Beste Health Centers podcaster (2024)

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Black Cis-Gender and Trans Women, HIV Treatment, and PrEP 22:30

1y ago22:30

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Guests featured in this episode: Keosha Bond, M.D., Assistant Medical Professor, City University of New York School of Medicine Tori Cooper, Director of Community Engagement for the Trans Justice Initiative, Human Rights Campaign Latesha Elopre, M.D., Associate Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Alabama at Birmingham Moderato…

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Long-Acting Injectable PrEP and HIV Treatment 20:34

1y ago20:34

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This episode, Long-Acting Injectable PrEP and HIV Treatment, is the second in a three-episode series about new evidence-based strategies for addressing HIV and AIDS. Guests featured in this episode: Jeremiah JohnsonProgram ManagerPrep4All Amy Killelea, J.D., Killelea Consulting Aviva Cantor, PA-C, AAHIVS, PhD, Callen-Lorde Community Health Center M…

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HIV Status Neutral and Health Centers 21:36

1y ago21:36

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The first in a three-part series of conversations about an epidemic health centers have been on the front lines of addressing for decades: HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) and AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome). In this episode, HIV expert Nick Diamonds leads a conversation about new strategies for preventing HIV transmission. Guests featu…

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Q&A with Dr. John Hatch, Health Center Pioneer 47:03

1+ y ago47:03

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In this episode, we hear from Dr. John W. Hatch about the history of Community Health Centers and how it intersects with the Civil Rights Movement. Dr. Hatch is a professor emeritus of public health at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and a legend in the health center movement. He was instrumental in establishing one of the nation's f…

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Work As a Social Driver of Health: How La Casa Family Health Center Identifies Farmworkers 24:46

1+ y ago24:46

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The pandemic made our nation aware of the importance of the people who raise, pick, and process our food. We now understand that farmworkers, as well as grocery store cashiers and shelf stockers can be counted among our country’s Essential Workers. However, it’s not always clear to the Community Health Center care team what a patient’s occupation i…

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What to Expect When You Vaccinate Your Child Under 5 for COVID-19 25:05

2y ago25:05

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After a long wait, children younger than 5 are finally eligible to get vaccinated for COVID-19. What does this mean for parents and caregivers? Wanda Montalvo, PhD, RN, FAAN, a senior fellow and team lead for public health integration and innovation at NACHC, interviews pediatrician Lisa Costello, M.D., MPH, about vaccine benefits as well as answer…

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Talking to Parents About the Value of the COVID-19 Vaccine for their Children 25:25

2y ago25:25

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Vaccine hesitancy has been on the rise due to COVID and the lack of information about this kind of medication. Vaccine hesitancy is not always new. It is especially common among parents who are reluctant to get their children immunized. Added to misinformation and disinformation, children are at risk of getting sick if they will not get vaccinated.…

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A Path to Healing for Health Care Workers 37:30

2y ago37:30

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Coming off another surge in COVID cases, health care workers who may have been stressed and strained before are now experiencing emotional exhaustion. This is no less true for the staff of the nation’s 1,400 health centers. Supporting the emotional and mental health of health center workers has been a focus of two of NACHC's Senior Fellows, Dr. Jen…

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Community Health Centers Mark One Year of Ensuring Equity in COVID Vaccinations 29:05

2y ago29:05

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Community health centers are a national network of low-income primary care clinicians who play a key role in national, state, and local responses to the coronavirus pandemic. Health centers generally contribute to response efforts by delivering testing, triaging patients, and decreasing the pressure on hospitals, but they also play a role in meetin…

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Battling the Pandemic and Systemic Racism in North Carolina 53:25

2+ y ago53:25

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Early in the pandemic when vaccines were scarce, Community Health Centers in North Carolina often had to contend with racial bias regarding who had access to the vaccine. Rocky Mount OIC Health Center managed to mobilize its community to operate outside of local government entities and reach the people impacted the hardest -- Black and brown frontl…

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The Effort to Vaccinate Kids for COVID 29:20

2+ y ago29:20

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Rising concerns about the spread of the Omicron variant have Community Health Center racing to protect families. As the focus now turns to vaccinating 5 to 11 years against COVID, health centers are figuring out ways to operationalize this effort in underserved communities. There are over 2,500 School-Based Health Centers (SBHCs) across the US. We …

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Of the Community, for the Community: Lowell Community Health Center 23:31

2+ y ago23:31

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Recent data from the Kaiser Family Foundation shows the COVID-19 vaccination gap narrowing between white adults and people of color in the United States. Community Health Centers like Lowell Community Health Center in Massachusetts play a big role in closing that gap. In this episode, we talk with two staff members at Lowell about how their communi…

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Health Centers Addressing Social Determinants of Health 45:21

2+ y ago45:21

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This episode is a recording of NACHC's September webinar focused on the continued impact of Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) on our communities and the strategies and partnerships health centers are developing and cultivating to address them head-on. The discussion featured: * Cameron Webb, MD, JD, Senior Policy Advisor for Equity,  White House…

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Vaccinating Mississippi As Delta Variant Rages 18:54

2+ y ago18:54

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Rural Americans are dying of COVID-19 at more than twice the rate of their urban counterparts. On the latest episode Health Centers on the Front Lines we get an update from Mississippi and learn how health centers are fighting rampant misinformation to limit the spread of the Delta Variant and build trust in the vaccine. We also talk about how the …

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Protecting Essential Workers from COVID-19: Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Center 27:00

2+ y ago27:00

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Many of the nation’s essential workers – who didn’t have the option of working from home during the pandemic -- rely on Community Health Centers for health care. Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Center in Oregon is the medical home for these workers, with a long history of serving agricultural workers and their families. As one of the first health c…

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Leveraging Partnerships to Fight COVID 21:29

2+ y ago21:29

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Neighborhood Health in Alexandra, VA, is in a race to protect the underserved and the unvaccinated against the Delta variant of COVID-19. In our second episode, Executive Director and clinician Basim Khan, MD, describes how the ground game against COVID has changed. Their strategy has shifted from operating mass vaccination sites to engaging hard t…

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Fighting Mistrust about Vaccines in the Rural Georgia 28:56

3y ago28:56

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Our first episode shines a spotlight on a health center deep in America's Bible Belt. Albany Area Health Center serves a rural Georgia county that ranked 4th in the world for COVID-19 deaths per capita last summer. Their effort to battle the pandemic brought out the best in their community, but now they face the daunting challenge of vaccinating pe…