Indian Health Council's What About Life Podcast

What About Life welcomes our Santa Ysabel Campus Pharmacist James Pope to the podcast! We have a lively discussion with James about his time living in Hawaii, how he became a pharmacist and how that lead to his time here at IHC. We also talk about the importance of weight management and how some new prescription meds are changing the game for many people.

Get to know Tony Sheron, IHC's Physical Activities Specialist. David and George chat it up with Tony and get the low-down on IHC's gym, the importance of nutrition alongside physical activity for improved health and fitness, and we learn a little bit about the man himself. Join us for a fun and informative podcast!

It's the first podcast of 2023! And with so many New Year's resolutions being started pertaining to weight loss and exercise we thought it was the perfect time to sit down with IHC's Registered Dietician Misty Faulkner! Misty and IHC Intern Katie Sanger sit down with George and David to talk about healthy choices in nutrition that can make real differences in your physical and mental health!

David and George sit down with new PEI Health Educator Shuuluk Linton in a casual chat amongst co-workers. Shuuluk shares his background and his deeply local roots with the team as all three gentlemen get to know one another better.

Ana González Seda, MPH, Director of Programs for the Alzheimer's Association San Diego/Imperial Chapter sits down for a chat with David on Alzheimer's disease. They discuss what Alzheimer's is and how it affects those who are afflicted with it, and the people around them who are also affected by it as family, friends or caregivers. It's an important topic to discuss as Ana details that an exceptionally high number of dementia in seniors is caused by Alzheimer's and it unfortunately affects POC in higher rates. #endalz #ihcsd

Alzheimer's Association San Diego/Imperial Chapter:

(800) 272-3900

alz.org/sandiego

alz.org/español

Karan Kolb and Elizabeth Schenker (Lizzie) from IHC's Tribal Family Services (TFS) join the podcast! They discuss Trauma Informed Care, understanding generational trauma and the successes and expansion of their My Two Aunties program.

Margaux Stack-Babich, MPH and Karina Moyano, MPH, Community Outreach and Engagement Manager UCSD Moores Cancer Center, join the podcast to talk about working alongside Dr. Calac on SD PATH (San Diego Protecting AgainsT HPV). There is so much to learn about HPV, the effectiveness of the HPV vaccine, and how HPV affects the native communities in a harder way, and some positive local news regarding HPV in today's episode.

Learn more at the SD PATH site: https://moorescancercenter.ucsd.edu/outreach/hpv-vaccination-workgroup.html

Javier Guerrero, CEO of Coastal Roots Farm,  a regenerative organic farm, joins the podcast to talk about their programs making food available through equitable access with dignity, education and outreach to everyone. Coastal Roots also makes a concerted effort to provide organic, fresh produce, to indigenous communities in the farthest reaches of San Diego county through their own programs and in efforts alongside other non-profit organizations like Feeding San Diego.

https://www.coastalrootsfarm.org for more information on the farm and their programs.

Oct. 24-28 is Red Ribbon Week in the United States. (Red Ribbon Week is an alcohol, tobacco, and other drug and violence prevention awareness campaign observed annually in October in the United States. It began as a tribute to fallen DEA special agent Enrique Camerena in 1985.) IHC's substance abuse counselor Tina Garcia and TOR Program Coordinator Charles Rodriguez joins David, Art and George to discuss fentanyl abuse, drug and alcohol abuse and the importance of expressing feelings and compassion for one another.

Wendy Schlater is a dual citizen of the La Jolla Band of Luiseno Indians and the U.S. In March 2019, Wendy was elected Vice Chairwoman for her Tribe, her third term as an elected tribal leader. Wendy also serves as Program Director of La Jolla’s Avellaka Program addressing safety for Native women on her Reservation. In this capacity, she organized the La Jolla Native Women’s Advisory Committee to host the first annual Inter-Tribal Sexual Assault Awareness Walk in 2010, which continues today traveling from reservation to reservation. One of Wendy’s passions is to assert and utilize tribal sovereignty to bring much needed services to her people.  Wendy is also a member of the San Diego County Sexual Assault Response Team Committee and a Tribal Subcommittee member of the Violence Against Women Act Committee. Wendy is a founding Board member of a non-profit tribal coalition, the Strong Hearted Native Women’s Coalition and the National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center, for which she currently serves as NIWRC’s Board of Directors’ Treasurer. NIWRC is a national tribal nonprofit dedicated to restoring tribal sovereignty to increase Native women’s safety. Throughout her career, she has advocated for Native LGBTQ/2Spirit youth and adults, tribal youth, health, education, land, environmental issues and safety for Native women, developing innovative ways to create Tribal responses and programs respective of her people’s customs and traditions.

Native American Hotline "Strong Hearts Helpline"  1-844-7-NATIVE

National Indigenous Women's Resource Center www.niwrc.org

Avellaka (760) 742-8628