Here for Your Health: Recent Episodes
HCD Palm Beach County
Every day in south Florida, a unique health care system is going the extra mile to keep the community healthy. The Here for Your Health podcast features important health information and interviews with the Health Care District of Palm Beach County’s doctors and team of professionals. What they share can help you and your family stay well and in-the-know!
The pandemic has caused many to postpone seeing a doctor and getting screened for a variety of cancers. Experts explain why the time to get screened is now.
It's a stressful time for people of all ages and outlooks. We talk to a licensed psychologist about steps we can take to cope and connect.
More Research:
Stress in America survey, American Psychological Association
U.S. Surgeon General Advisory on Youth Mental Health Crisis Further Exposed by COVID-19 Pandemic, 12/7/21
Speaking of Psychology podcast- How social media affects teens’ mental health and well-being, with Linda Charmaraman, PhD
How the administrator of one of Florida's largest county's faced the unprecedented challenges of COVID-19.
The top public health official in Palm Beach County, Florida breaks down the facts when it comes to COVID-19 and vaccine hesitancy.
Addiction is a brain disorder that is often wrongly perceived as a moral failing. Learn the science behind addiction and the brain on this edition of Here for Your Health.
Corinna Kelley discusses the community referral network used by HCD Palm Beach County that utilizes technology to link those in need with social services.
Darcy Davis discusses how HCD Palm Beach County mobilized their efforts to curb the COVID-19 pandemic in their community.
Dr. Courtney Phillips-Rowling and Dr. Steven Keehn discuss how overdose patients in one Florida County are receiving innovative, specialized care.
Last year, Palm Beach County opened the doors to an innovative public-private partnership...an emergency room at JFK Medical Center North called the Addiction Stabilization Center, or ASU. Patients across the county who overdose are transported to the ASU for evidence-based care. Many of the patients receive a warm handoff to the Health Care District of Palm Beach County's medication assisted treatment program located right on the hospital's campus. We'll talk to a patient who says the care she received from both of these programs brought her from relapse to recovery.
As we do our best to prevent catching Covid-19, we face another death threat...flu season. Some health officials are calling it a potential twindemic, concerned that even a mild flu season could overload hospitals already coping with Covid-19 cases. Think you know the faces about the flu? Take our pop quick on this edition of Here for Your Health.
Dr. Barry Davis discusses vaping and the latest findings regarding the risk to your health.
Thomas Cleare discusses how the Healthy Care District helps deliver services through community organizations with similar missions.
Opioid related death numbers have skyrocketed in Palm Beach County. Dr. Belma Andrić, Chief Medical Officer and VP and Executive Director of Clinic Services, discusses the response to the opioid epidemic.
Childhood immunizations are a smart way to set your child on a path to wellness.
Dr. Seneca Harberger, Family Physician with the Health Care District of Palm Beach County’s C. L. Brumback Primary Care Clinics, discusses the importance of childhood immunizations.