Episodes

Tuesday Apr 14, 2020
E24: COVID Roundtable Update - 04/14
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
E23: Arizona Census 2020
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
E22: COVID Roundtable Update - 03/31
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
E21: Coronavirus Update Special Episode
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
E19: Meet the Arizona Alliance for Livable Communities
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
E18: Community Wealth Partners - Part 2
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
E17: Community Wealth Partners - Part 1
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

Thursday Jul 18, 2019
Thursday Jul 18, 2019
Join us for Part Four of our four-part series with reflections and insights on the Live Well Arizona Incubator project. You’ll sit-in “live” as Penny Pestle shares the story of the newly re-branded Better Together Southern Arizona Coalition (referred to in this recording by its previous name – the Sustainable Families Coalition) and its experience with the Live Well Incubator.
In 2018, Vitalyst collaborated with the Arizona Partnership for Healthy Communities to establish the Live Well Arizona Incubator and take our support of place-based community health improvement to a new level: specifically, to help facilitate the creation of more cross-sector collaborations focused on community-informed and community-driven solutions.
In a nutshell, the idea was to identify early-stage cross-sector community health projects and provide technical assistance over time, using a series of full cohort face-to-face meetings, but also by providing a facilitator/coach/consultant for about 10 months to help each project develop its new collaborative, and also to produce a solid strategy and work plan going forward.
So how is it going so far? That’s what this fourth incubator-focused episode of the Vitalyst Spark podcast is all about.
Better Together Southern Arizona Coalition: to connect and learn more, email ppestle@cox.net
The Live Well Arizona Incubator: http://arizonahealthycommunities.org/our-story/incubator/
Live Well Arizona: http://livewellaz.org/
The Arizona Partnership for Healthy Communities: http://arizonahealthycommunities.org/
Previously posted -> Live Well Arizona Incubator
Part 1: https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-qf2cp-aac2bf
Part 2: https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-fw9ja-ab6440
Part 3: https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-e7dwb-adc159

Thursday Apr 11, 2019
E15: The Live Well Arizona Incubator - Part 3: Cobre Valley Collaborative
Thursday Apr 11, 2019
Thursday Apr 11, 2019
Join us for Part three of our four-part series with reflections and insights on the Live Well Arizona Incubator project. You’ll sit-in “live” as Globe’s Economic Development Director Linda Oddonetto shares the story of the Cobre Valley Collaborative and its experience with the Live Well Arizona Incubator.
In 2018, Vitalyst collaborated with the Arizona Partnership for Healthy Communities to establish the Live Well Arizona Incubator and take our support of place-based community health improvement to a new level: specifically, to help facilitate creation of more cross-sector collaborations focused on community-informed and community-driven solutions.
In a nutshell, the idea was to identify early-stage cross-sector community health projects and provide technical assistance over time, using a series of full cohort face-to-face meetings, but also by providing a facilitator/coach/consultant for about 10 months to help each project develop its new collaborative, and also to produce a solid strategy and work plan going forward.
So how is it going so far? That’s what this third incubator-focused episode of the Vitalyst Spark podcast is all about.
The Cobre Valley Collaborative: to connect and learn more, email loddonetto@globeaz.gov
The Live Well Arizona Incubator: http://arizonahealthycommunities.org/our-story/incubator/
Live Well Arizona: http://livewellaz.org/
The Arizona Partnership for Healthy Communities: http://arizonahealthycommunities.org/
Previously posted ->
Live Well Arizona Incubator Part 1: https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-qf2cp-aac2bf
Live Well Arizona Incubator Part 2: https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-fw9ja-ab6440