Exploring Rural Health Podcast

Episodes

• National Rural Health Day and a Behavioral Health Community Star, with Tammy Norville and Jason Lillich
  November 2023
  Interviews with Tammy Norville, National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health (NOSORH) CEO, and Jason Lillich, Executive Director of Three Rivers Mental Health and Chemical Dependency Center, a 2023 National Rural Health Day Community Star.
• Rural Housing, with David Lipsetz
  October 2023
  An interview with David Lipsetz, President and CEO of the Housing Assistance Council.
• Rural Recovery Housing, with Ernie Fletcher and Erica Walker
  September 2023
  An interview with Governor Ernie Fletcher, co-founder and Chief Medical Officer of the Fletcher Group, and Erica Walker, Outreach and Engagement Specialist for the Fletcher Group.
• Meals on Wheels and Rural Communities, with Carter Florence and Shon Gress
  August 2023
  An interview with Carter Florence, DrPH, MPH, Vice President of Programs with Meals on Wheels America, and Shon Gress, CEO and Executive Director of Meals on Wheels Guernsey County, headquartered in Cambridge, Ohio.
• Rural Social Isolation, with Carrie Henning-Smith
  July 2023
  An interview with Carrie Henning-Smith, PhD, Deputy Director of the University of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center.
• Rural Healthy People 2030, with Timothy Callaghan and Morgan Kassabian
  June 2023
  An interview with Timothy Callaghan, PhD, an associate professor in the Boston University School of Public Health, and Morgan Kassabian, who contributed to the Rural Healthy People 2030 project while working with the Southwest Rural Health Research Center.
• Rural Hospitals and the New Rural Emergency Hospital Designation, with Janice Walters
  May 2023
  An interview with Janice Walters, Chief Operating Officer of the Rural Health Redesign Center.
• Telehealth and the Expiration of COVID-19 Public Health Emergency, with Kathy Wibberly
  April 2023
  An interview with Kathy Wibberly, Director of the Mid-Atlantic Telehealth Resource Center
• Availability of Behavioral Health Providers and Services in Rural Areas, with Holly Andrilla
  March 2023
  An interview with Holly Andrilla, Deputy Director of the WWAMI Rural Health Research Center.
• Health Equity in Rural America, Part 2: The Two Georgias Initiative, with Lisa Medellin, Arlene Parker Goldson, and Tara Gardner
  February 2023
  An interview with Lisa Medellin, Director of Programs for the Healthcare Georgia Foundation (now the Georgia Health Initiative), Arlene Parker Goldson, health consultant for the Partnership for Southern Equity, and Tara Gardner, project coordinator for the Two Georgias coalition in Clay County, Georgia.
• Health Equity in Rural America, with Alana Knudson, Luciana Rocha, and Paula Swepson
  January 2023
  An interview with Alana Knudson, Director of NORC’s Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis, along with Luciana Rocha, Senior Research Scientist at NORC’s Walsh Center for Rural Health Analysis, and Paula Swepson, Executive Director of the West Marion Community Forum Inc.
• Health Insurance in Rural Communities, with Abigail Barker and Timothy McBride
  December 2022
  An interview with Abigail Barker, Research Assistant Professor, Brown School, Washington University in St. Louis; co-Investigator, Rural Policy Research Institute (RUPRI) Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis and Timothy McBride, Bernard Becker Professor, Brown School, Washington University in St. Louis; co-Investigator, Rural Policy Research Institute (RUPRI) Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis.
• Obesity in Rural America, with Jennifer Conner and Jason Lofton
  November 2022
  An interview with Jennifer Conner, DrPH, an associate professor with the Delta Population Health Institute at the NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine at Arkansas State University, and Jason Lofton, MD, a family physician in De Queen, Arkansas at the Lofton Family Clinic.
• Family Physicians and Maternal Health in Rural America, with Julie Wood and Zita Magloire
  October 2022
  An interview with Julie Wood, MD, senior vice president of research, science and health of the public at the American Academy of Family Physicians, and Zita Magloire, MD, a practicing family physician in Cairo, Georgia.
• Obstetricians, Gynecologists, and Maternal Health in Rural America, with Anne Banfield
  September 2022
  An interview with Anne Banfield, MD, physician administrative and clinical director at Women's Health at Leonardtown in Maryland, and member of the foundation board of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.
• Hospitals and Maternal Health in Rural America, with John Supplitt, Aisha Syeda, Virginia Uhlenkamp, and Ashleigh Wiederin
  August 2022
  An interview with John Supplitt and Aisha Syeda from the American Hospital Association, and Virginia Uhlenkamp and Ashleigh Wiederin from St. Anthony Regional Hospital in Carroll, Iowa.
• The Impact of Adverse and Positive Childhood Experiences on Rural Children, with Elizabeth Crouch
  July 2022
  An interview with Elizabeth Crouch, PhD, director of the Rural and Minority Health Research Center.
• Palliative Care — More Than Just Hospice, with Karla Weng and Pat Justis
  June 2022
  An interview with Karla Weng, Senior Program Manager for Stratis Health, and Pat Justis, Director of the Washington State Office of Rural Health.
• Travel Burden for Healthcare among Rural Populations with Marvellous Akinlotan and Alva Ferdinand
  May 2022
  An interview with Alva Ferdinand, DrPH, JD, director of the Southwest Rural Health Research Center, and Marvellous Akinlotan, PhD, research assistant professor at the SRHRC.
• Partnering for Rural Transportation with Alisa Druzba and Steve Workman
  April 2022
  An interview with Alisa Druzba, director of New Hampshire Office of Rural Health and Primary Care, and Steve Workman, director of Transport New Hampshire.
• Public Transportation’s Role in Rural Healthcare Access with Carol Wright Kenderdine
  March 2022
  An interview with Carol Wright Kenderdine, the director of Easter Seals Transportation Group, and co-director of the National Aging and Disability Transportation Center.
• Insights on Educating the Rural Nursing Workforce with Jan Probst
  February 2022
  An interview with Jan Probst, PhD, Director Emerita at the Rural and Minority Health Research Center.