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School Nurse Robin Cogan returns to HealthCetera to discuss the recent action of Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s signing of two critical gun safety bills into law, why and how nurses can advocate for gun safety, and how every adult can prevent childhood deaths by instituting safe storage of firearms in homes where children are present, 

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Ageism is bias against older people. You let your hair turn gray and suddenly younger people are talking to you as though you are ancient and incompetent. And it can affect health. HealthCetera Correspondent and public health nurse Barbara Glickstein, MPH, RN, FAAN, talked about this issue with Liz Seegert, a journalist who focuses on aging and is the aging content expert for the Association for Health Care Journalists. This program first aired on WIOX Radio on April 19, 2023.

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The United State is one of the only high income countries to ensure that families get a healthy start through paid leave for the birth or adoption of a child. Only 23% of civilian workers get paid maternity leave, even though it’s becoming a standard benefit for full time employees in moderate to well-paying jobs, but not for hourly or low-wage workers. Only 13% of civilian workers get paid paternity leave, despite the benefits that family leave provides for families and employers. HealthCetera in the Catskills producer and host, Diana J. Mason, PhD, RN, FAAN, discusses this issue with Sherrie Flynt Wallington, PhD, associate professor in the Policy, populations and Systems Department at the George Washington University School of Nursing and the Milken Institute School of Public Health. She co-authored a paper on paternity leave that was published by the Milbank Quarterly in December 2022. This interview aired on HealthCetera in the Catskills on WIOX Radio on April 5, 2023.

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