. Shanicka Scarbrough: Well, as some, sometimes some people didn't actually know that that's what they were supposed to do until they saw the calling. Does that make sense? (Yeah). So they were like, oh wait, I do have a story. Oh, oh wait, I did survive the abuse. He tried to kill me and I did survive that. Maybe I’m rape. Right? For some people, it was a revelation. Other people, this was the first step to the full book that they needed to, right? So one of them, my authors wrote just a, uh, a snippet of her story and we just finished her book. Lishel Evans, Breakthrough. We just finished her, but she completed her whole book. So it was a stepping stone and something that gave her the courage to say, listen, I want to tell more of my story and I want, I want people to hear it so that they can be transformed. Dr. Berry: Beautiful. Like I say it again. Let me, like we alluded earlier, Lunch and Learn community. When you know, when you have special guests like Dr. Shanicka and you can just kind of see the different facets of her life and her work. But you can always see at the end, right? It's always about, you know, becoming a better you. When we talk about national minority when we're talking about a National Minority Health Month. But how can we help our minority community to become better again? Right? When we talk about international work, like how can someone become better, right? So that's a theme that a, is such a sight to see. And sometimes I, and I, I like to, I always, I always like to get on my friend, right? Because a lot of times we're doing so much great work that we don't really have the time. Right. So like the lay it all out say, Oh wow, look at all the stuff I'm doing it right. So this is why I started to like to brag on because they, cause they won't brag on the cell. That too humble. Fortunately for me, right? Humility sometimes still working on it. Right. So like I can recognize like when I'm doing something and I could recognize when they're doing so again, that's why, you know, I said yeah she, we, she gotta be on the show because we got and we just got to talk about her and you know how she can help us become better us. Dr. Shanicka Scarbrough: Oh, that's amazing. Thank you. Dr. Berry: Before I let you go, because I know I've been long talking to you. Right? I want, you know, just, you know, just some, some quick caveats like how is, I probably already said it right when I, how is what you're doing, you know, not only, you know, empowering other women really to the better, better excels and better control of their health and everything else. But like just like the world, how are you, how are you doing that? Dr. Shanicka Scarbrough: Oh boy. But no. That's, you know, to sum it all up, whenever you see me do, you may be in a different position, you know, next week or you might see me in a different country next month. Just know that everything that I do has a purpose. I'm still working on me. I'm still, you know, that still has some things in me that I, that needs to be ironed out and, and kicked out and punch that. (Laughing).It tells something. But I'd like to share that journey because the transparency on that journey, whether it's, you know, you know I have a post on my Vimeo right now that yeah, I gained, I gained 20 pounds. I like to be transparent and my journey to show that you know, number one I'm human. Number two, you are human, you know, and if you know God is still working on me, he's still working on you, (yes) right? So health-wise, mentally, physically, spiritually, however, I can get you to a place where you are healthier, you are smarter, you are spiritually field, and you, you know, you are everything to make your home, then that's what I'm going to do. I come to bear fruit. That’s it. Dr. Berry: Love it. We appreciate it. Where can others, you know, find you, right? Where can others find you, whether it be at, like a or where the media international or list them links out cause you know, they're gonna want, they're gonna want to read the books. They're going to want to read a series. Like, tell them. Dr. Shanicka Scarbrough: Yeah. Absolutely. So everything can be found at www.shanicka.com. That is, um, that'd be www.shanicka.com. You can find some free gifts for health. You know, a free shopping cart lists that you can take to the grocery store to help you shop for better foods. And you'll also find my books. You'll also find how to join the Her Daily Journal. If you want to go directly to the book club, you just go to www.herdailyjournal.com and it has us, you can donate to mission partners for Christ, you know so that we can continue our medical missions. It has everything on that one site and finds out where, you know, all of my social media handles, everything is on that site. Oh d, oh wait! I used to do a radio show, The Diva MD show. (Laughing). Dr. Berry: Again. Honestly, regardless if she says she used to do blank. I'm a believer. Okay. There are no reasons. Like she's already shown me three years of work to say that she probably could do whatever, you know we put in front of her so it's a believer. Dr. Shanicka Scarbrough: That was a health show. So you know, if you want to go back into the archives and listen to some old health shows, we can do that as well. Dr. Berry: Perfect. And again, Lunch and Learn community, if you're driving, you know, at work, take a shower, whatever. All of these links will be in the show notes. Because again, you definitely, this is definitely a person. If you can only follow one person on a social media platform, this is definitely a person I think you should choose you guys. Absolutely amazing. Again, Dr. Shanicka thank you for coming to the Lunch and Learn community and you know, really blessing us, educating us, putting our thoughts into motion of how we can be better us. Dr. Shanicka Scarbrough: I appreciate you Dr. Berry for having me. This is an amazing opportunity and all of the work that you're doing is, is phenomenal. You know, I follow the blog, I follow, I get all of your emails. Yes, and the podcast. Dr. Berry: I apologize for this. Dr. Shanicka Scarbrough: But that great information, they'll make sure that you guys are subscribing to this podcast because you know we are movers and shakers and medicine so we want to make sure that you guys are aware and hanging out with Dr. Berry. Dr. Berry for Lunch and Learn. Dr. Berry: Yes, thank you. And again, Lunch and Learn community. See you guys next week. You have a blessed week. Dr. Shanicka Scarbrough: Take care. [/showhide] Download the MP3 Audio file, listen to the episode however you like.

April is National Minority Health Month. The Drs. discuss chronic health issues more prevalent among minority groups and what you can do to live a longer, healthier life. 

The healthcare space isn’t a level playing field. Minority populations face complex challenges when it comes to accessing and receiving care, which is why April is designated as National Minority Health Month. In regards to inflammatory bowel disease, it’s not well known that Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis also affect minorities. Shawntel Bethea of Chronically Strong and Brooke Abbott of The Crazy Creole Mommy Chronicles discuss how they’ve been affected by healthcare disparity and offer concrete ideas on what can be done to start addressing healthcare gaps in their communities. Learn more about National Minority Health Month here: https://minorityhealth.hhs.gov/NMHM18/ Find Shawntel Bethea, Chronically Strong, at: Blog: https://chronicallystrong.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrklcLJ7FvGtN-fOvJJM-jQ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/chronicallystrongblog/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/shawnbethea_ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chronicallystrongblog/ Find Brooke Abbott, The Crazy Creole Mommy Chronicles, at: Blog: https://crazycreolemommy.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CrazyCreoleMama Twitter: https://twitter.com/CrzyCreoleMommy/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/crazycreolemama/ Find Amber J Tresca at: Verywell: https://www.verywell.com/ibd-crohns-colitis-4014703 Blog: http://aboutibd.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aboutibd/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/aboutIBD Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/aboutibd/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/about_IBD/ "About IBD with Amber Tresca" © Cooney Studio http://cooneystudio.com/

Listen NowSince, in part, April is recognized by DHHS as National Minority Health Month (this year's theme is "Accelerating Health Equity in the Nation") it is thoroughly appropriate to discuss Professor Daniel Dawes's recent work, "150 Years of Obamacare."  Professor Dawes's work begins with a discussion of efforts since the Civil War to reform national health care policy beginning with the 1865 Freedmen's Bureau Act.  The work moreover provides an accounting of his and others efforts to lobby successfully for health equity provisions in passing the 2010 Affordable Care Act ( ACA).  During this 31-minute conversation, Professor Dawes discusses passage of the ACA, i.e., "Obamacare,", e.g., Republican opposition to the legislation and moreover the importance of the sixty plus health equity-related provisions in the legislation and what are his priorities for furthering health care equity or reducing disparities in health care delivery and outcomes - that sadly remain pronounced.   Attorney and Professor Daniel E. Dawes is the Executive Director of Health Policy and External Affairs at the Morehouse School of Medicine and a Lecturer within Morehouse's Satcher Health Leadership Institute and the Department of Community Health and Preventive Medicine.  He founded and chairs the Working Group on Health Disparities and Health Reform and is the co-founder of the Health Equity Leadership and Exchange Network (HELEN).  Previously, Professor Dawes held positions with the Premier Healthcare Alliance, the American Psychological Association and served on the Senate HELP (Health, Education, Labor and Pensions) Committee under Senator Edward Kennedy.   He is the recipient of numerous award including the Congressional Black Caucus Leadership and Advocacy Award.  He earned his JD from the University of Nebraska and his BS from Nova Southeastern University.For more information concerning Professor Dawes's work, go to: https://jhupbooks.press.jhu.edu/content/150-years-obamacare.   This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thehealthcarepolicypodcast.com

April is "Minority Health Month" - and also the commemoration of the 30th anniversary of "The Report of the Secretary's Task Force on Black and Minority Health", also known as the "Heckler Report". This groundbreaking report was the first time the US government convened a group of health experts to conduct a comprehensive study of the health status of minorities in this country. As a result of this report, additional studies were done, such as the Jackson Heart Study that explored disparties in cardiovascular health and the Healthy Start program that brought infant mortality prevention to underserved communities. In addition, national standards were set to give guidance to health care workers on how to provide respectful and responsive services to minority patients. On the next Another View we'll examine the health issues that still plague African Americans, including obesity which is the driving force behind almost all diseases prevalent in the Black community. Join us for the next Another View, featuring co-host, cardiologist Dr. Keith Newby, Friday, April 24 at NOON on 89.5 WHRV-FM, or stream us live on this blog!

This week on TALK! with AUDREY: April is National Minority Health Month, a time to increase awareness of diseases and health conditions that disproportionately impact minorities and for African-Americans hypertension, or high blood pressure, is one of them. Dr. David S. Kountz, President, International Society on Hypertension in Blacks (ISHIB), is here today to talk about the risk factors and cardiovascular disease prevention.

This week on TALK! with AUDREY: April is National Minority Health Month, a time to increase awareness of diseases and health conditions that disproportionately impact minorities and for African-Americans hypertension, or high blood pressure, is one of them. Dr. David S. Kountz, President, International Society on Hypertension in Blacks (ISHIB), is here today to talk about the risk factors and cardiovascular disease prevention.