Social Medicine On Air

Social Medicine On Air

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  • 4 | Is Global Health Just a "Charitable Hobby"? | Hugo Flores

    Hugo Flores teaches us about the moral imperatives of providing healthcare. By tackling the persistent myths and mistakes of global health work, he shows how folks from diverse backgrounds can come together to fight for health systems "good enough for your grandmother." 


    Hugo Flores MD is a physician who founded and leads Compañeros En Salud, a Partners In Health sister organization in the Sierra mountains of Chiapas, Mexico. He is currently pursuing a Masters in Global Afffairs at the University of Notre Dame.


    His recommended resources:

    • Lessons From Haiti: https://www.lessonsfromhaiti.org/
    • ""The Accompaniment Approach: Eight Principles for Effective Aid Delivery," 2012. bit.ly/8apfh
    • Are the Paris Principles Being Implemented? An Overview of Localizing Aid In Fragile Settings," by the Paul Farmer Aid Delivery Support Initiative in partnership with the United Nations Office of the Special Adviser for Community Based Medicine and Lessons From Haiti, 2013. bit.ly/lfhrep13


      • 54 min
    • 3 | Neoliberalism and Health | Tinashe Goronga

      Tinashe Goronga (@tisaneg) discusses the impact of neoliberal policies on health outcomes. After describing what neoliberalism is and how it works, he connects how his patients' lives in Zimbabwe are influenced by these international and national systems.


      Tinashe Goronga MD MPH is a physician from Zimbabwe who most recently served as General Medical Officer at the Binga District Hospital, in addition to his teaching and leadership with EqualHealth and the Campaign Against Racism. He studied public health at the Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde.


      His recommended resources:

      • Thomson, M., Kentikelenis, A. & Stubbs, T. (2017) Structural adjustment programmes adversely affect vulnerable populations: a  systematic-narrative review of their effect on child and maternal health. Public Health Rev 38, 13. Full text.


        • Barry, M., Cullen, M. R., Thomas, J. E., & Loewenson, R. H. (1990).  Health care changes after independence and transition to majority rule. JAMA, 263(5), 638–640. doi:10.1001/jama.1990.03440050030009


          • Lennock, J. (1994) Paying For Health: Poverty And Structural Adjustment In Zimbabwe. Oxford: Oxfam. PDF.
            • 50 min
          • 2 | Antiracist Medicine | Michelle Morse

            Michelle Morse (@michellemorse) discusses race and antiracism in medicine. Beginning with Camara Jones' metaphor of the Gardener's Tale, she helps to imagine how medicine can work for the good of all and how medicine can move past its entanglements with racist ways of thinking and acting.


            Michelle Morse MD MPH is a physician, organizer, and social medicine leader who has cofounded EqualHealth, the Social Medicine Consortium, and three residency programs at the Mirebalais University Hospital. She is an assistent professor at Harvard Medical School, a Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellow, and is currently working on the global Campaign Against Racism. 


            Her recommended resources:

            • Jones, C. P. (2000). Levels of racism: A theoretic framework and a gardener's tale. American Journal of Public Health, 90(8), 1212–1215. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.90.8.1212. PDF.


              • Jones CP, Truman BI, Elam-Evans LD, et al. Using "socially assigned race" to probe white advantages in health status. Ethn Dis. 2008;18(4):496-504. PDF.


                • Ford CL, Airhihenbuwa CO. Critical Race Theory, race equity, and public health: toward antiracism praxis. Am J Public Health. 2010;100 Suppl 1(Suppl 1):S30-S35. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2009.171058. PDF.


                  • Tsai J, Ucik L, Baldwin N, Hasslinger C, George P. Race Matters?  Examining and Rethinking Race Portrayal in Preclinical Medical  Education. Acad Med. 2016;91(7):916-920. doi:10.1097/ACM.0000000000001232. Full text.


                    • Jee-Lyn García J, Sharif MZ. Black Lives Matter: A Commentary on Racism and Public Health. Am J Public Health. 2015;105(8):e27-e30. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2015.302706. Full text.
                      • 57 min
                    • 1 | What is Social Medicine? | Michael Westerhaus

                      Michael Westerhaus (@socmedmjw) teaches the history of social medicine and what social medicine means. He explains the difference between social medicine and public health, the value of storytelling and social position in medicine, the relationship between inequality and health, and addresses if it is right for healthcare practitioners to "get political."  


                      Michael Westerhaus MD is a primary care physician for refugees at the Center for International Health in St. Paul, Minnesota. He is also an assistant professor at the University of Minnesota and an active social medicine educator with SocMed and the Social Medicine Consortium.


                      His recommended resources: 

                      • 1. Porter, Dorothy.  2006. “How Did Social Medicine Evolve, and Where Is It Heading?”  PLoS Medicine 3(10): e399. Full text.


                        • 2. Fanon, Frantz. 1994. “Medicine and Colonialism.” In: A Dying Colonialism.  Grove/Atlantic Press. PDF. (MR Press is rights-holder and has approved this usage).


                          • 3. Anderson, Smith, and Sidel. 2005. What is Social Medicine? Monthly Review. Full text.
                            • 58 min
                          • Trailer | Welcome to Social Medicine On Air!

                            Welcome to Social Medicine On Air, a podcast where we explore the field of social medicine with healthcare practitioners, activists, and researchers. Social medicine hopes to work for a world of justice and health - especially for the most marginalized - and connects clinical care to the deep causes of health and illness. Through our conversational interviews, we hope to create a warm and welcoming space to learn about social medicine.


                            Hosted by Brendan Johnson and Jonas Attilus, produced by Raghav Goyal, and design by Clara Brand. 

                            5 min

                          About Social Medicine On Air

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                          Welcome to Social Medicine On Air, a podcast where we explore the field of social medicine with healthcare practitioners, activists, and researchers. We examine the deep causes of health and disease, and dream of a world of justice. We are: Jonas Attilus, Sebastian Fonseca, Raghav Goyal, Brendan Johnson, Leila Sabbagh, & Poetry Thomas.