The HPP Podcast

“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.

In this episode, Dr. Anji Buckner-Capone and Dr. Marcelle Dougan discuss college students' perceptions on COVID-19 vaccine mandates and their vaccine hesitancy. They remind us of the need to accessibility and trust when researching contentious topics, and their neutral language allowed students to express their polarizing views.

This episode references the article titled "Mandating COVID-19 Vaccination on Campus: A Qualitative Analysis of a Cross-Sectional Study of California College Students" by Anji Buckner-Capone, EdD, MPH and Marcelle Dougan, ScD, MPH, MEng.

"We just want people who menstruate to be able to do so safely and with dignity, and we don't think that's so big of an ask."

In this episode, Dr. Allison Casola, Dr. Kierstin Luber, and Dr. Amy Henderson Riley discuss period poverty from an epidemiologic approach by considering three components: person, place, and time. They also identify policy opportunities, vulnerable populations, and the siloing of menstrual equity and reproductive education. The first step is increasing awareness, which is made easier by their glossary and other publications.

This episode references the article titled "Period Poverty: an Epidemiologic and Biopsychosocial Analysis" by Allison R. Casola, PhD, MPH, MCHES, Kierstin Luber, DO, MPH, and Amy Henderson Riley, DrPH, MCHES. As mentioned in the episode, you can check out "No More Secrets" on Instagram at @nomoresecretsmbs, as well as Dr. Riley's book "Health Communication Fundamentals" at Springer Publishing or Amazon.

"The community health worker is under utilized, and yet can be the best glue across that continuum."

In this episode, Ysabel Duron and Dr. Manali Patel discuss the importance of community health workers (CHWs) in cancer care delivery. They talk about the unique capacity of CHW to identify the actual gaps and actual needs of patients to support and work in tandem with doctors.

This episode references the article titled "⁠A Community-Engaged Process for Adapting a Proven Community Health Worker Model to Integrate Precision Cancer Care Delivery for Low-income Latinx Adults With Cancer⁠" by Emily H. Wood, MPH, Maria Leach, MSW, Gerardo Villicana, BA, Lisa Goldman Rosas, PhD, MPH, Ysabel Duron, BS, Dale G. O’Brien, MD, Zachary Koontz, MD, and Manali I. Patel, MD, MPH, MS.

"The way that people talk about immigrants in the news media affects those internalized stereotypes and, also, real fears that construct or limit somebody's mobility."

In this episode, Dr. Mario Alberto Viveros Espinoza-Kulick and Dr. Alex Espinoza-Kulick explore how the news media impacts the content and context of health access and decision-making among Latinx immigrant and Indigenous communities. They remind us that we need more immigration policies that center the health, well being, and dignity of migrant communities. Their research emphasizes the interconnectedness of immigration policy and public health, urging policymakers to evaluate immigration laws based on their impact on the health of communities, especially immigrant and Indigenous peoples.

This episode references the article titled "Immigration Policy is Health Policy: News Media Effects on Health Disparities for Latinx Immigrant and Indigenous Groups" by Mario Alberto V. Espinoza-Kulick, MA, PhD, Alex Espinoza-Kulick, MA, PhD, Elisa González and Jodene Takahashi. For more content from this week's guests, please check out “We Need Health for All”: Mental Health and Barriers to Care among Latinxs in California and Connecticut, Movement Pandemic Adaptability: Health Inequity and Advocacy among Latinx Immigrant and Indigenous Peoples, Mi Gente, Nuestra Salud: Protocol for a People’s Movement for Health Ownership | Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action, and Radio Indigena 94.1 FM by Mixteco Indígena Community Organizing Project.

In this episode, Dr. Melissa Valerio-Shewmaker is in conversation with Dr. Amelie G. Ramirez on her commentary that encourages us to look for upstream solutions and utilize promotoras. Dr. Ramirez also situates her approach in her own upbringing and to help us understand the barriers and disadvantages to health, as well as the need for more Latinos with advanced degrees for representation and culturally relevant care.

This episode references the article titled "Milestones and Miles to Go in Latino Health Promotion" by Dr. Amelie G. Ramirez. For more ways to celebrate Latino Heritage Month and learn more, check out the HPP en Español collection of articles, Salud America!, and The Institute for Health Promotion Research at UT Health San Antonio. They hope that researchers, academics, health promoters, doctors, students and community leaders register for the next Advancing the Science of Cancer in Latinos conference on Feb. 21-23, 2024, in San Antonio, Texas.

In this episode, Cynthia Begay is in conversation with Dr. Diane McEachern and Lauren White about their research in rural northwest Alaska Native villages on the quantities, types, sources, and frequency of support that Alaska Native youth and young adults had. They discuss the impact of colonization on education, and they reaffirm the existing support that occurs in Native communities. Furthermore, they offer ways that research can be more nuanced for Native communities to perhaps better measure support for males, use traditional milestone markers instead of age, pivot away from Western terms like informal and formal supports, and focus on involving the whole community.

This episode references the article titled “What Kinds of Support are Alaska Native Youth and Young Adults Reporting? An Examination of Types, Quantities, Sources, and Frequencies of Support” by Kelly L. Markowski, PhD, Lauren White, MPH, Sela R. Harcey, MS, Tara Schmidt, MPH, Diane McEachern, PhD, LCSW, MSW, Patrick Habecker, PhD, and Lisa Wexler, PhD, MSW.

If you'd like to contact them about the paper or their research interests, Dr. Diane McEachern teaches rural human services and social work and their doctoral research studied the teaching of social work to Indigenous adults. She can be reached at [email protected]. Lauren White is a member of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma and a PhD candidate at the University of Michigan studying Social Work and Psychology. She can be reached at [email protected] or on twitter @laurenalaine.

In this episode, Dr. Sara Baumann and Dr. Jessica Burke help us reflect back on the last three years of COVID. They talk about their mental health research, the adaptations that their project underwent due to COVID restrictions, and the visual art gallery that emerged. They juxtaposed a few moments from films, which can be watched at ⁠http://www.collaborativefilmmaking.com/⁠. They remind us that one of the benefits of collaborative filmmaking is the ability to use the films for advocacy or awareness raising purposes.

This episode references the article titled "⁠Creating Community During COVID-19: A Virtual Art Gallery to Address Social Isolation During a Pandemic⁠" by Sara E. Baumann, PhD, MPH and Jessica G. Burke, PhD, MHS. It also mentions "⁠Visualizing Mental Health Through the Lens of Pittsburgh Youth: A Collaborative Filmmaking Study During COVID-19⁠" by Sara E. Baumann, PhD, Brayden N. Kameg, DNP, Christopher T. Wiltrout, MPH, Deborah Murdoch, MPH, Lindsay Pelcher, MPH, and Jessica G. Burke, PhD and "⁠Exploring Community Art and Its Role in Promoting Health, Social Cohesion, and Community Resilience in the Aftermath of the 2015 Nepal Earthquake⁠" by Sara E. Baumann, PhD, MPH, Monica M. Merante, BPhil, Marie-Ange Sylvain-Holmgren, BA, and Jessica G. Burke, PhD, MHS.

Use these links to check out the visual art gallery: