The HPP Podcast

"The way that people talk about immigrants in the

In this episode, Dr. Mario Alberto Viveros Espinoza-Kulick

This episode references the article titled "⁠Immigration

“Language justice shifts the responsibility from the person to the system.”

Author Maya I. Ragavan shares best practices for including people who use languages other than English in research. She highlights how language justice can be a barrier to achieving health equity and exacerbates health disparities in these populations. The six core pillars required to achieve language justice are expounded upon in this episode.

This episode references the article “⁠Applying a Language Justice Framework in Research: A Step Toward Achieving Health Equity⁠” by Tran Doan, Gabriela Lopez-Zeron, Guillermo Prado., and Maya I. Ragavan.

“The reality is that there are power differentials between a student, a junior scholar and a full professor, or between a medical assistant, a patient, and a physician. But recognizing those power dynamics, if you are in a position of power, really using your privilege, your position as a gatekeeper to speak up and intervene or to give platform to

Drs. Khadijah Ameen and Collins Airhihenbuwa share their work on how to expand how we think about bystanders and perpetrators of racial violence, and how bystander behavioural approaches can be used to intervene. They bring in antiracism frameworks such as the Public Health Critical Race Praxis and the PEN-3 Cultural Model to illustrate their points using some antiracism bystander intervention scenarios.

This episode references the article “Expanding Bystander Behavioural Approaches to Address Racial Violence in Health Research, Pedagogy, and Practice” by Khadijah Ameen and Collins Airhihenbuwa.

LAST CHANCE: The Health Education

“Content creation is, in fact, their unique

Alex Michel and Emily S. Miller share the

This episode references the article “The Emerging Landscape of Social Media Influencers in Public Health Collaborations: A Scoping Review” by Alexandra E. Michel, Emily S. Miller, Gretchen Schulz, and Rupali J. Limaye.

The Health Education Specialist Practice Analysis (HESPA) III is now live! Take the survey here: https://ow.ly/bYqz50TfuJ1.   Complete the survey and receive 2 CECH and earn eligibility to win up to $500 in gift cards!

In this episode, Dr. Shanaé Burch, Dr. LeConté Dill, and Dr.

“Language justice shifts the responsibility from the person to the system.”

Elizabeth Jarpe-Ratner and D. Little describe the development, implementation, and evaluation of a mandatory professional development program designed for Chicago Public Schools faculty and staff which addresses gender-inclusive behaviors to support transgender, nonbinary, and gender-nonconforming (TNBGNC) students in the school district. They share recommendations which can be followed in other school districts to reduce harm, harassment, and violence affecting TNBGNC students.

This episode references the article “Evaluation of a Mandatory Professional Development on Supporting Transgender, Nonbinary, and Gender-Nonconforming Students in Chicago Public Schools” by Elizabeth Jarpe-Ratner and colleagues.

The Health Education Specialist Practice Analysis (HESPA) III is now live! Take the survey here: https://ow.ly/bYqz50TfuJ1. Complete the survey and receive 2 CECH and earn eligibility to win up to $500 in gift cards!

“Language justice shifts the responsibility

Author Maya I. Ragavan shares best practices for including people who use languages other than English in

This episode references the article “Applying

The Health Education Specialist Practice Analysis (HESPA) III is now live! Take the survey here: https://ow.ly/bYqz50TfuJ1.   Complete the survey and receive 2 CECH and earn eligibility to win up to $500 in gift cards!

“An increasing number of patients are utilizing federally qualified health care centers every year and given the target population of those who are probably most at need or have been kind of historically underserved, they also, unfortunately, disproportionately experience behavioral health challenges. So, it kind of leads to this situation where there's really high behavioral health needs amongst patients serviced by federally qualified health centers.”

Authors Kelsey S. Dickson and Tana Holt share how they applied the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research and the Health Equity Implementation framework to conduct a needs and context assessment to inform the development and testing of evidence-based practice strategies and implementation support as part of a care coordination program within a partnered Federally Qualified Health Center. They share their methodology, key findings, and recommendations for improving the postpartum outcomes of this population. The authors share how care coordination was enhanced and offer a glimpse into the next phase of this research.

This episode references the article “Enhancing Behavioral Health Implementation in a Care Coordination Program at a Federally Qualified Health Center: A Case Study Applying Implementation Frameworks” by Kelsey S. Dickson, Tana Holt, and Elva M. Arredondo.

“Women in the postpartum period need things, right? I think that there's still a major gap, even though we know if you're in maternal health, you know, over and over again that there's not enough that exists for women in the postpartum period—and that's where the majority of pregnancy related deaths happen.”

In this episode, Morgan V. Davis, Kaitlyn Hernandez-Spalding, Rasheeta Chandler, and Natalie Hernandez-Green discuss their recent scoping review which examined the perceptions and use of mHealth in postpartum Black Women. They share their methodology, key findings, and recommendations for improving the postpartum outcomes of this population.

This episode references the article “Examining the Perceptions of mHealth on Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Postpartum Health for Black Women: A Scoping Review” by Natalie Hernandez-Green and colleagues.

“We try to frame our results in a way that shows youth can not only identify the things that are happening in their lives, but they also have the power and knowledge, and they have the tools within them to be able to start addressing these issues.”

In this episode, Saharra L. Dixon the use of photovoice and community mapping to examine structural violence’s impact on historically excluded youth’s lived experiences. Using an Arts and Cultural in Public Health framework, she analyzes ways in which structural racism functions as contributes to adolescent sexual and reproductive health inequities.

This episode references the article “Stacked Up Against Us: Using Photovoice and Participatory Methods to Explore Structural Racism’s Impact on Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health Inequities” by Saharra L. Dixon.