Community Solutions

Join us as we explore how families and communities can support the well-being of Latine youth facing stress and racial-ethnic discrimination. Dr. Natalie Guerrero shares how her work with families in Indianapolis is helping build strength, identity, and connection through culturally grounded approaches. To learn more about Dr. Guerrero, please visit these sites: https://medicine.iu.edu/faculty/62215/guerrero-natalie, https://research-studies.allinforhealth.info/us/es/clinicaltrial/12541/latine-teens-13-17-and/index/

Autism prevalence has increased over 400% in the past several decades but our service systems have not kept pace. Consequently, children are waiting months to years to access diagnostic evaluations which further delays access to needed interventions. Building capacity of community primary care teams can improve access to early autism evaluations and provide connections to life-changing interventions and resources that support optimal child development and family wellbeing.   Website that includes a video about Dr. McNally's research: https://medicine.iu.edu/pediatrics/specialties/health-services/health-equity-through-autism-research-translation

Dr. Tracey Wilkinson is a pediatrician and health services researcher in the Division of Children's Health Services Research (https://medicine.iu.edu/pediatrics/specialties/health-services) in the Dept. of Pediatrics at the Indiana University School of Medicine.  Her research is focused on reproductive health care access for adolescents and young people in particular, but centers all her work on patient-centered care.  She helps lead a state-wide contraception access program called PATH4YOU (Pregnancy At a Time that is Happy and Healthy 4 YOU) that provides free access to all forms of contraception to anyone in the state.  Learn more at www.path4you.org

Providing respectful relationships with our infants today, will help them grow into caring adults that will build and sustain healthy, hopeful communities in the future. This episode provides listeners with simple, impactful relationship-building strategies to employ with infants. These strategies facilitate healthy infant development, and provide a foundation for building healthy relationships with all humans! To learn more about the Resources for Infant Educarers (RIE) approach please visit: https://rie.org; to learn more about the importance of healthy adult-infant relationships on infant brain development please visit: https://developingchild.harvard.edu/resources/three-early-childhood-development-principles-improve-child-family-outcomes/#responsive-relationships To learn more about the Indiana Grassroots Maternal Child Health Initiative, funded by Riley Children’s Foundation, please visit: https://fsph.iupui.edu/research-centers/centers/cheer/grassroots/index.html The Community Solutions Podcast is a product of the Dept. of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the Indiana University Fairbanks School of Public Health. To learn more about the department, its education, research and outreach programs, please visit: https://fsph.iupui.edu/about/departments/social-behavioral-sci/index.html.

Mothers on the Rise is an outgrowth of the Indiana Grassroots Maternal and Child Health Initiative (https://fsph.iupui.edu/research-centers/centers/cheer/grassroots/index.html). Mothers on the Rise serves mom/baby pairs transitioning from the Leath Nursery Unit of the Indiana Women’s Prison to their home community. Mothers on the Rise staff and their partners help mothers navigate their community, and work to build a mother's capacity to flourish in her home community.  The Community Solutions Podcast is a service of the Dept. of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the Indiana University Fairbanks School of Public Health in Indianapolis, IN. To learn more about the department and its education, research and outreach programs, please visit: https://fsph.iupui.edu/about/departments/social-behavioral-sci/index.html.      

Join our conversation to learn great insights about the realities, causes and consequences of hunger. Learn how bringing government, non-profits and people together can reduce hunger in neighborhoods. Visit www.indyhunger.org to learn more and get involved in bringing about food equity!

For too long members of the farming or agricultural community have not been invited to discussions about resolving food insecurity. They are essential to solution strategies because of their vast knowledge about food production and systems. This episode discusses why members of the agricultural community are vital to addressing this problem and strategies of how to include them in bringing about food equity. This podcast comes to you from the Dept. of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the Indiana University Fairbanks School of Public Health. To learn more about the department, please visit, https://fsph.iupui.edu/about/departments/social-behavioral-sci/index.html  

SAFE [Students Advocating for Food Equity] is a new and growing service club at The Ohio State University. SAFE addresses local food inequities through advocacy, education, and service. We make a hands-on impact in the community and bring about food justice. Find out more about us on our club Instagram, @safeosu.

This podcast episode presents an informative discussion about the diabetes prevention program in Arizona called Pasos Adelante. Dr. Lisa Staten, an Associate Professor at the Indiana University Fairbanks School of Public Health at IUPUI and responsible for developing Pasos Adelante, joins us to discuss how the program came to fruition, the challenges she faced in creating and implementing the program, and tips on how individuals can take action in their community to address chronic disease prevention. Dr. Staten is the creator and the leader of the DIP IN Project, an innovative community-based diabetes prevention project. To learn more you can visit: https://fsph.iupui.edu/research-centers/centers/cheer/diabetes-impact-project-information.html  Tune in to our podcast episode to learn more!

Patrice Graham Adams, a community liaison and health education specialist in Indianapolis,IN, joins us on this episode of the Community Solutions Podcast. Patrice discusses her interest in public health, the Diabetes Impact Project (DIP IN Project), the challenges she has faced while working on the project, and activities listeners can do to make a difference in their community. Listen and learn about the evidence based program, skills needed to effectively work with stakeholders, and ways to get involved in your community! To learn more about the DIP IN project, please go to: https://fsph.iupui.edu/research-centers/centers/cheer/diabetes-impact-project.html