Keeping Up with Public Health

In the final episode of Keeping Up With Public Health: Cross-Sector Collaborations (Season 3), we'll review the value of working across sectors for developing public health infrastructure and advancing health equity, and discuss general approaches to cross-sectoral work and relationship building. Resources for engaging in cross-sectoral work are shared.  Guests: Ruben Cantu, Melissa Jones Continuing Education Credits, Transcript, and additional Resources available at: https://moodle.publichealth.arizona.edu/course/view.php?id=500

The changing climate includes a broad range of areas that intersect with health in many sectors: housing, food systems, healthcare, transportation, land use planning, etc.  Experts discuss collaborations for climate change and health, including collaborations for policy solutions, working with tribal communities, and other strategic efforts for climate resilience and health. Guests:  Diane Garcia-Gonzales, PhD, MPH, Shasta Gaughen, PhD, Melissa Miyashiro, JD Continuing Education Credits, Transcript, and additional Resources available at: https://moodle.publichealth.arizona.edu/course/view.php?id=491

Collaborative efforts of Street Medicine Programs that work across disciplines and sectors to meet the complex health needs of individuals experiencing homelessness. Guests: Jeffery Hanna, MPH, MSc, Robert Fauer, MD, Brett Feldman, MSPAS, PA-C, Catherine Miller, BSc, Justin Zeien, MD, MPH. Continuing Education Credits, Transcript, and additional Resources available at: https://moodle.publichealth.arizona.edu/course/view.php?id=499

This week we discuss intervention points and collaborative partnerships for supporting sustainable food systems.  Examples and progress towards creating policies and laws that facilitate sustainable food systems are discussed. Guests: Courtney Buzzard, MS, and Jane Coghlan, BS, Swette Center for Sustainable Food Systems ASU; Adrienne Udarbe, MS, RDN, Pinnacle Prevention; Diana Winters, PhD, JD, Resnick Center for Food Law & Policy at UCLA. Continuing Education Credits, Transcript, and additional Resources available at: https://moodle.publichealth.arizona.edu/course/view.php?id=490

Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic there have been increasing rates of food insecurity in communities throughout the country, often intensified in rural areas.  There have also been initiatives to reduce food waste and keep food out of landfills through food redistribution and composting programs. This episode shares collaborative efforts and innovations in food distribution and food waste reduction. Guests: Lindsay Aguilar, RDN, Tucson Unified School District School Foodservice Director; Peter Friederici, MS, Professor & Director, MA Program in Sustainable Communities, Northern Arizona Rural Foods Pathways; Dipa Shah-Patel, MPH, RDN, LA County Department of Public Health Continuing Education Credits, Transcript, and additional Resources available at: https://moodle.publichealth.arizona.edu/course/view.php?id=489

People with disabilities face barriers to participating in health promoting activities, whether it is related to the built environment or the way health education programs are designed. This episode discusses collaborative efforts to center universal design for health promoting behaviors in the built environment and within health promotion programs. Guests:  Yochai Eisenberg, PhD, MUPP, BA, University of Illinois at Chicago; Lindsey Mullis, MS, PhD ABD, Austin Nugent, and Morgan Turner from the Human Development Institute at the University of Kentucky. Continuing Education Credits, Transcript, and additional Resources available at: https://moodle.publichealth.arizona.edu/course/view.php?id=488

Internet for All, signed into law on Nov. 15, 2021, provided federal funding for high speed internet infrastructure and access. In addition to internet access, digital equity includes opportunities to develop digital skills. Listen in as we discuss initiatives and research towards achieving digital equity. Guests:  Jody Early, PhD, MS, MCHES, CHC, University of Washington Bothell; Colin Rhinesmith, PhD, Digital Equity Research Center. Continuing Education Credits, Transcript, and additional Resources available at: https://moodle.publichealth.arizona.edu/course/view.php?id=482

Opportunities for collaborative efforts among animal welfare and human service providers are discussed including for healthcare and veterinary care, intersecting risks to people and animals in situations of intimate partner violence, and opportunities for housing initiatives. Guests: Steve Farley, Humane Society of Southern Arizona; Crystal Giesbrecht, Provincial Association of Transition Houses and Services of Saskatchewan (PATHS) Continuing Education Credits, Transcript, and additional Resources available at: https://moodle.publichealth.arizona.edu/course/view.php?id=481

The arts have long been used to communicate messages, raise awareness, and bring about change. Hear more about collaborative projects connecting art to health, resiliency, and advocacy. Guests: Adriane Ackerman, Pima County Health Department; Anne Bluethenthal, Founder, Lead Artist, ABD/Skywatchers; Rabbi Nancy Epstein, MPH, MAHL, Drexel University; Sadie Shaw, The Arts Foundation for Tucson and Southern Arizona. Continuing Education Credits, Transcript, and additional Resources available at: https://moodle.publichealth.arizona.edu/course/view.php?id=480

Dr. Joey Iuliano from the University of Arizona and Jeffery Rosenhall from the California Department of Public Health discuss the built environment and its importance in active transportation.   Continuing Education Credits, Transcript, and additional Resources available at: https://moodle.publichealth.arizona.edu/course/view.php?id=476