Power Tools #4 - Rocket Camp by NACDD

Power Tools #3 - Live Stories by NACDD

Power Tools #2 - Kognito by NACDD

Alaska DHSS Public Health Specialist Ann Potempa discusses with Health Yeah the challenges and opportunities she's seen in health communications in The Last Frontier.

NACDD Communications Director Paige Rohe speaks Dr. Shannon Griffin Blake, the branch chief for the Disability and Health Branch within the Division of Human Development and Disability at CDC's National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities. Dr. Griffin Blake discusses the new Disability Health Data System and current programming work in disabilities inclusion with NACDD and beyond. To learn more about the DHDS, visit http://www.cdc.gov/disabilities. To learn more about NACDD's work and to view a transcript of this podcast, visit chronicdisease.org.

In recognition of World Diabetes Day, NACDD’s Communications Director Paige Rohe speaks with two diabetes experts from Guam on the burden of diabetes and pre-diabetes in this community: Patrick Luces, Chair of the Pacific Chronic Disease Council and Program Coordinator for Chronic Disease Prevention and Control for Guam's Department of Public Health and Social Services and Melliza Young, an intern for the Pacific Chronic Disease Council and a certified diabetes educator. An important partner with NACDD, the Pacific Chronic Disease Council provides leadership in the development of a Pacific Noncommunicable Disease Collaborative targeting health system transformation and expanding population outreach within the U.S. Associated Pacific Island (USAPI) jurisdictions. The USAPI spans twice the geographic area of the continental U.S. and has a population of about half a million people. A 2016 World Bank report described non-communicable diseases as an economic threat to the Pacific Islands, with heart disease, cancer, diabetes, and chronic respiratory disease leading the list as the top causes of mortality in this region. Listen to the podcast to learn about the specific challenges Guam faces as well as opportunities that currently exist to improve health and empower the people of Guam to build a healthier future.

Welcome to NACDD’s Power Tools Podcast.

Power Tools is a series of hosted interviews by NACDD’s John Patton, with vetted, private-industry partners whose products and services act as ‘tools’ that add exponential ‘power’ to the work of public health practitioners.

John interviews companies that NACDD has worked with to support public health interventions over the years — from software developers to media giants. Each episode selects private companies that address pain-points in public health, from increasing awareness to improving physician referrals to presenting data visually.

Join us to discover tools that add power to your work — and always pass along partners that you have found that could be of value to others. We’d love to talk with them!

Health Yeah! with Eric Kasowski by NACDD

Big Bend AHEC 2018 Lupus PSA by NACDD

Dr. O’Connor speaks with Soma Stout, Executive Lead of 100 Million Healthier Lives, on how the public health industry should come together to examine the driving forces behind chronic disease, and how the landscape can be improved.