What is Public Health Podcast

June 18, 2020 drkeechan

How to Manage and Lead a State-Level Maternal and Child Health Program with Karen Trierweiler, the former Director of the Maternal and Child Health Division for the State of Colorado

In the United States, the Title V Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Program provides support to all mothers, children and youth, including children and youth with special health care needs, and their families. The mission of Title V MCH is to improve the health and well-being of mothers, infants, children, and youth, including children and youth with special health care needs, and their families. In this episode, you will gain insights on how to manage and lead a team to improve the lives of mother and children and what you can do be a part of the public health mission. We will also discuss some of the pressing issues in maternal and child health: health equity. How can we make resources more equitable for everyone?

We have a special guest on this episode – Karen Trierweiler who was the former Director of the Maternal and Child Health Division for the State of Colorado. Karen Trierweiler has a master’s prepared nurse midwife and experienced public health professional, known for leading collaborative efforts to achieve measurable health improvements for women, children, youth and families.

If you are interested in a career in maternal and child health, then stay tune and listen to hear to Karen’s career journey from a being a practitioner to becoming a leader in Maternal and Child Health Programs. She will also highlight the important skills in need right now which can make you a valuable team player in your organization: 1) performance management, 2) resources management, and 3) financial management. For skills building resources, check out the MCH Navigator: https://www.mchnavigator.org.

Connect with Karen Trielweiler at karen@totalpopulationhealth.com and check out https://www.totalpopulationhealth.com

Interview Questions and Topics:

1. Learn the career journey from being a practitioner to leader in MCH/public health practice.

2. How is Maternal and Child Health (MCH) program funded? What does Title V mean? What’s the history of these “Titles”?

3. Karen will share her one really tough decision in the past, and what would she would tell her ‘earliest self’ at that point – was it the right thing to do or not?

4. What are still pressing issues in MCH which we are still dealing with and why are they still unresolved?

5. Is something that the general public can do about them? What message or advice can you share with public health professionals working in the field of MCH?

6. What are things you know now that you didn’t know then? (personal or professional)

7. What professional development skills are still needed in MCH?

8. Learn about Karen Trielweiler’s new consulting venture, Total Population Health, where she works with MCH managers and leaders to bring theory and practice into reality. Learn more at https://www.totalpopulationhealth.com

Connect with Karen Trielweiler at karen@totalpopulationhealth.com

For skills building resources, check out the MCH Navigator: https://www.mchnavigator.org

This is the “What is Public Health Podcast” with your host Dr. Kee Chan. Public Health is the invisible force that keeps you healthy everyday, and I bet you didn’t even know it. This podcast is your source of the latest trend in public health, is a place to refresh your skill set and get quick tips on professional development so you can do your best work in serving the public. Discover the many, different, and exciting careers in public health. Connect with stories from people impacted by public health. To learn more about public health, connect with me at www.whatispublichealthpodcast.com

June 10, 2020June 10, 2020 drkeechan

Prescribing Home-Cooking and Lifestyle Medicine to Prevent, Treat, and Manage Diseases with Dr. Rani Polak, Harvard Director of Culinary Healthcare Education Fundamentals (CHEF) Coaching Program

“Let food be thy medicine” – Hippocrates, the Greek founder of western medicine.

In this episode, you will learn the art and science of using food as medicine, and how doctors can prescribe home-cooking and lifestyle changes to prevent, treat and manage disease from our guest speak, Dr. Rani Polak. If you’re interested in pursuing a career in lifestyle medicine with a focus on culinary medicine, stay through the end of the episode, to learn about the CHEF Program at Harvard Medical School. It is a great way for doctors to earn continuing medicine education to teach their patients how to better care for their health by cooking and nutrition education. This program is opened to health coach and other health professionals who are interested in using these tips for their clients.

Dr. Rani Polak is the Founding Director of the Culinary Healthcare Education Fundamentals (CHEF) Coaching at the Institute of Lifestyle Medicine at Harvard Medical School, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, and the Center of Lifestyle Medicine at Sheba Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel; as well as an Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School. His current work is concentrated on culinary coaching, an innovative telemedicine approach which utilizes evidence-based medicine to help individuals and professionals to efficiently and cost-effectively improve nutrition through home cooking. His work has been featured in many media outlets including Scientific American, Herald Tribute, and USA Today.

Visit the CHEF program at https://www.instituteoflifestylemedicine.org

June 1, 2020 drkeechan

Get to Know Your Human Resources (HR) Department to Better Position Yourself Inside and Outside of Your Organization with Manny Lara

When was the last time you visit your Human Resources (HR) Department beside the hiring process? There are many ways to optimize your professional development to improve your productivity at work by optimizing the application of your benefits at your HR department. In this episode, Manny Lara, a HR Specialist, will demystify the HR benefits and how you can take advantage of your benefits to do your best work in public health. Manny Lara is a senior Human Resources professional, spending (15) years in healthcare for major health systems such as Mayo Clinic, Ascension Health and Advocate Aurora Health. He’s worked across many of the HR function and closely with senior leaders in ensuring best people strategies for attracting, engaging and developing talent. Manny’s also very involved with the local community, serving on a number of non-profit boards that include Arts@Large, Renaissance Theaterworks and Grand Avenue Club. He’s recently been involved with local startup company that promote and sponsor diversity hiring, staffing and community health and wellness. He’s originally from Chicago but attended Marquette University for Undergrad and Graduate programs and now calls Milwaukee home.

Connect with Manny Lara on LinkedIn.

June 1, 2020 drkeechan

Why Effective Team Building is Important in Public Health with Director of Strategy and Performance Gina Febbraro, MPH

Why is team building important to boost overall performance management in a public health organization? In this episode, you will get real-world tips about creating effective teams, and why strategy and performance management are keys to public health implementation success. Sometimes, we can be so passionate about our causes that we lose sight what is priority given the circumstance, the needs of our stakeholders, and your resources capacity (money, time and workforce). You also will learn how to strategize your resources and leverage our partnerships by building teams with common interest that are seasonal, based on expertise, and timing. Gina Febbraro, MPH, currently serves as the Director of Strategy and Performance for the Prevention Services Division at the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE). In this role, Gina supports programs in the Division on strategic planning, performance management and quality improvement initiatives and projects. Connect with Gina Febbraro on Linkedin.

May 22, 2020May 22, 2020 drkeechan

Discover the Impact of Public Health Genetics Services For You and Your Families with Dr. Mat Edick

Get Ready for Public Health Genetics Week May 26-29, 2020!

In this episode, Dr. Mat Edick will share how he pivoted his career as a scientist into the public health arena. He will tell us more about the Public Health Genetics Week which the last week of May 26-29, 2020. What purpose of the public health week? What is public health genetics services?

Be sure to check out all the fun activities and free educational material on how public health genetics can help you be a better advocate for your own health during Public Health Genetics Week.

Dr. Mat Edick is the Director of Center for Strategic Health Partnership at the Michigan Public health institute in Michigan. He engages patients, families and clinicians, researchers, payers and other stakeholders to develop and implement innovative projects that increase access to health care and improve health outcomes. He holds a PhD in Pharmacogenoics from the University of Tennessee, in Memphis, Tennessee and a BS in Biology and minor in Chemistry from state University of NY College at Brockport, NY.

Public Health Genetics Week May 26-29, 2020

May 18, 2020May 18, 2020 drkeechan

Boost Your Physical and Emotional Health with a Harvard Clinical Psychologist Dr. Samantha Meints

The month of May is Mental Health Awareness. In this episode, Dr. Samantha Meints, who is a licensed clinical psychologist, will share her career path as a clinical psychologist and tell us how the body and mind react to the physiological and psychological pain and stress and how does stress impact our immune system. She will share timeless tips on pain and stress management to improve our mental health.

Dr. Meints is a licensed clinical psychologist in the Pain Management Center at Brigham & Women’s Hospital at Harvard Medical School. She attended Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, completing a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology with a focus in Behavioral Medicine. She then completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, before joining the faculty there. Dr. Meints’ research focuses on biobehavioral aspects of acute and chronic pain.

Questions discussed in the episode:

1. What is a clinical psychologist?

2. How much stress can the human heart endure?

3. What is the difference between physical stress and emotional stress on our health?

4. How does stress impact our immunity?

5. How do we reduce stress?

6. Any advice on how to be healthy while working at home?

7. Any final golden nugget of advice for our listeners on handling stress under these extreme special circumstances: 1) If you realize you just test positive for the COVID19, how do you handle your stress? or 2) If you realized that your loved one has tested positive, and you didn’t (is there a survivor guilt), how do you both handle your stress? or 3) If you realized that you infected someone unintentionally (a sense of guilt), how do you handle your stress?

Connect with Dr. Samantha Meints by email, twitter or Linkedin

May 16, 2020 drkeechan

What We Can Learn from Poland on the Coronavirus with Dr. Dominika Dulak

How are other countries handling the coronavirus pandemic?

In this episode, you will get a glimpse of how the healthcare system in other country are handling the coronavirus and what we can learn from Poland. Dr. Dominika Dulak will share her insights on the how the government is handling the coronavirus and her message to all of us: They stay at work, so we can stay at Home. Dr. Dominika Dulak, who is a medical graduate from the Medical University of Gdansk, Poland in 2019. Currently, Dr. Dulak is doing a one-year postgraduate internship in a community hospital in the north of Poland after which she will start her residency in the United States.

Dr. Dominika Dulak is a medical graduate from the Medical University of Gdansk, Poland in 2019. Currently, Dr. Dulak is doing a one-year postgraduate internship in a community hospital in the north of Poland after which she will start her residency in the United States.

May 14, 2020 drkeechan

Get All Your Medical Records & Track Your Health All In One Place with Health Vector APP with CEO Dan Mirica

Health Vector APP – Get your medical records, track your habits, and assess your pain management all in one place. Let’s Health Vector be your ‘guide’ to your best health on your own personal map!

In this epsiode, Dan Mirica, the CEO of the Health Vector App, will discuss this company Health app called the Health Vector which is an application to help you better plan your doctors visits, track your health status and adhere to new healthy habits. You can download all your medical records from different healthcare system into the palm of your hand in this App. This makes it easy for you to have medical and health information readily available anywhere and anytime to anyone. If you are traveling outside of the country, and you end up in urgent care, you will have your medical information right when you need it the most.

Dan Mirica has an extensive business and technology experience from hi-tech and life sciences industries. Dan has been part of two successful hi-tech start-ups in Europe and US. He holds a Masters degree in Computer Engineering from University of Miami, FL and has completed three executive management programs in Leadership & Management and in Technology, Operations and Value Chain Management at MIT Sloan and Delivering Information Services at Harvard Business School. Dan is passionate about improving diagnostic variability through patient activation and by strengthening the doctor-patient partnership.

Download the Health Vector App on App Store or Google Play

Visit https://www.healthvector.world

May 14, 2020 drkeechan

What is Involved in a Planned Home Birth with a Midwife? with Katie Krebs, MPH

If you’re pregnant and you want to personalize the birth of your child by having a home delivery then in this epsdioe, Katie Krebs, who is the Executive Director of Birthwise Midwifery School in Maine, will discuss the roles of midwives and doulas and how they use a holistic approach to prenatal care, during pregnancy, and post-pregnancy. She will also speak about the education and training in becoming a midwife. During this time of coronavirus pandemic, there is a lot of uncertainty about the transmission of the coronavirus to the infant during delivery at the hospital and in some cases, the partner or family member may not be permitted to inside the delivery room for safety precaution measure to limit the baby from potential exposure to coronavirus. However, a home birth delivery could be a possible alternative for you and your family to capture this miracle of life moment.

https://birthwisemidwifery.edu

katie@birthwisemidwifery.edu

May 5, 2020 drkeechan

Storytelling with Data: Lessons Learned from the Hungarian Father of Hand Washing, Dr. Ignaz Semmelweis

Today, is May 5, 2020, and The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared May 5th every year as the “ Save Lives: Clean Your Hands” Day. It is the day that we must give thanks to nurses, midwives, and Dr. Ignaz Semmelweis known as the Father of Hand-Washing and Savior of Mothers,

Who? Who is Dr. Semmelweis?

Let me tell you a story about Dr. Ignaz Semmelweis and why he is called the Father of HandWashing, and during this time of coronavirus pandemic, where everyone is practicing public health hygiene of handwashing for at least 20 seconds can kill the virus. You will learn that washing hands can actually save lives, literally.

However, the moral of the story is that sometimes showing data, numbers, and graphs and charts is not enough, it is the story behind the number that connects with your audience that’s most important. For the clinicians, researchers, data scientists, epidemiologists, biostatisticians, and public health professionals who love to crunch numbers and speak in number, we must always remember that people don’t remember the number, but they remember the story.

Let’s our story begin in 1846 in Vienna Austria with a Hungarian doctor, Dr. Ignaz Semmelweis.

To learn more medical training and health-related professional careers at Semmelweis University in Budapest, Hungary, visit https://semmelweis.hu/english/