Health

This category includes any podcasts or posts that are related to health issues

Can We Talk About AIDS?

As a society, we’ve been focused on the COVID-19 pandemic for over two years now. But we aren’t finished solving the problems of the HIV/AIDS crisis. Some may argue that many of the same mistakes that were made in the approach to treating HIV/AIDS were repeated at the onset of the COVID pandemic. And, we Can We Talk About AIDS?

Resources on Physical Therapy Issues

Thoughts and writings from Dr. Green Our episode on Physical Therapy featured Dr. Hadiya Green. This is our page to provide resources on physical therapy issues. In addition to being an active practitioner, Hadiya also writes about various aspects of physical therapy. She considers issues for the therapy professional as well as its use as Resources on Physical Therapy Issues

Physical Therapy: Promoting Wellness

Throughout our seasons we often focus on health issues. We are especially interested in racial disparities in healthcare. In this episode, Physical Therapy: Promoting Wellness, we interview Dr. Hadiya Green. Dr. Green has 17+ years of experience as a physical therapist and she appears in print and on the air. You can read more of Physical Therapy: Promoting Wellness

Resources About Native American Allies

Dr. Yolandra Gomez Toya’s episode on COVID in the Native American community recently posted. As usual, we are posting Resources About Native American Allies as a supplement to the podcast episode. As Yolandra mentions, understanding Native American identity is a complex undertaking. In the first instance, there are over 500 tribal nations in the United Resources About Native American Allies

Black Veterans and Military Culture

In this episode: Black Veterans and Military Culture we feature Colonel Christy (and Doctor) and Commander Steigman share their experience in the service. Dr. Christy works on reproductive health at the Veteran’s Administration and Cdr. Steigman is in the reserves. Over the past year many stories about veterans are appearing in the media. A few Black Veterans and Military Culture

Resources for Pretrial Detainee Crisis

Recently our alums, Katrina Peters and Deborah Jordan spoke in an episode covering pretrial detainees. Reports over the worsening mental health of pretrial detainees in New York’s Rikers Island triggered the episode.. Problems for pretrial detainees and inmates throughout the country exploded during the COVID-19 pandemic. Many inmates died during the pandemic lock downs, as Resources for Pretrial Detainee Crisis

Connecting Children to Growing Food

Land to Learn Teaches kids about the connection between growing food and wellness Being in quarantine during the pandemic taught us that we should not take our food supply for granted. During the quarantine basic food items were hard to find. As a result we should all be thinking about where our food comes from. Connecting Children to Growing Food