Well Beyond Medicine: The Nemours Children's Health Podcast

Texting during a crisis has become a modern lifeline for millions, providing immediate support when it's needed most, especially for young people. Crisis Text Line provides a free, confidential, and discreet service, offering assistance to anyone experiencing a mental health crisis. Whether through text, SMS, web chat or WhatsApp, trained counselors are on-hand 24/7, year-round, transforming mental health care support. Shairi R. Turner, MD, Chief Health Officer, Crisis Text Line, shares how the organization is combining empathy with innovation to offer mental health support.

Guest:
Shairi R. Turner, MD, MPDH, Chief Health Officer, Crisis Text Line

Host/Producer: Carol Vassar

Views expressed by guests do not necessarily reflect the views of the host or management. 

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Each year, the Women's Sports Foundation (WSF) marks the first Wednesday in February as National Girls and Women in Sports Day. For nearly 40 years, this day has raised awareness about the physical, educational, and psychological benefits of sports for women and girls throughout their lives. WSF was founded in 1974 by tennis champion and lifelong equality advocate Billie Jean King, who turned a $5,000 Athlete of the Year award into a $100 million nonprofit. Fifty years in, the organization continues to conduct research, develop programs, and lead advocacy efforts to help women and girls reach their full potential in sports and life.  

On this episode, we’re joined by WSF CEO Danette Leighton who shares more about their research-informed programs and advocacy and how WSF is working to ensure all girls have access to sport — and its healthy benefits.

To learn more about the Women’s Sports Foundation, please visit www.WomensSportsFoundation.org.

Guest:
Danette Leighton, CEO, Women's Sports Foundation

Carol Vassar, host/producer

Views expressed by guests do not necessarily reflect the views of the host or management. 

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The role of the nurse practitioner (NP) in the health care landscape was developed in the mid-1960s to fill a need for additional primary care pediatrics services for the Baby Boom generation. Today, there are more than 385,000 licensed NPs across the U.S., and their number is expected to grow by 45% between now and 2032. 

Joining us on this episode to discuss the role of the nurse practitioner in the current and future health care landscape is Stephen Ferrara, DNP, FNP-BC, FAANP, FAAN, associate dean of clinical affairs and assistant professor of nursing at Columbia University, and President of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners.

Guest:
Stephen A. Ferrara, DNP, FNP-BC, FAANP, FAAN, President, American Association of Nurse Practitioners

Host/Producer: Carol Vassar

Views expressed by guests do not necessarily reflect the views of the host or management. 

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There’s a bold idea bubbling to the surface in health care: if we want to address the numerous problems regarding health and wellness in the U.S., as a nation, we must understand what health is, pay for health, and start with children. Woven into this philosophy is the concept of whole child health, which is about addressing 100% of the things that impact a child’s health 100% of the time. In 2021, Nemours Children’s Health founded the Whole Child Health Alliance to help advance the concept of “whole child health."
 
While there is no single solution for achieving whole child health, there are models already in place in communities across the nation that are integrative,  collaborative, and effective. In this second of a two-part series on Whole Child Health, we examine a model in Washington state that aims to diagnose and treat behavioral health concerns in children before they reach crisis levels. This model involves a unique partnership between HopeSparks Family Services, a behavioral health and family services provider, and Pediatrics Northwest, a pediatric health care provider. 

Featuring:
Mary Ann Woodruff, MD, FAAP, Physician Champion for Care Transformation, Pediatrics Northwest, Tacoma, WA
Joe Le Roy, LICSW, President & CEO, HopeSparks Family Services, Tacoma, WA

Learn more about the Whole Child Health Alliance.

Advancing the Key Elements of Whole Child Health: State Case Studies and Policy Recommendations (PDF)

Carol Vassar, host/producer

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Children’s health and well-being are affected by their surroundings – the schools they attend, the places they play, the food they eat, and their relationships with the adults around them. In 2021, Nemours Children’s Health founded the Whole Child Health Alliance to help advance the concept of “whole child health." Learn how this group of children’s hospitals, health insurance companies, think tanks, advocacy organizations, and others work together to address the multi-faceted needs of kids through health care delivery and financing approaches that keep the “whole child” in mind.

Guests:
Daniella Gratale, MA, Associate Vice President, Federal Affairs, Nemours Children's Health
Joshua Traylor, MPH, Executive Director, Center for Health and Research Transformation
Jim Perrin, MD, Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics, MassGeneral Hospital and Harvard Medical School

Advancing the Key Elements of Whole Child Health: State Case Studies and Policy Recommendations (PDF)

Host/Producer: Carol Vassar

Views expressed by guests do not necessarily reflect the views of the host or management. 

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From the day she was born, Kate Laver's medical conditions were such that she required tube feeding to thrive and grow. But there was one problem: Kate failed to thrive and grow on the formulas she was given. What followed was a tale of parental determination, desperation, and triumph that gave rise to the company Kate Farms, which has revolutionized tube feeding for millions of people in hospitals and homes across the U.S.

Watch the video of this podcast episode on the Nemours YouTube channel.

Guest:
Brett Matthews, Chairman and CEO, Kate Farms

Host/Producer: Carol Vassar

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As a population health disparities research scientist, clinical psychologist, and tenured professor, Wizdom Powell, PhD, MPH, CMHC, has emerged as one of the nation's foremost experts on racial trauma, healing and health equity. A one-time White House Fellow and Special Advisor on military mental health in the Obama administration, Dr. Powell joined us in person during HLTH in Las Vegas to talk about her groundbreaking work addressing mental health disparities among men and boys of color, and how health equity, once truly realized, can benefit everyone.

Watch the video of this podcast episode on the Nemours YouTube channel.

Guest:
Wizdom Powell, PhD, MPH, CMHC, Tech Advisor, The Evidencewatch Collective and former Chief Purpose Officer, Headspace

Host/Producer: Carol Vassar

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Micky Tripathi, PhD, MPP, is the Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy and National Coordinator for Health Information Technology at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Dr. Tripathi discusses the Office of the National Coordinator’s two-decade journey in transforming health care through electronic health records (EHRs), interoperability, and secure data exchange. He highlights the progress in digitizing health care, addressing privacy concerns, and enabling patient access to health data.

Guest:
Micky Tripathi, PhD, MPP, Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy, National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, and Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Host/Producer: Carol Vassar

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Ashwin Vasan, MD, PhD, is a primary care physician, epidemiologist, and public health expert dedicated to improving physical and mental health, social welfare, and public policy for marginalized communities. Early in his career, he worked with the nonprofit Partners in Health and the World Health Organization, focusing on combating the spread of HIV/AIDS in the U.S., Rwanda, Lesotho and Uganda. 

In 2021, Dr. Vasan was appointed commissioner of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. When we spoke with him at HLTH 2024 in Las Vegas, he had recently stepped down from this role. Our conversation covered his career achievements, his efforts to address the mental health crisis among children and youth in New York City, and his leadership in tackling the COVID-19 Omicron variant in the nation’s most densely populated city.

See this podcast on the Nemours YouTube channel!

Guest:
Ashwin Vasan MD, PhD, primary care physician, former Commissioner, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

Carol Vassar, host/producer

Views expressed by guests do not necessarily reflect the views of the host or management. 

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With more than 67,000 pediatrician members, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) is one of the leading organizations in children's health, with a finger on the pulse of all aspects of pediatrics, including policy, advocacy, professional training and public education. Mark Del Monte, JD, CEO, and Executive Vice President of AAP, joined us to discuss the organization, its work across these areas, and what drives his passion for tirelessly championing policies that enhance pediatric health care.

GUEST:
Mark Del Monte, JD, CEO and Executive Vice President, American Academy of Pediatrics

Host/Producer: Carol Vassar

Views expressed by guests do not necessarily reflect the views of the host or management. 

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