Community Solutions

Building the Foundation for Future Healthy Communities Starts with Us Building Respectful Interactions with Infants Today!

Providing respectful relationships with our infants today, will help them grow into caring adults that will build and sustain healthy, hopeful communities in the future. This episode provides listeners with simple, impactful relationship-building strategies to employ with infants. These strategies...

Helping Mothers Successfully Transition from Prison to Community – Meet Mothers on the Rise!

Mothers on the Rise is an outgrowth of the Indiana Grassroots Maternal and Child Health Initiative (https://fsph.iupui.edu/research-centers/centers/cheer/grassroots/index.html). Mothers on the Rise serves mom/baby pairs transitioning from the Leath Nursery Unit of the Indiana Women’s Prison to their home community. Mothers...

How a Humanitarian Hero Brings Together Agencies to Reduce Hunger

Join our conversation to learn great insights about the realities, causes and consequences of hunger. Learn how bringing government, non-profits and people together can reduce hunger in neighborhoods. Visit www.indyhunger.org to learn more and get involved in bringing about food equity!

Engaging the Farming Community in Efforts to Resolve Local Food Insecurity

For too long members of the farming or agricultural community have not been invited to discussions about resolving food insecurity. They are essential to solution strategies because of their vast knowledge about food production and systems. This episode discusses why...

Dreaming and Doing Big! Addressing Local Food Insecurity

SAFE [Students Advocating for Food Equity] is a new and growing service club at The Ohio State University. SAFE addresses local food inequities through advocacy, education, and service. We make a hands-on impact in the community and bring about food...

The Effectiveness of Community-Based Chronic Disease Prevention Programs

This podcast episode presents an informative discussion about the diabetes prevention program in Arizona called Pasos Adelante. Dr. Lisa Staten, an Associate Professor at the Indiana University Fairbanks School of Public Health at IUPUI and responsible for developing Pasos Adelante, joins us to...

DIP IN: An Innovative Community-Based Diabetes Prevention Project!

Patrice Graham Adams, a community liaison and health education specialist in Indianapolis,IN, joins us on this episode of the Community Solutions Podcast. Patrice discusses her interest in public health, the Diabetes Impact Project (DIP IN Project), the challenges she has faced while working...

What is a Certified Health Education Specialist and WHY are they VITAL for Communities?

Episode 30: Becoming A Health Education Specialist Has becoming a certified health education specialist piqued your interest, but not sure about what they do or how they play a role in public health? On this episode, we are joined by certified health education...

Episode 29: How Community Leaders Transform Society

This podcast episode highlights the book, "How Change Happens" by Duncan Green. This book outlines how community leaders can create change within communities, states and nations. The lessons from this book can be applied to improve current social, political, environmental...

Episode 28: How Civic Engagement Makes You and Your Community Healthy

This podcast episode presents a discussion of the book “Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community” by Robert Putnam. The author centers the book on the term social capital, which is defined as the connectedness between people in...

Episode 27: How to Compassionately Address the Needs of the Rural Poor

The majority of poor individuals around the world live in rural conditions. To significantly reduce global poverty, we need to work alongside individuals living in rural poverty to best understand their assets, needs and priorities. Listen and learn strategies to...

Episode 26: How to Lead the Fight for Food Equity!

Today our book club focuses on The Stop: How the Fight for Good Food Transformed a Community and Inspired a Movement, by Nick Saul and Andrea Curtis. Listen and learn about the multiyear effort to create a sustainable, internationally recognized...

Episode 25: How a Radical Approach to Poverty Reduction Changed Lives Forever

Community Solutions episode 25 discusses Muhammad Yunus’ autobiography,Banker to the Poor: Micro-Lending and the Battle Against World Poverty. Learn how and why Muhammad Yunus established the Grameen Bank, the obstacles he faced, how the bank has succeeded to radically improve...

Episode 24: TIME TO TALK ABOUT GLOBAL POVERTY ERADICATION - LESSONS LEARNED

This episode of the Community Solutions podcast will be discussing key points from “The Idealist: Jeffrey Sachs and the Quest to End Poverty” by Nina Munk. This book is about Jeffrey Sachs, a world-renowned economist, and his Millennium Villages Project.This...

Episode 23: How to Lead a Large Group Meeting for Community Change

On this podcast three public health students discuss ‘The World Café’ by Dr. Juanita Brown and David Isaacs. They highlight the importance of facilitating conversations that are: inclusive of diverse groups of individuals, conducted in relaxed environments, and focused on...

Episode 22: Fostering Community Health Through Empathetic Conversations

MPH students at the IU Fairbanks School of Public Health engage in an enlightening discussion of the book “Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life” by the late Marshall B. Rosenburg, who was an expert in the field of nonviolent communication....

Episode 21: How a Simple Conversation Can Make our World A Better Place

Margaret J Wheatley is an outstanding teacher and writer who travels around the world learning about different cultures and people. She has come to the simple conclusion: “We can change the world if we just start listening to one another...

Episode 20: How to Implement Assets-Based Community Development

Tune in to learn how to discover your community's assets and capacities by utilizing a capacity inventory. Every community member has skills and experiences that can help mobilize his or her community. Tune in to our podcast episode below to...

Episode 19: How Non-Traditional Approaches Have Made Outrageously Positive Change in Neighborhoods Around the World!

You will get to know seven different communities across the globe, all featured in the book, “Walk Out, Walk On: A Learning Journey into Communities Daring to Live the Future Now” by authors Margaret Wheatley and Deborah Frieze. Join us...

Episode 18: How to Change Community Conversations in 6 Steps

In Community: The Structure of Belonging, author Peter Block discusses how community is created through changing the narrative from one of deficiencies and entitlement to one of possibility and generosity. By utilizing six key conversations, we can foster accountability and acceptance...

Episode 17: Why Should You Get Involved With Your Community? Perspectives of a Wise Community Member

A dedicated community member shares her insight into why it is critical for residents to get involved with community health initiatives!

Episode 16: How a Rural Health Coalition Transformed the Health and Well-Being of its Rural Community

An uplifting episode of how a community team optimizes the health of its rural town! Congratulations to this hard-working dedicated Coalition in Clinton County, Indiana.

Episode 16: How a Rural Health Coalition Transformed the Health and Well-Being of its Rural Community

An uplifting episode of how a community team optimizes the health of its rural town! Congratulations to this hard-working dedicated Coalition in Clinton County, Indiana.

Episode 15: How and Why to Include Community Members in Public Health Research

Community Solutions podcast is back with a great episode discussing the vital importance of community members in the design, implementation and evaluation of public health research. Enjoy!

Episode 14: A Gifted Filmmaker, Maram Taibah, Reveals Realities Associated with Having a Disability and Navigating Community

Learn more about Ms. Taibah's work at the following: Film Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwQSIkvqd_M&t;=3s   Instagram: maram.taibah   Blog: www.fearlesspilgrim.com

Episode 13: How to Enhance and Sustain the Quality of Life within Affordable Housing Communities

Episode 12: How to Prevent Teenage Depression in One Week

Episode 11: Is Breast Cancer Racist?

Episode 10: Compassionately Supporting the Treatment and Recovery of Individuals with Addictive Disorders

Episode 9: How to Address the US Opioid Epidemic

Episode 8: How to Build Your Global Health Impact Toolkit

Episode 7: How to Introduce Health Conversations at Family Gatherings

Episode 6: How to build community health from your workplace

Episode 5: Does Your Zip Code Impact Your Life Expectancy?

Episode 4: How to Immediately Improve the Quality of Life of Community Members

Episode 3: How to Grow Grassroots Community Health Leaders

Episode 2: What is the Link - Community Organizing and the Public's Health?

Episode 2: What is the Link - Community Organizing and the Public’s Health?

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