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The Health Disparities Podcast, From Movement is Life. Conversations about health disparities with people working to eliminate them.

This podcast highlights disparities evidenced in common chronic conditions featured in the “vicious cycle” (e.g. diabetes, cardiovascular disease, chronic pain, mental health) and musculoskeletal/arthritis conditions, with emphasis on disparities and how social determinants of health impact these conditions and their management.

When a hospital becomes the patient: The challenge of receiving an “F” Grade during the pandemic, and the pathway to recovery involving Just Culture. Episode 142.

Published: May 23, 2023

Nurse Practitioners with full practice authority can reduce disparities in access to care. With AANP President, Dr. April Kapu.

Published: May 10, 2023

The importance of place. How a non-profit called Purpose Built Communities helps community leaders create healthy “cradle to college pipelines” in neighborhoods. With Carol Naughton & Dr. Tamara Huff.

Published: April 24, 2023

Building healthy communities against a backdrop of declining healthcare infrastructure. With Dr. Alisahah Jackson & Dr. Tamara Huff. Episode 139

Published: April 11, 2023

Diversity is where it starts, belonging completes the cycle. How inclusion when setting the agenda combines with diverse voices at the decision-making table to advance health equity. Featuring Dr. Garfield Clunie & Dr. Michelle Leak.

Published: March 23, 2023

From Anti-racism to Z-codes, following the JEDI path to health equity.

Published: March 8, 2023

Hispanic panel: The social influences of health, translating “medicalish,” and understanding intersectionality.

Published: February 23, 2023

Integrating clinical excellence with health equity at Walgreens & driving urban innovation at the Lindy Institute. Featuring Dr. Priya Mammen, MD, MPH

Published: February 15, 2023

Playing “The Race Cards” from 904WARD can create safe spaces for building understanding and advancing equity. Featuring Dr. Kimberly Allen.

Published: January 26, 2023

COVID connections: How resiliency training and social contact in the era of COVID-19 support mental health, behavioral change and addiction recovery.

Published: January 16, 2023

Round Table: Personal experiences of how affirmative action has increased Hispanic & African American healthcare workforce diversity.

Published: December 28, 2022

Affirmative Action: As severe under-representation of minorities in the healthcare workforce persists, affirmative action now faces a legal challenge in the Supreme Court.

Published: December 15, 2022

Health Zones & Healthy 2030 Goals: CVS & Aetna commitment to community health equity with Jennifer Truscott

Published: November 30, 2022

Town Hall Meeting 2: Operation Change has a Ripple Effect in San Diego

Published: October 26, 2022

Movement is Life Caucus November 2022 Preview 3: “Movement” Workshops

Published: October 12, 2022

Movement is Life Caucus November 2022 Preview 2: “Activism” Workshops

Published: October 12, 2022

Town Hall Meeting 1: Operation Change celebrates resiliency in Chicago

Published: September 28, 2022

Movement is Life Caucus November 2022 Preview 1: Plenary sessions

Published: September 15, 2022

Can telemedicine reduce rural and other health disparities? Featuring Neal Neuberger.

Published: July 7, 2022

The power of our voices: Thinking about the language we use in medicine, and the positive consequences of open notes. With Dr. Leonor Fernández.

Published: June 15, 2022

From surviving to thriving: Building personal resilience in the era of micro, macro, and “atomic” aggressions.

Published: June 2, 2022

Featuring Dr. Elvis Francois. Behind the Masked Singer, a lifelong passion for music as medicine.

Published: May 18, 2022

Healthy “coopetition” in action. With Baton Rouge Mayor Sharon Weston Broome, Coletta Barrett and Dr. Charla Johnson.

Published: April 27, 2022

Dr. Millicent Gorham in discussion with Google/YouTube’s Director and Global Head of Healthcare and Public Health, Dr. Garth Graham.

Published: April 7, 2022

How can community programs such as Operation Change adapt during a pandemic?

Published: March 18, 2022

A LaSure Family Tradition: Service to Nation & Equity

Published: March 4, 2022

Healthcare disparities in paradise? Hawaii Lt. Gov. Josh Green, MD, discusses health equity leadership and Hawaii’s COVID response with Bill Finerfrock.

Published: February 16, 2022

At the epicenter of the COVID first wave, safety-net hospitals were vital community assets. featuring Dr. Wayne Riley.

Published: February 2, 2022

Round Table: Personal experiences of how affirmative action has increased Hispanic & African American healthcare workforce diversity.

Published: January 28, 2022

Health Law & Policy Roundtable: Health Equity Priorities in 2022

Published: January 19, 2022

Profiles in Health Equity: Calvin Johnson, MD, MPH.

Published: December 29, 2021

Healthcare for the homeless, featuring Kelly Bruno, CEO National Health Foundation.

Published: December 14, 2021

Physical therapy: uniquely positioned to help address chronic conditions and health disparities.

Published: October 22, 2021

Meeting our neighbors at the intersection of environmental justice and health equity.

Published: September 15, 2021

Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) and the benefits of workforce inclusion and diversity.

Published: September 2, 2021

Flatlining revisited: The extra burden of equity work in the intra-COVID era.

Published: August 12, 2021

Innovation as a solution to health inequities. Featuring K’ept Health CEO Sheena Franklin.

Published: July 28, 2021

The components of resilience needed to achieve life goals and a joyful career. Panel discussion.

Published: July 14, 2021

A coordinated and collaborative approach to Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA). Part 2/2: COVID-19 Pandemic.

Published: June 30, 2021

A coordinated and collaborative approach to Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA). Part 1/2

Published: June 16, 2021

Profiles in Health Equity: Duane Reynolds, Founder & CEO, Just Health Collective

Published: June 9, 2021

World Environment Day: How pollution and climate change impact health disparities.

Published: June 2, 2021

One hundred episodes of health equity: We are just getting started.

Published: May 26, 2021

Harvard Professor Augustus White III: Surgeon, Author & Health Equity Pioneer.

Published: May 19, 2021

Bailouts and safety-net hospitals: A pandemic upside for well-financed institutions when others are sidelined?

Published: May 12, 2021

Meeting people where they are has been key to equitable COVID-19 vaccine rollout.

Published: May 5, 2021

Community Interventions: The Ward Infinity Initiative in SE DC, & Operation Change in five other cities.

Published: April 28, 2021

Bruce Johnson: Author, health advocate & much-loved CBS reporter discusses health inequities.

Published: April 21, 2021

Human Resources: Employers play an important role in promoting health equity.

Published: April 14, 2021

Fund Black Scientists: How inequitable NIH funding perpetuates the disparities divide.

Published: April 7, 2021

Podcast to Podcast: Dr. Mary O’Connor meets “Flip the Script” podcast host and health equity advocate Max Jordan Nguemeni Tiako.

Published: March 31, 2021

Bronx and Brooklyn healthcare provider Dr. Nereida Correa discusses how the complexities of payment systems impacts her patients.

Published: March 24, 2021

Community Health Workers get an up-close view of the ways that patients experience healthcare. Insights from a patient-centered vantage point.

Published: March 17, 2021

Nurse Practitioners in West Virginia and Wyoming discuss ways that value-based models of care impact vulnerable populations.

Published: March 10, 2021

Specialty care in small-town America: health disparities, the impact of COVID-19, and some upsides of rural life for physicians.

Published: March 3, 2021

Black Physician Assistants Matter: A “JEDI” discussion.

Published: February 24, 2021

Unique payer-provider structure, new models of patient-centered care.

Published: February 17, 2021

Mitigating the unintended consequences of health policy.

Published: February 10, 2021

Value-based payments: a health economics perspective.

Published: February 3, 2021

Dr. O’Connor hosts panel discussing how the perception of risk in surgery can widen health disparities.

Published: January 27, 2021

Educators discuss why more Hispanics should enter the healthcare workforce. Part 2, featuring Dr. Sherry Segura.

Published: January 20, 2021

Educators discuss how more Hispanics can enter the healthcare workforce. Part 1, featuring Ed Alvarez.

Published: January 13, 2021

Perspectives on health disparities through an epidemiology lens. Featuring Dr. Leigh Callahan.

Published: January 6, 2021

Are rural health disparities being widened by bundled payments? Featuring Donna Kurek.

Published: December 30, 2020

Physician Assistants have an increasingly important role in healthcare. Featuring Klarisse Mathis.

Published: December 23, 2020

Safety net hospitals are crucial, but closures are making healthcare less universal. Featuring Dr. Eric Santos.

Published: December 16, 2020

How Nurse Practitioners drive health equity through vital rural and frontier healthcare. With Wesley Davis and Cristina Gonzalez.

Published: December 9, 2020

Peggy’s Story: Operation Change, South Side, Chicago.

Published: December 2, 2020

Lynn’s story: a new outlook on life from new knowledge gained – and her fitness tracker.

Published: November 25, 2020

Ovidia’s story: Learning about health disparities motivated her to make changes.

Published: November 18, 2020

Latinx clinical research inclusion: how Dr Fabian Sandoval and Dr Gustavo Corrales teamed up to move the needle.

Published: November 11, 2020

Understanding mistrust of flu and COVID-19 vaccines, featuring Dr. Sandra Crouse Quinn.

Published: November 4, 2020

Freda’s Story: Freda needed accountability to help decrease her pain and reduce her A1C. Being part of a team was the key.

Published: October 28, 2020

Sonja’s Story: When you have a Y membership but don’t go, what might be missing?

Published: October 21, 2020

Laura’s Story: How emotional connection in a safe space helped address her depression.

Published: October 14, 2020

Delivering Trusted & Patient-Centered Public Health Information is Essential to the Promotion of Wellness in Latinx Communities. Featuring Dr. Elena Rios

Published: October 7, 2020

Maryland’s successful Health Enterprise Zones previously led by Congressman Brown considered for national adoption.

Published: September 30, 2020

Deanna’s Story: “It Changed my Whole Way of Thinking.” How Operation Change helped Deanna Find Pride and Purpose.

Published: September 23, 2020

Wanda’s Story: “It’s a Game Changer.” After Thinking it’s Too Late to Change, a Program Made Wanda Stop, Think & Reset.

Published: September 16, 2020

Uncomfortable Truths, Inspiring Perspectives: A Round Table Discussion on Diversity, Equity & Inclusion with Young Health Professionals.

Published: September 9, 2020

The Heart of Diversity & Inclusion: A Cardiologists’ Perspective. Featuring Dr. Sharonne Hayes.

Published: September 2, 2020

America Needs More Minority Doctors & Nurses: Why & How. Featuring Dr. Melvyn Harrington.

Published: August 26, 2020

Eliminating Bias as Part of Professionalism. Featuring Dr. Augustus White III.

Published: August 19, 2020

COVID-19 is Particularly Tough on Native Americans. Here’s Why We Should All Care About That. Featuring Dr. Holly Pilson, Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina.

Published: August 12, 2020

Taking COVID-19 Testing to the People in Jacksonville, Florida. Featuring Ann-Marie Knight, MHA, FACHE.

Published: August 5, 2020

Operation Change Community Report: Chicago with Christin Zollicoffer

Published: July 29, 2020

Operation Change Community Report: Hazard, Kentucky, with Keisha Hudson

Published: July 22, 2020

Operation Change Community Report: St. Louis, Missouri, with Darlene Donegan.

Published: July 22, 2020

Operation Change Community Report: Salvation Army Kroc Center, San Diego, with Miriam Rodriguez

Published: July 15, 2020

Operation Change Community Report: Grace Baptist Church, Mount Vernon, New York, with Hazella Rollins LaVar

Published: July 15, 2020

The Operation Change Program Overview Part 2, with Christin Zollicoffer

Published: July 8, 2020

Operation Change Program Overview Part 1, with Dr. Yashika Watkins

Published: July 1, 2020

OrthoInfo: An orthopedics website made for patients is also helpful to physicians. Featuring Dr. Stuart Fischer

Published: June 24, 2020

Meeting Report: The UVA Healing Hate Conference examined new collaborations and socio-legal frameworks to tackle the injustices of health disparities. Professor Dayna Bowen Matthew. Part 4 or our Healing Hate Conference series.

Published: June 17, 2020

Words not weapons: A psychiatry expert discusses the impact of gun violence on community mental health, and how prior history of violence, victims of violence, and substance use disorders are far greater predictors of gun use than chronic mental health conditions. Featuring Dr Rahn Bailey. Part 3/4 of our Healing Hate conference series.

Published: June 10, 2020

COVID-19 Pandemic 9: Focus on the Southern States with The Balm in Gilead founder and CEO Dr. Pernessa Seele

Published: June 8, 2020

Collaboration is the cure: Dr Vivian Pinn calls for renewed efforts to bring about health equity through interdisciplinary collaboration and socio-political participation, and discusses her life and historic achievements. Part 2/4 of our Healing Hate Conference series.

Published: June 3, 2020

COVID-19 Pandemic 8: Rural Health Disparities & COVID-19 Panel.

Published: May 29, 2020

Exploring the “invisible knapsack” concept developed by Peggy McIntosh to understand privilege and power in the context of health and diversity. Featuring Christina Jimenez, PhD.

Published: May 27, 2020

COVID-19 Pandemic 7: Both pandemic and syndemic – how clusters of preexisting comorbid conditions have driven up fatalities. Featuring Dr. Emily Mendenhall and Dr. Robert Like.

Published: May 22, 2020

Advancing health justice: UVA Law Professor Dayna Bowen Matthew offers a powerful and passionate discourse on discriminatory healthcare as health disparities enabler, and how socio-legal frameworks are part of the solution. Part 1/4 of our Healing Hate Conference series.

Published: May 20, 2020

COVID-19 Pandemic 6: Let’s talk about Privilege. Dr. Eddie Moore & Dr. Christina Jimenez.

Published: May 15, 2020

Celebrating National Nurses Week 2020 – Special Round Table Episode

Published: May 10, 2020

Safety-net hospital group CEO Delvecchio Finley describes the challenges of COVID-19 for safety-net hospitals.

Published: May 1, 2020

The disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on African Americans, featuring Rev. Dr. W Franklyn Richardson.

Published: May 1, 2020

Leading health policy towards equity, peer mentorship, and taking advantage of a crack in the door. Featuring MaCalus Hogan, MD.

Published: April 29, 2020

Tackling disparities from kindergarten up: a Mississippi Governors’ tale. Featuring Ronnie Musgrove.

Published: April 22, 2020

How payment systems can be reformed to improve quality, reduce disparities, and stop rural hospitals closing. Featuring Harold Miller.

Published: April 15, 2020

COVID-19 Pandemic 3: What if You Break a Bone, or Your Orthopedic Surgery is Delayed?

Published: April 9, 2020

Rural health disparities, and a checklist of solutions for addressing social determinants of health. Featuring Dr. Claire Pomeroy.

Published: April 8, 2020

COVID-19 Pandemic: What we can do to stay healthy, safe and strong.

Published: April 3, 2020

How the Lasker Foundation champions the importance of social determinants to all aspects of research and to shifting focus upstream. Featuring Dr. Claire Pomeroy.

Published: April 1, 2020

COVID-19 Pandemic: Are Disadvantaged Communities at Higher Risk?

Published: March 25, 2020

Weight bias. Obesity specialist Fatima Cody Stanford, MD, discusses what’s behind the most common form of bias in the US, how that bias causes stress, and the role of stress in obesity.

Published: March 25, 2020

To avoid racial bias, technology-based solutions need diverse voices at each stage of development. Featuring Adrienne White-Faines.

Published: March 11, 2020

Addressing gang violence can teach us much about public health and inclusiveness. Featuring Father Gregory Boyle.

Published: February 21, 2020

Vanguard Award winner describes her work to address racial health disparities in Wisconsin. Featuring Dr. Patricia McManus

Published: February 7, 2020

How surgeons can improve success rates and reduce disparities by incorporating broader education. Featuring Tamara Huff, MD.

Published: January 24, 2020

Bundled payments and the marginalization of complex patients. Featuring Charles. L. Nelson, MD.

Published: January 10, 2020

Good health is salvation here and now. Featuring Rev. Willis Steele, MDiv.

Published: December 27, 2019

Do providers give preference to more profitable patients? Featuring Daniel Wiznia, MD.

Published: December 13, 2019

The increasing role of nurse practitioners in reducing health disparities. Featuring Mary Behrens.

Published: November 29, 2019

Advocating for physical activity at the National Association of Orthopedic Nurses. Featuring Doreen Johnson.

Published: November 15, 2019

Health policy at the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons. Featuring Shreyasi Deb.

Published: November 1, 2019

What if your father struggles with arthritis – and you are a physician? Featuring Michael Parks.

Published: October 18, 2019

How risk adjustment payments could help complex conditions in rural areas. Featuring Tammy Huff.

Published: October 4, 2019

Nurses have always understood the social determinants of health. Now the world is catching up. Featuring Deborah Coplin-Hall.

Published: September 27, 2019

Access deserts, Magnet designation, and comorbidity management centers in Boston. Featuring Sasha Dubois.

Published: September 27, 2019

Collaborative approaches and hospice care in the Sunshine State. Featuring Lyn Peugeot.

Published: September 27, 2019

Making sure healthcare isn’t a lottery in rural Nevada. Featuring Debra Toney.

Published: September 27, 2019

Carter Todd: Nursing inspirations and aspirations in Sacramento, California

Published: September 20, 2019

NBNA’s 50th Anniversary vision: Getting patients engaged in their own health by moving away from the illness model.

Published: September 6, 2019

Going beyond disparities and competency: why we need to focus on achieving health equity and cultural proficiency.

Published: August 23, 2019

Primary care, private practice: A dedicated physician tackles zip code related health disparities.

Published: August 9, 2019

Left bank, right bank. Mississippi River Delta health disparity problems and solutions.

Published: July 26, 2019

The National Black Nurses Association (NBNA): Professional development leadership and supporting minority inclusion in health research.

Published: July 12, 2019

Can “trauma informed care” help eliminate disparities?

Published: June 28, 2019

A church with health at its heart.

Published: June 14, 2019

Fellow humans, meet Professor Augustus White III, MD.

Published: May 31, 2019

Is unconscious bias Healthcare’s “dirty little secret”?

Published: May 17, 2019

Can the “Equality in Medicare and Medicaid Treatment Act” protect human dignity?

Published: May 1, 2019

The Unintended Effects of Bundled Payments on Health Disparities

Published: April 15, 2019

The Health Disparities Podcast, From Movement is Life

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