Viral

Viral

By Linsey Grove & Megan AlbertsonSociety & CultureScienceSocial Sciences
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Viral episodes

  • Episode 38 - Sex Education & Disability

    Sex education should be accessible to everyone, right? Sometimes that's not the case. Linsey discusses her research and dissertation work focused on making sex education accessible for adolescents with intellectual disabilities. Join us for a great conversation!

    We're also headed to Salt Lake City for the 2019 Society for Public Health Education Annual Meeting! If you're there too, feel free to say hi!  We're hosting a roundtable discussion on how to use podcasts as a tool for health education and promotion!

    Intro/Outro Music: “Take Your Medicine” by The Quick & Easy Boys

    40 min
  • Episode 37 - Public Health, Religion, and Mythology

    One recurring theme of this show is that people throughout history have used religion and storytelling to explain what was then unexplainable. In today’s episode, Linsey and Quinn discuss Shapona, the Yoruba god of smallpox, and Endovelicus, the god of public health and safety in pre-Roman Lusitania (modern-day Portugal).

    2019 is a big year for Viral – stay tuned for some re-releases of popular episodes and a bunch of new topics!

    Intro/Outro Music: “Take Your Medicine” by The Quick & Easy Boys

    28 min
  • Episode 36 - Public Health and Civic Engagement

    Can civic engagement make a community healthier? Is voting a public health issue?  Uncle Sam wants YOU to find out the answers to these questions and more in our episode about the intersection of civic engagement and public health.  

     

    Sources:

    https://publichealth.wustl.edu/civic-engagement-robust-communities/
     
    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4374501/
     
    http://plan4health.us/civic-engagement-in-planning-can-improve-public-health/
     
    https://www.cdc.gov/stltpublichealth/pimnetwork/eventdocs/2012/june/06282012slides.pdf
     
    https://gradonline.sc.edu/articles/healthcare/why-community-engagement-matters-in-the-field-of-public-health.aspxhttps://ncoc.org/data-in-action/civic-health-public-health/
     
    https://www.prb.org/differences/
     
    https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs.html
     
    https://www.lwv.org/
     

    Viral is written and produced by Linsey Grove and Quinn Lundquist.

    Our theme is “Take Your Medicine” by the Quick and Easy Boys.

    Visit us at www.viral-pod.com for more information.

    45 min
  • Episode 36 – Public Health and Civic Engagement
    Can civic engagement make a community healthier? Is voting a public health issue?  Uncle Sam wants YOU to find out the answers to these questions and more in our episode about the intersection of civic engagement and public health.

     

    Sources:
    https://publichealth.wustl.edu/civic-engagement-robust-communities/

    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4374501/

    http://plan4health.us/civic-engagement-in-planning-can-improve-public-health/

    https://www.cdc.gov/stltpublichealth/pimnetwork/eventdocs/2012/june/06282012slides.pdf

    https://gradonline.sc.edu/articles/healthcare/why-community-engagement-matters-in-the-field-of-public-health.aspxhttps://ncoc.org/data-in-action/civic-health-public-health/

    https://www.prb.org/differences/

    https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs.html

    https://www.lwv.org/



    Viral is written and produced by Linsey Grove and Quinn Lundquist.

    Our theme is “Take Your Medicine” by the Quick and Easy Boys.
    Visit us at www.viral-pod.com for more information.
    45 min
  • Episode 35 – Measles & The Anti-Vaccination Movement
    Public Health deserves a gold star for vaccinations--and an asterisk acknowledging the dark history around its development.  We dive into the history of measles and talk about the anti-vaccination movement and how it's bringing this vintage disease back like hipsters and handlebar mustaches.

    Sources:

    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/health-fitness/body/measles-back-vengeance-anti-vaccination-movement-blame/
    http://pinellas.floridahealth.gov/newsroom/2018/08/measles-cases-8-28-2018.html
    https://www.historyofvaccines.org/content/articles/history-anti-vaccination-movements

    Viral is written and produced by Linsey Grove and Quinn Lundquist.

    Our theme is “Take Your Medicine” by the Quick and Easy Boys.
    Visit us at www.viral-pod.com for more information.
    36 min
  • Episode 35 - Measles & The Anti-Vaccination Movement

    Public Health deserves a gold star for vaccinations--and an asterisk acknowledging the dark history around its development.  We dive into the history of measles and talk about the anti-vaccination movement and how it's bringing this vintage disease back like hipsters and handlebar mustaches. 

    Sources:  

    • https://www.telegraph.co.uk/health-fitness/body/measles-back-vengeance-anti-vaccination-movement-blame/
  • http://pinellas.floridahealth.gov/newsroom/2018/08/measles-cases-8-28-2018.html 
  • https://www.historyofvaccines.org/content/articles/history-anti-vaccination-movements 

    • Viral is written and produced by Linsey Grove and Quinn Lundquist.

    Our theme is “Take Your Medicine” by the Quick and Easy Boys.

    Visit us at www.viral-pod.com for more information.

    36 min
  • Episode 34 - Transduction II

    We're back at it -- inoculating your mind against ignorance! Check out the second episode of transduction where we talk about two completely different public health topics!

    Sources:

    Link 1; Link 2; Link 3

    Viral is written and produced by Linsey Grove and Quinn Lundquist.

    Our theme is “Take Your Medicine” by the Quick and Easy Boys.

    Visit us at www.viral-pod.com for more information.

    47 min
  • Episode 34 – Transduction II
    We're back at it -- inoculating your mind against ignorance! Check out the second episode of transduction where we talk about two completely different public health topics!

    Sources:

    Link 1; Link 2; Link 3

    Viral is written and produced by Linsey Grove and Quinn Lundquist.

    Our theme is “Take Your Medicine” by the Quick and Easy Boys.
    Visit us at www.viral-pod.com for more information.
    47 min
  • Episode 33 - Transduction I

    Get ready to be inoculated with some surprising knowledge bits about interesting public health topics. We're not going to spoil the surprise, so sit back and enjoy the show! 

    Link to Final Forms Article: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/04/07/final-forms

    Viral is written and produced by Linsey Grove and Quinn Lundquist.

    Our theme is “Take Your Medicine” by the Quick and Easy Boys.

    Visit us at www.viral-pod.com for more information.

    36 min
  • Episode 33 – Transduction I
    Get ready to be inoculated with some surprising knowledge bits about interesting public health topics. We're not going to spoil the surprise, so sit back and enjoy the show!

    Link to Final Forms Article: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/04/07/final-forms

    Viral is written and produced by Linsey Grove and Quinn Lundquist.

    Our theme is “Take Your Medicine” by the Quick and Easy Boys.
    Visit us at www.viral-pod.com for more information.
    36 min

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Viral is a public health podcast for both public health nerds and the general public started by Linsey Grove and Quinn Lundquist and hosted by Linsey and Megan Albertson. Public health consists of…

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