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"Instead of training our public health students to work under the umbrella of a broken system or a system that can be greatly improved, it seems more efficient to turn the conversation and start to think through: how can we strengthen the funding organizations and their ability to support diverse scholars and diverse community orgs and projects to take a more proactive stance in leading to equity?"

In this episode, Dr. Liz Chen,  Dr. Deshira Wallace, Dr. Cristina Leos, and Dr. Yesenia Merino help us explore aspects of White supremacy culture and how it shows up in the grants process. They identify issues including power hoarding, perfectionism, urgency, and paternalism, as well as also offer some antidotes, like transparency, creativity, and reimagining the funding systems.

This episode references the article titled "Examining the White Supremacist Practices of Funding Organizations for Public Health Research and Practice: A Composite Narrative From Female, BIPOC Junior Researchers in Public Health" by Elizabeth Chen, PhD, MPH, Deshira Wallace, PhD, MSPH, Cristina Leos, PhD, MSPH, and Yesenia Merino, PhD, MPH.

The other two papers in HPP's What Is Antiracism in Health Promotion Practice? series are:

In this episode, host Andrea Bodkin talks with Katherine Seals, Jamila Freightman and Joetta Pitts to learn about a Community-Based Participatory Research approach to data collection in three parishes in rural Louisiana.

This article references the paper titled "Empty Houses, Loose Dogs, and Engaged Citizens: Lessons Learned From Community Participatory Data Collection in Rural Areas" by Katherine Seals, MPH, Jessica Stroope, MPH, Jamila Freightman, BA, Laura Ainsworth, PhD, LCSW, Aimee Moles, LCSW, PhD, and Denise Holston, PhD, RDN, LDN.

"Our main goal or argument is: HCV rates cannot be changed or eliminated if we cannot meaningfully reduce incarceration rates and our reliance on the carceral apparatus, and reallocating funds from this apparatus to community-based prevention efforts will bolster elimination efforts for Hepatitis C and also improve overall societal outcomes."

In this episode, Prashasti Bhatnagar and Sonia Canzater discuss the need for reinvestment into communities as a preventive approach to decrease incarceration, as well as destigmatization of those experiencing incarceration because it prevents allocation of resources. They also draw attention to the carceral apparatus's failure to provide healthcare and the resulting effects on communities.

This episode references the article titled "Investing in Community Care Is an Important Goal and Need for Eliminating Hepatitis C in the United States: An Abolitionist Perspective" by Prashasti Bhatnagar, JD, MPH and Sonia L. Canzater, JD, MPH.

In this episode, Dr. Melissa Valerio- Shewmaker is in conversation with Dr. Linda Sprague Martinez and Magalis Troncoso. They talk about the importance of maintaining humanity, getting out of our offices to engage with the community, food justice, and the role of food in community. They discuss language justice as it pertains to conducting their research in Spanish and Portuguese, and then translating their work into English for publication.

This episode references the article titled "El Sancocho, la Bandera y la Familia: La vida social de los alimentos y sus implicaciones para la salud y el bienestar de los inmigrantes dominicanos" or "El Sancocho, la Bandera y la Familia: The Social Life of Food and its Implications for Dominican Immigrant Health and Well-Being" by Linda Sprague Martinez, PhD, Cristina Araujo Brinkerhoff, MA, Bailey Conner, MPH, Magalis Troncoso Lama, MM, C. Eduardo Siqueira, MD, and Rosalyn Negrón, PhD.

In this episode, host Andrea Bodkin explores patient-centered and dismissive communication with Dr. Grace Hildenbrand. Dr. Hildenbrand, and co-authors Dr. Evan Perrault and Rachel Rnoh, conducted a study that asked patients about interactions with their health care providers, and identified instances where patients perceived that they were dismissed by their providers. Andrea and Grace discuss the results of the study, and how patients and providers can use these results to further positive interactions.

Mentioned in this episode: the campaign SpeakEndo.com, the Today Show’s series Dismissed, and the article  Detecting implicit racial bias in provider communication behaviors to reduce disparities in healthcare, by Hagiwara et. al.

This episode references the article titled “Exploring Patient Perceptions of Health Care Providers’ Dismissive Communication” by Grace M. Hildenbrand, PhD, Evan K. Perrault, PhD, and Rachel HeeJoon Rnoh, BA.

In this episode, Cynthia Begay is in conversation with Brianna John, Robert Alsburg, and Carmen George. They discuss the recent paper that explores the resilience of Navajo Nation stores, as well as explain different systems in Navajo Nation to provide context. They remind us to support our local stores, support our communities, and thank our frontline workers.

This episode references the article titled "Navajo Nation Stores Show Resilience During COVID-19 Pandemic" by Brianna John, BA, Sean O. Etsitty, BS, Alex Greenfeld, MS, Robert Alsburg, BS, Malyssa Egge, MS, Sharon Sandman, BA, Carmen George, MS, Caleigh Curley, MPH, Cameron Curley, BS, Hendrik D. de Heer, PhD, Gloria Begay, MEd, Martin E. Ashley, BS, Del Yazzie, MPH, Ramona Antone-Nez, MPH, Sonya Sunhi Shin, MD, and Carolyn Bancroft, PhD.

"If you ask me, the most important thing is: who is at the table and who's not, right? Because –who is at the table and who's not?– determines what's on the agenda and the values that are underlying whatever's going on. So the most important structural intervention that you could make is to involve people who have a strong interest in whatever the proceeding is or whatever the effort's going to be, to be at the decision making table."

In this episode, Arden Castle is in conversation with Dr. Camara Jones and Dr. Keon Gilbert about race, racism, and antiracism. They dissect these definitions, identify patterns in the US and UK, encourage making institutional walls porous, and discuss intergenerational bridging. Dr. Jones also offers her 4 Habits of Mind (the 4 BC's) for social justice warriors: be courageous, be curious, be collective, and build community. For a deeper dive on this topic, watch Dr. Jones's TedTalk and check out HPP's What Is Antiracism in Health Promotion Practice? special issue in Volume 24 Issue 1, January 2023.

In this episode, Arden Castle is in conversation with guest hosts Andrea Bodkin, Shanaé Burch, Bob Strack, and Robin Evans-Agnew, as well as Kathleen Roe, Health Promotion Practice Journal's Editor. They look back on the podcast's second season, reminisce about their experiences, and share what the unique audio space provides. We are looking forward to an exciting season 3 with even more guest-hosted episodes, so stay tuned and check out The HPP Podcast on Spotify for playlists. Thank you all for another fantastic season!

"Before that, I was more so involved in exercise in health and wellness, but I realized there's medicine in that connection to people and really talking to people and seeing where they're at and what they need and what resources they need. And I thought, that's such a missing avenue within a lot of Tribal nations. You know, a lot of people go into nations and think, "We can fix this. We know what they need," instead of asking, "What do the people need?"

In this episode, Dr. Valarie Blue Bird Jernigan is in conversation with Sean Etsitty, who orients us to better understand the food taxes in the Navajo Nation. They discuss the power of listening and supporting communities in their path to health, while reminding us of the history of land and public health.

This episode references the article titled "Implementation of Indigenous Food Tax Policies in Stores on Navajo Nation" by Etsitty O. Sean, BA, Brianna John, BS, Alex Greenfeld, MS, Robert Alsburg, BS, Malyssa Egge, MS, Sharon Sandman, BA, Carmen George, MS, Cameron Curley, BS, Caleigh Curley, MPH, Hendrik D. de Heer, PhD, Gloria Begay, MEd, Shirleen Jumbo-Rintila, BS, Martin E. Ashley, BSBA, Del Yazzie, MPH, Ramona Antone-Nez, MPH, Sonya Sunhi Shin, MD, and Carolyn Bancroft, PhD. This article joins others in HPP's HPP’s 5th Annual Native and Indigenous Voices Collection and Exploring Native/Indigenous Voice in HPP Spotify playlist.

In this episode, host Andrea Bodkin talks with Kathryn Bernstein, Beth Seidel, Shelley Shallat, and Vanita Hollingsworth about the Central Illinois Breastfeeding Professional Network (CIBPN), and network of public health practitioners and allies working to create a culture of breastfeeding in Central Illinois. CIBPN’s work is described in the article “Creating a culture of breastfeeding support and continuity of care in Central Illinois” published as part of a special supplement providing strategies and tools for reducing chronic disease through community-based physical activity and nutrition.

This episode references article "Creating a Culture of Breastfeeding Support and Continuity of Care in Central Illinois" by Kathryn Bernstein, MPH, Passang Gonrong, MPH, Shelly Shallat, MD, FAAP, CLS, Beth Seidel, BA, IBCLC, and Julien Leider, MA.