37 episodes

Community Solutions is a skill building podcast that aims to help community coalitions as they work to improve the health and social wellbeing of their neighborhoods. Listeners will hear stories about, and practical wisdom regarding, community engagement that promotes healthy, hope filled neighborhoods. Much thanks to bensounds.com for the use of the audio clip in the program.

Community Solutions Fairbanks School of Public Health Social and Behavioral Sciences

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Community Solutions is a skill building podcast that aims to help community coalitions as they work to improve the health and social wellbeing of their neighborhoods. Listeners will hear stories about, and practical wisdom regarding, community engagement that promotes healthy, hope filled neighborhoods. Much thanks to bensounds.com for the use of the audio clip in the program.

    Building the Foundation for Future Healthy Communities Starts with Us Building Respectful Interactions with Infants Today!

    Building the Foundation for Future Healthy Communities Starts with Us Building Respectful Interactions with Infants Today!

    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.

    • 40 min
    Helping Mothers Successfully Transition from Prison to Community – Meet Mothers on the Rise!

    Helping Mothers Successfully Transition from Prison to Community – Meet Mothers on the Rise!

    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.
     
     
     

    • 29 min
    How a Humanitarian Hero Brings Together Agencies to Reduce Hunger

    How a Humanitarian Hero Brings Together Agencies to Reduce Hunger

    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!

    • 30 min
    Engaging the Farming Community in Efforts to Resolve Local Food Insecurity

    Engaging the Farming Community in Efforts to Resolve Local Food Insecurity

    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
     

    • 30 min
    Dreaming and Doing Big! Addressing Local Food Insecurity

    Dreaming and Doing Big! Addressing Local Food Insecurity

    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.

    • 37 min
    The Effectiveness of Community-Based Chronic Disease Prevention Programs

    The Effectiveness of Community-Based Chronic Disease Prevention Programs

    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!

    • 27 min

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