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The Vitalyst Spark podcast explores what it means to create a healthy community in Arizona.
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Tuesday Apr 28, 2020
Tuesday Apr 28, 2020
We’re back today with our latest, twice-monthly COVID-19 roundtable discussion. This time around, we welcome The Arizona Public Health Association's Will Humble and Emergency Room Physician Dr. Nick Vasquez. They have plenty to discuss: health policy, infection testing, contact tracing, antibody testing, re-opening, health policy, economics and the social determinants of health, psychology, public health, and more.
The good news? You don’t have rethink your personal stance on physical distancing practices in order to get these updates from our roundtable guests. All you need to do is listen – and, take a moment or two to reflect as you do. The pace of COVID-related change may be starting to shift. If that’s true, we all need to take advantage of the opportunity to process where we’ve been – and smartly plan where we want to go together.
Tuesday Apr 21, 2020
Tuesday Apr 21, 2020
The coronavirus pandemic has placed several elements of a healthy community center stage, and not the least of these is affordable, accessible, healthy food. That’s why, a few weeks ago, we sat down with two members of the Maricopa County Food System Coalition to learn about local food production.
Were it not for COVID-19, the Coalition was all set to hold a big five-year anniversary event this past March. Today, we’re moving part of the purpose of that celebration online, by introducing you to the coalition’s breadth and depth, illuminating key concepts and issues, and sharing with you the fantastic work the coalition has been doing.
Listen now, as we talk about the role of food systems in creating healthy communities – especially in the context of COVID-19 – and discover what we can do together to improve health and well-being in Arizona.
Links:
The Maricopa Food System Coalition: https://marcofoodcoalition.org/
Local First Arizona Foundation's Good Food Finder AZ: https://www.goodfoodfinderaz.com/
Pinnacle Prevention COVID-19 Resources: http://www.pinnacleprevention.org/covid-19-resources.html
Grab n' Go Free School Meals during COVID-19: https://www.azhealthzone.org/summerfood/
Double Up Food Bucks Unlimited during COVID-19: https://www.doubleupaz.org/blog/2020/3/19/unlimited-double-up-covid19
Tuesday Apr 14, 2020
Tuesday Apr 14, 2020
The COVID-19 Roundtable returns: Will Humble from the American Public Health Association, Marcus Johnson from Vitalyst Health Foundation and Emergency Room Physician Dr. Nick Vasquez.
This episode is expansive, touching on testing, hospital capacity, PPE, contact tracing, the economy, governance, and recent innovations.
This episode was recorded at 1pm on April 13, 2020. In just the hours spent editing new data and information has come to light. While can’t be perfectly of the moment, rest assured that each roundtable episode is designed to catch you up on what has happened that over the past two weeks that you may have missed, and to provide new insights. Listen now.
Show Links:
- US Centers for Disease Control Morbidity and Mortality
- Main page: https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/index2020.html
- Arizona Department of Health Services Coronavirus update page: https://www.azdhs.gov/preparedness/epidemiology-disease-control/infectious-disease-epidemiology/index.php#novel-coronavirus-home
- US Centers for Disease Control update page: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.htm
Tuesday Apr 07, 2020
Tuesday Apr 07, 2020
Census 2020 is underway in Arizona. In 2010 Arizonans were significantly undercounted. This time we need to get it right, because each person counted brings about $3,000 in additional resources that come to Arizona each year. Join us as we get the details, how-tos, and insights from Vitalyst’s David Martinez and NALEO Educational Fund’s Anakarina Rodriguez.
Links for this show:
- NALEO Education Fund census page
- Azcensus2020.gov
- U.S. 2020census.gov
- Phone numbers to respond in English: 844-330-2020 and Spanish:844-468-2020
- Census Count maps
- ONE Arizona
- Hashtag: #ArizonaCensusChallenge
Tuesday Mar 31, 2020
Tuesday Mar 31, 2020
This episode is another special "of-the-moment" roundtable conversation with two public health professionals and a front line Emergency Room physician.
Learn about the best data and treatment experience we have today, and what it - and the models developed from it - are telling us. Listen now.
Show Links:
- US Centers for Disease Control Morbidity and Mortality
- Main page: https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/index2020.html
- Latest COVID-19 report (as of 3/31): https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/mm6913e2.htm?s_cid=mm6913e2_w
- Arizona Department of Health Services Coronavirus update page: https://www.azdhs.gov/preparedness/epidemiology-disease-control/infectious-disease-epidemiology/index.php#novel-coronavirus-home
- US Centers for Disease Control update page: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html
Tuesday Mar 17, 2020
Tuesday Mar 17, 2020
This episode is a special one: an "of-the-moment" conversation with two public health professionals who have been looking closely at the data and developments related to Coronavirus for months now.
Learn about the best data we have today, and what it - and the models developed from it - are telling us. Listen now.
Show Links:
- Advice from our Italian Friends: https://youtu.be/o_cImRzKXOs
- Arizona Department of Health Services Coronavirus update page: https://www.azdhs.gov/preparedness/epidemiology-disease-control/infectious-disease-epidemiology/index.php#novel-coronavirus-home
- US Centers for Disease Control update page: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html
Thursday Mar 05, 2020
Thursday Mar 05, 2020
We’re back with our latest Minisode – covering five health topics in 15 minutes. Here are links to follow along.
- Coronavirus Op-Ed by Will Humble and Dr. Bob England
- Meet MarCo (Maricopa County Food System Coalition) 5th Anniversary: event details, event registration link
- 7th Annual Arizona Healthy Communities Conference: event details, event registration link
- Catherine Reagor reporting:
- Phoenix has long been the West's most affordable city. That might change (Squeezed Out Part 1)
- Squeezed Out: Arizona needs at least 100,000 more affordable homes now
- Proposed HUD cuts another hit for affordable homes and homeless in Arizona
Census 2020
- What’s the census video
- What does the census mean for Arizona?
- Completing the census online: English, Spanish
- azcensus2020.gov
Friday Feb 21, 2020
Friday Feb 21, 2020
In this episode we are continuing our journey of introducing you to key community health partners and resources by introducing you to the leaders behind a statewide nonprofit called The Arizona Alliance for Livable Communities. In case the name didn’t give it away, the AALC focuses on making our communities more livable, more healthy, and more likely to support all aspects of well-being. And they do it by focusing on community design, the built environment, and policy levers like municipal general plans and zoning. In other words, the Arizona Alliance for Livable Communities is all about the intersection of planning and health.
Listen now, and use the links below, to get to know the 800-member strong Arizona Alliance for Livable Communities.
Website: http://livableaz.org/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/livableaz
Wednesday Oct 02, 2019
Wednesday Oct 02, 2019
Join us for Part two of our two-part series with reflections and insights into the complex world of coalitions. You’ll sit-in “live” as we talk with Sara Brenner, President of Community Wealth Partners – a consultancy born from the nonprofit Share Our Strength. For more than two decades Community Wealth Partners has been working to lift up what’s working when it comes to creating large scale social change. And we were lucky enough to get Sara to spend some time sharing what has been learned so far.
Part 2 picks up where we left off in part 1. After a brief discussion of Communities in Schools, we get back to the Social Transformation Lifecycle and decode the ten key elements needed for success.
Community Wealth Partners: https://communitywealth.com/
The Social Transformation Lifecycle: https://communitywealth.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Community-Wealth-Partners-Social-Transformation-Lifecycle.pdf
Friday Sep 27, 2019
Friday Sep 27, 2019
Join us for part one of our two-part series with reflections and insights into the complex world of coalitions. You’ll sit-in “live” as we talk with Sara Brenner, President of Community Wealth Partners – a consultancy born from the nonprofit Share Our Strength. For more than two decades Community Wealth Partners has been working to lift up what’s working when it comes to creating large scale social change. And we were lucky enough to get Sara to spend some time sharing what has been learned so far.
Part 1 focuses on the four stages of the Social Transformation Lifecycle, as well as a coalition success story that can be found right here in Arizona. Coming soon, part 2 will continue the discussion about coalition work and delve into the ten key elements for coalition success.
Community Wealth Partners: https://communitywealth.com/
The Social Transformation Lifecycle: https://communitywealth.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Community-Wealth-Partners-Social-Transformation-Lifecycle.pdf