In this episode, Dr. Noreen Michael, Hilary Lohmann, Leia LaPlace, Nate Kelly, Dr. Laverne Ragster and Gloria Callwood are in conversation about how the U.S. Virgin Islands demonstration projects have evolved and will continue to develop. They discuss the priorities identified in the 2022 Walkability SUMMIT, the role of the Department of Planning and Natural Resources, and the Comprehensive Land and Water Use plan.

This episode references the article titled “Program Infrastructure the Key to Success: A Pilot Crosswalk Installation to Promote Walkability, Pedestrian Safety, and Physical Activity in the U.S. Virgin Islands” by Desiree Terese Ross, BS, Haley L. Cash, PhD, MPH, John Orr, BS, and Mark Fenton, MS. To check out some of the visualizations, check out https://www.planusvi.com/.

In this episode, Mark Fenton, Dr. Haley Cash, John Orr, and Cari Molin are in conversation about walkability in the U.S. Virgin Islands. They remind us that changes to the environment and cultural norms can facilitate changes in behavior, particularly when using a Complete Streets approach. By collecting baseline data, they were able to advocate for change and show the effectiveness of the crosswalk installation.

This episode references the article titled “Program Infrastructure the Key to Success: A Pilot Crosswalk Installation to Promote Walkability, Pedestrian Safety, and Physical Activity in the U.S. Virgin Islands” by Desiree Terese Ross, BS, Haley L. Cash, PhD, MPH, John Orr, BS, and Mark Fenton, MS.

In this episode, Dr. Whitney Nesser helps us explore intergenerationology, the study of the circular movement between generations and what that movement means. They hope that reciprocal learning will help cultivate empathy and understanding between each generation’s definitions of who they are and what it means to be in society with each other.

This episode references the article titled “Intergenerationology: The Scientific Study of Circular Movement Between Generations” by Whitney Nesser, PhD, MBA and Eun-Hye Grace Yi, PhD, MSW. You can find out more at www.intergenerationology.com, and read “Generations: The Real Differences Between Gen Z, Millennials, Gen X, Boomers, and Silents―and What They Mean for America's Future” by Jean M. Twenge PhD.

In this episode, Dr. Carlos Mahaffey is in conversation with Dr. Stacy Smallwood and Dr. Fayth Parks. They discuss excavating archaic ideas that are entrenched in misinformation and unfounded rationalizations around HIV and AIDS. They remind us of the multiple behavioral theories and communication avenues we will need to use to demystify and provide more accurate, uplifting information to help people see things differently; this includes understanding the experiences and challenges that healthcare providers working in the HIV space are facing so that we can better support them.

This episode references the article titled “The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same: HIV/AIDS Myths and Misinformation in the Rural United States” by Stacy W. Smallwood, PhD, MPH and Fayth M. Parks, PhD. Also, check out the 10th Annual Rural HIV Research and Training Conference.

In this episode, HPP’s Photovoice Special Issue Editors Dr. Robin Evans-Agnew & Dr. Bob Strack are in conversation with Dr. Mary Ann Burris, a co-founder of Photovoice. They discuss the origin story of Photovoice, including Caroline Wang’s awareness of power and her mother’s influence. They explore Dr. Mary Ann Burris’s career, and they compare their own journeys to contend with the definition of change as activist scholars.

This episode references the article titled “Braiding the Healing Gifts of Photovoice for Social Change: The Means Are Ends in the Making” by Mary Ann Burris, PhD, Robin A. Evans-Agnew, PhD, RN, and Robert W. Strack, PhD.

In this episode, Tara Maudrie is in conversation with Leialoha Ka‘ula and Jonathan Cruz about their project planting Kalo on the continent. They discuss their ancestral connection to Kalo and how the garden is not just a space for growing food, but it's also a way to perpetuate their culture. They explain how growing Kalo has become a metaphor for their organization; it’s reflective of their ability to adapt, be resilient, and to continue on despite the hardships that they encounter. The garden has allowed them to build a relationship with the community, other Hawaiians on the continent, and other Native communities as a way to decolonize and dismantle Western ideologies that they were forced to assimilate to.

This episode references the article titled “Growing Kalo (Taro) in the Continental United States” by Leialoha Ka‘ula, BA, Jonathan Cruz, BS, Natlie Dutro, BS, Donna Ching, MN, Kawehilani Wong, BA, and Alexandra Malia Jackson, PhD. You can find out more by visiting http://www.kalohcc.org, or you can read more in HPP’s ⁠Focus Issue: Indigenous Food Sovereignty As A Path To Health Equity⁠.

In this episode, Dr. Cassandra Nguyen is in conversation with Dr. LaVerne Demientieff, Harleigh Moore-Wilson, and Makynna Sharp regarding their food sovereignty projects. They discussed the loss of traditional knowledge through colonization, and creating spaces for elders to reconnect and build relationships back with activities and skills to learn and share the knowledge to future generations. They explored Osage’s mobile market that aims to create new systems that are uniquely Indigenous and support ending food insecurity in their community and beyond. They also discussed growing traditional and endangered seeds for more nutritional food staples, and a return to Native produce.

This episode references the articles titled “Supporting Traditional Foodways Knowledge and Practices in Alaska Native Communities: The Elders Mentoring Elders Camp” by LaVerne Xilegg Demientieff, LMSW, PhD, Stacy Rasmus, PhD, Jessica C. Black, PhD, Jessica Presley, MPP, Alex Jauregui-Dusseau, DHSc, Kaylee R. Clyma, MPH, and Valarie Blue Bird Jernigan, DrPH, MPH, “The Center for Indigenous Innovation and Health Equity: The Osage Nation’s Mobile Market” by Jann Hayman, EdD, Harleigh Moore-Wilson, MBA, Cody Vavra, MS, Dawn Wormington, Jessica Presley, MPP, Alex Jauregui-Dusseau, DHSc, Kaylee R. Clyma, MPH, and Valarie Blue Bird Jernigan, DrPH, MPH, and “The Choctaw Nation’s Growing Hope Program” by Ian Thompson, PhD, Jacqueline Putman, Misty Madbull, BS, Makynna Sharp, Jessica Presley, MPP, Alex Jauregui-Dusseau, DHSc, Kaylee Clyma, MPH, and Valarie Blue Bird Jernigan, DrPH, MPH. You can read more in HPP’s Focus Issue: Indigenous Food Sovereignty As A Path To Health Equity.

“Arts and prescription is such an important model on its own, and it's also an example of what we can do when we allow ourselves to imagine that things can be different than they have been.”

In this episode, Dr. Tasha Golden discusses what “arts on prescription” is, what we’ve learned about it from research and emerging models, and why it matters for improving community and whole-person health. She encourages us to imagine what it means to have well being and what it would look like if our health care systems/providers were a part of not only that absence of disease, but the presence of well being in people's lives.

This episode references the resource titled "Arts on Prescription: A Field Guide for US Communities" and coincides with the HPP article titled "Defining “Arts Participation” for Public Health Research." For more information, you can also check out www.tashagolden.com/fieldguide or HPP's Special Supplement: Arts in Public Health.