The HPP Podcast

“People were able to be themselves. So that was like my biggest thing.” Liane Khoury

The HPP Podcast celebrates Sexual Health Awareness Month! On this episode of The HPP Podcast, Liane Khoury shares information about a program designed to build community and address food insecurity among LGBTQIA+ newcomers to Nova Scotia in the article “East Coast Kitchen Party: A Ceilidh-Inspired Program to Reduce Social Isolation and Food insecurity Among LGBTQIA+ Newcomers.” She provides the context for the program, gives examples of the lived experiences of the participants, and describes potential opportunities to strengthen future iterations of the program.

To read the article in its entirety, visit: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/15248399251355901.

“Everyone has a role to play in helping deliver formal or informal concussion education and influence athletes'willingness to report a concussion.” Julia D. Drattell

The HPP Podcast observes National Concussion Awareness Day! On this episode of The HPP Podcast, Julia D. Drattellshares information about the current landscape of concussion education as discussed in the article, “Concussion as a Public Health Crisis: Multilevel Approaches for Improving Athlete Care-Seeking.” She incorporates the statistics, describes who is affected, and provides the implications forathletic trainers and health educators. Furthermore, she discusses the culture surrounding concussions socially, environmentally, and politically.

Visit the following link to read the entirearticle:  https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/15248399251363166.

“What I think really shines through is how the family context and the cultural context and the political context influenceboth mental and sexual health experience for Latina adolescents, particularly the role of shame and stigma and how that played a part in gaining access to healthcare or being able to talk openly about these sensitive or potentiallysensitive topics. So, we hope that the zines that they created helped to break that stigma within the community.” Jenn M. Lilly

The HPP Podcast celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month AND Sexual Health Month! This episode sits at the intersectionof both observances.  In this episode, Jenn M. Lilly, shares useful tidbits discussed in her and her colleagues’ article, “Digital Zines as Mental and Sexual Health Communication Tools for Latina Teens: Format and Content Acceptability and Initial Findings.” She discusses what zines are, how they are used with Latina Teens, and what can be done to improve mental and sexual health outcomes in this population. She also shares practical tips for the use of AI to support research.

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To read the article in its entirety, visitthe following link:  https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/15248399241300570.

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To engage in Dr. Lilly’s previous work,visit the links provided below:

 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/07435584231207627 

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15332691.2023.2292020 

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/2752535X241260444 

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/10443894231218298 

“Having a primary care practitioner is pretty consistently one of the main facilitators for seeking preventive care. When you look at the literature on what are the best strategies that we can do to get people to get immunized, get regular screenings, recommendations from a family practitioner or primary care practitioners are consistently one of the reliable ways to get people to buy into, to stay regular and up to date on these services.” Lindsay Burton

The HPP Podcast continues its celebration of National Immunization Awareness Month! In this episode, Lindsay Burton, shares the context, findings, and implications from the article, “Differences in Preventive Care Uptake in Attached and Unattached Rural-Living Residents.” She shares best practices for providers who provide services to rural residents who are attached and unattached and discusses the utility of the study’s design globally.

To read more, visit the following link: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/15248399251350623.

“We really need to provide support to our health care providers, our pediatricians, and try to identify ways that we can help them effectively communicate with parents and patients, and motivational interviewing seems to be a really great avenue for that. And so, trying to figure out how do we most effectively train healthcare providers and using thebest motivational interviewing techniques to communicate with parents and patients is one avenue of this research that can keep moving forward.” Brittany L. Rosen

The HPP Podcast celebrates National Immunization Awareness Month! In this episode, Dr. Brittany L. Rosen, author of “Factors Influencing Adolescent COVID-19 Vaccination During the Omicron Surge,” shares processes and findings from her qualitative study, which includedparent-adolescent dyads to understand vaccine decision-making during the Omicron winter 2021/2022 surge. She reveals practical implications, discusses the relevance to National Immunization Awareness Month, and providesrecommendations for advancing her work.

Read more at the following link:  https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/15248399241311583.

“Pay attention to your community. Always look at them as your big boss. You've got to make sure that they understandwhat it is you're trying to communicate, and ultimately, they're the ones you are serving.” Adriane K. Griffen

The HPP Podcast continues its celebration of Disability Pride Month! In this episode, Dr. Adriane K. Griffen shares updates on her Inclusion Wheel of Factors and Conditions to Include People With Disabilities in Public Health Efforts, and where she is in evaluating its utility. She shares the applicability of the Inclusion Wheel to professional practice and its potential to improve the lives of people living with visible and invisible disabilities.  

Read the article in its entirety at https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/15248399211070809.

The HPP Podcast Celebrates Disability Pride Month! This brief episode focuses on the observance of Disability Pride Monthand provokes introspection regarding professionals’ roles in being inclusive of people with disabilities.

The HPP Podcast also recognizes the peer reviewers of the articles published in “Health Promotion Practice.” A full list of those individuals recognized can be found here: "Acknowledgment of Members of Health Promotion Practice’s Review Panel.”

“If you look socio-politically, there's a lot of structural stigmas that we have to face and, you know, resist, if you will; and then there's also, through that, creating space to find joy andthriving. So, it's not just focused on being, you know, a marginalized group and being minoritized but also cultivating those strengths, and that's what Trans Wellness, Trans Brilliance really aspires to do!”  -Brayden A. Misiolek

The HPP Podcast Celebrates Pride! In this episode of The HPP Podcast, C. M. McGhee, Brayden A. Misiolek, and Shanna KatzKatarri share their passion for inclusive spaces fortrans/gender diverse communities in their development on the intervention, Trans Wellness, Trans Brilliance! They share the inspiration for the intervention, key findings, and benefits and barriers to implementing the intervention in Michigan. They also offer words of encouragement to the trans/gender diverse communities and their allies.

Read the article by C.M. McGhee and colleagues in its entirety here: “Developing Trans Wellness, Trans Brilliance: A Virtual Peer-Support Wellness Intervention by and for Trans/Gender Diverse Michiganders.”

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“Don’t let the haters get you down!” -LB Bouchard

The HPP Podcast Celebrates Pride! In this episode of The HPP Podcast, Pride Month and poetry intersect! LB Bouchard shares an excerpt of their poem, “They was Patient.” They provide the context for the poem, best practices for allies and practitioners, and words of encouragement/affirmation for the LGBTQIA+ community. To learn more, read the article, “They was Patient” by LB Bouchard.

In this episode, we kick off Asian American and PacificIslander Heritage Month with a Health Promotion Practice Paper of the Year. Phuc To, Julia Huynh, Dr. Judy Tzu-Chun Wu, Dr. Thuy Vo Dang, Cevadne Lee, and Dr. Sora Tanjasiri discuss where their Photovoice project has taken them. They previously explored their paper in Season 2, Episode 12 before receiving this recognition, and this time they reflect back on wonderful stories of mentorship, growth, permanence, and hope. They remind us of the importance of interdisciplinary work and archiving stories. Check out other ⁠Sarah Mazelis Paper of the Year Award Winners⁠ and ⁠HPP's special collection⁠ of recently published papers, poetry, and podcast episodes ddressing health promotion that centers Asian, Asian American, and Pacific Islander communities and authors. This episode references the article titled "Through Our Eyes, Hear Our Stories: A Virtual Photovoice Project to Document and Archive Asian American and Pacific Islander Community Experiences During COVID-19" by Phuc Duy Nhu To, MA,Julia Huynh, MA, Judy Tzu-Chun Wu, PhD, Thuy Vo Dang, PhD, MA, Cevadne Lee, MPH, and Sora Park Tanjasiri, DrPh, MPH.