What's Up Public Health

Take a listen to the second part of our abortion and the leaked draft episode, where we have a conversation with Bre and Zaida, two policy experts and public health gurus, who talk to us about how abortion connects to public health, and what can be next for everyone with a uterus. Take a listen! 

This past week a draft opinion on overturning Roe v. Wade was leaked. The leaked draft opinion showed the possible overturn of Roe v. Wade. In this podcast we talk with two leaders in policy and in the community in Arizona about what this leaked draft opinion means, and supposing it did get overturned what can possibly happen, and what that means for us uterus holders. This is the first of 2 segments. Stay tuned!

Tune in to hear the second part of our podcast from last week on the social determinants of health at a global scale, with our guest Anna Carolina Ortiz, a long-time public health professional and leader. She will be sharing with us a second story and again, connect the story with the social determinants of health, and the prior story from part 1 and connect it all for us. She will show us, that no matter where you are the social determinants are always there impacting. 

Today we will be talking with Anna Carolina Ortiz, a long-time public health professional and leader. Anna is going to talk to us today on the social determinants of health, what they are, how they impact our lives, and we will be taking it a notch up, and looking at the social determinants of health, at a global scale. She will share with us a few stories, they may or may not be from the U.S to show us how similar circumstances can look and the impact of the social determinants of health, despite living in different places, even countries. This is the first of a two series, so say tuned for the next part next Friday! 

This podcast is a podcast in collaboration with UA MEZCOPH 2022 Public Heath Poster Forum and the theme is building resilience during covid19 and now. In the past 2 years everyone has gone through the various stages of grief in different manners during covid, some by losing loved ones, others by losing their job, most by losing that social interaction and connection with other, and the list goes on. Tune in with us to listen to various leaders in the community and in the public health field talk about how as a state and country we build resilience, from policies to emergency management and mental health, and how we did NOT help the community build resilience, and what we can do better next time in not just a pandemic, but in public health overall. Stay tuned! 

Take a listen to our new podcast with our guest , Dr. Madhivanan, Epidemiologist, Public Health Expert and Physician trained in India, who is the Founding Director of the Public Health Research Institute of India located in Mysore, Associate Professor in Health Promotion Sciences at the University of Arizona, Tucson, and renown public health researcher talk to us about the unfolding of the COVID19 crisis in India and what the people in India and the government can do to mitigate the next sure, the 3rd surge. Take a listen! 

Join us for an episode with Liz Agboola, CEO of Moses Behavioral Care, and Senior Placement Services, and strong community leader and mentor, as she talks to us about her career, including how she got to where she is, how social issues have played a role in her career decision making and what advice she has for young women leaders of color.

On this podcast episode we will be talking of the barriers of getting the covid19 vaccine besides the logistics of setting up the appointment to get vaccinated. These barriers include the affects of the social determinants of health and lack of health promotion for the covid19 vaccine. Take a listen! 

Take a listen to the latest updates on COVID19 regarding schools reopening, the U.S leaving the World Health Organization, the politics involves and how all of this is Public Health.