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Healthstyles Special

We are excited to tell you about a special program we’ve put together for Healthstyles tomorrow, Thursday, October 9th, from 1:00 to 3:00 on WBAI, 99.5 FM in NYC (wbai.org). It’s part of the station’s fundraising marathon, and we hope you’ll tune in and make a donation during our time slot by calling 212-209-2950.

We lead off with a discussion about the Affordable Care Act–what’s working, what’s not, and what can help to improve health care in the state and nation. NY State Assemblyman and Chair of the Assembly Health Committee, Richard Gottfried, joins us for that discussion and talks about a bill he has sponsored to adopt a single-payer approach in the state.

Barbara then interviews political cartoonist Jen Sorensen about health care reform. She talks about a cartoon about health care reform that we’ll be offering as a premium to listeners who make a qualifying donation to WBAI during the program.

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**Finally, we’ll end with Barbara’s interview with founder and CEO of Hip Hop Saves Lives, Chad Harper, about his advocacy, education and work with youth to promote an understanding of and activism around some of the important health and social issue of our day.

**(due to scheduling issues, this interview did not air live) You can listen to the interview with Chad Harper:

So it will be a lively and rich program with diverse voices. Tune in and support Healthstyles tomorrow from 1:00 to 3:00, on WBAI, 99.5 FM in New York City.

Diana Mason and Barbara Glickstein, Co-producers, Healthstyles

October 8, 2014

author: Diana J. Mason

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Digital Health Advocacy

This guest post is written by Sarah Mendoza Aoanan a Health Advocacy Fellow at the Global Healthy Living Foundation. She received her Masters in Health Advocacy from Sarah Lawrence College and is a Herman Biggs Health Policy Scholar. A compassionate supporter of people living with chronic illness, Sarah is dedicated to reducing barriers to health care.

People who are diagnosed with at least one chronic medical condition are more likely to seek information online, use social media to understand peer patients’ reviews on drugs and treatments, and learn from other patients and patient-centered organizations about their personal health experiences and how to improve them.

On October 20, Global Healthy Living Foundation (GHLF) will host its third digital advocacy summit — Digital Health Advocacy in Washington, DC and online. Digital health social media experts will help advocates realize the full potential of social media in advancing their goals and strategies. Follow the proceedings on Twitter using hashtag #dhAdv

Through the power of social media, the Global Healthy Living Foundation (GHLF) has been able to achieve its mission: to improve the quality of life for people with chronic illness. It’s most popular website, Creaky Joints and it’s Facebook page is the most popular online arthritis community in the world. The value of social media lies in its ability to reach millions of people and connect diverse ethnic, socioeconomic, and geographically dispersed individuals and communities. Social media platforms have allowed organizations like GHLF to educate and share information about public health and social welfare such as critical public safety information and offer support to its members living with disease.

There are moments, however, when social media does more harm than good. Just this week, Facebook had to apologize to the LGBT community for its real-name policy, which deleted members such as drag queens and kings, and transgender people who could not provide their real first and last names. By deleting accounts, Facebook took away the safe space and in some cases identities, of its members. With lots of backlash, Facebook pledged to work with community advocates to improve its policies.

Social media is an ever-evolving medium that can unite people with shared interests and passions, and mobilizes people to take action together. Its capacity to improve peoples’ health should be far greater than its capacity to cause harm.

GHLF invites anyone who is interested to join us in person or online via the live web stream. The summit is free and will offer best practices, examples of what not to repeat, ways to build and strengthen social networks, and avenues for finding success in online advocacy. Please register at dhAdvocacy.org/registration.

October 3, 2014

author: Editorial Staff

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Healthstyles: Public-Private Partnerships in Global Health

Healthstyles co-producer and host Barbara Glickstein opens this week’s show with an interview with Sara Jerving a Kaiser Family Foundation Global Health Reporting Fellow for the GlobalPost. Jerving published a piece looking at maternal and child healthcare in South Africa that was part of the publication’s special report called ‘Branding Health.’ The series, which launched this week, sent reporters to four locations in Africa to examine the effectiveness of public-private partnerships in the health sector.

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Dr. Kenya Beard, newest member of CHMP’s Healthstyles production team, is the Associate Vice President for Curriculum & Instruction Jersey College and Dir. Multicultural Education & Health Disparities. She’s a Geriatric and Adult Nurse Practitioner. Beard discusses her published editorial in the September issue of the American Journal of Nursing, “How Much Diversity in Nursing is Enough? If we’re afraid to even talk about such questions, we’re not there yet.”

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