NACDD: Recent Episodes
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In the newest episode of The Heart of the Matter, titled, “Messages That Matter: Moving Communities from Awareness to Action,” CDC Foundation leaders Kinetra Joseph and Ginger Williford share how nationally recognized campaigns like Hypertension Bites and Live2theBeat were built using behavioral science, audience research, and social marketing principles—and, more importantly, how state and local health departments can leverage these free resources to strengthen their own outreach efforts.Access the campaign toolkit and other resources for Hypertension Bites at: https://www.mybpcontrol.org/resources/campaign-toolkit
In this episode of The Heart of the Matter, titled, “Partners with Purpose Improving Blood Pressure Control,” Jenny Bogard, Founder and Managing Partner of Commonality and leader of the National Hypertension Control Roundtable, explains why local public health agencies bring a perspective no other sector can provide. From identifying implementation gaps to building trusted community partnerships, health departments are uniquely positioned to translate evidence into action.Learn more and get involved with the National Hypertension Control Roundtable at: https://hypertensioncontrol.org/
Many states are working to improve cardiovascular health outcomes leveraging learning collaboratives to help build trust, develop shared goals, and cultivate partnerships needed for organizations to work together more effectively. In the newest episode of The Heart of the Matter, Ashley Arezou Minaei shares Alaska's lessons learned implementing a learning collaborative with their partners. Minaei is an NACDD Board of Directors At-Large-Director and the Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Program Manager at the Alaska Department of Health.
In this episode, Dr. Malissa Wood, Vice President and Chief Physician Executive at the Lee Health Heart Institute, highlights best practices in managing hypertension in pregnancy.
The National Association of Chronic Disease Directors (NACDD) released a new, groundbreaking Social Justice Framework (https://chronicdisease.org/nacdd-releases-transformative-social-justice-framework-to-guide-public-health-practice/), which was created to provide public health practitioners with a blueprint for embedding social justice into the work of chronic disease programs. For American Heart Month 2024, we sit down with Robyn Taylor, NACDD's VP of the Center for Social Justice to understand how the framework could be applied to cardiovascular disease prevention and health promotion.
This month's episode features Drs. Stephanie McGrath and Kelsey Hake from the University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy (Million Hearts Health Equity Implementation funding recipients) and Troy Trygstad from the Community Pharmacy Enhanced Services Network highlighting successes and lessons learned in state and national pharmacy engagement strategies for cardiovascular disease prevention and health promotion.
As we close out American Heart Month, the NACDD CVH Team remains committed to invigorating the field of cardiovascular disease and health promotion and helping to set direction for the future. We’re excited to share the inaugural episode of The Heart of the Matter, a new podcast to highlight best practices and innovation in cardiovascular disease prevention and health promotion.
Board President Kristi Pier begins the conversation with Julia Caplan and Holly Nickel from the Public Health Institute where they focus on community resilience and wellbeing.
Board President Kristi Pier interviews Dan Foy of Gallup to look at resilience and wellbeing and the interpersonal level and how organizations can support employee wellbeing in practice.
Learning Objectives
· Define what makes a resilience-centered program
· Identify areas in which organizations and staff can increase resilience in their teams and communities
· Apply lessons learned from resilience-focused leaders in public health to current and future programs
The 2022 NACDD Board President’s Challenge Podcast examines how to build resilience at all levels of the socioecological model. In this seven-part series Board President Kristi Pier interviews leaders from across the country who are working in public health at the societal, community, interpersonal, and individual levels to learn promising practices and next steps to building environments supportive of resilience and well-being.
Learning Objectives
· Define what makes a resilience-centered program
· Identify areas in which organizations and staff can increase resilience in their teams and communities
· Apply lessons learned from resilience-focused leaders in public health to current and future programs
The 2022 NACDD Board President’s Challenge Podcast examines how to build resilience at all levels of the socioecological model. In this seven-part series Board President Kristi Pier interviews leaders from across the country who are working in public health at the societal, community, interpersonal, and individual levels to learn promising practices and next steps to building environments supportive of resilience and well-being.
Learning Objectives
· Define what makes a resilience-centered program
· Identify areas in which organizations and staff can increase resilience in their teams and communities
· Apply lessons learned from resilience-focused leaders in public health to current and future programs
The 2022 NACDD Board President’s Challenge Podcast examines how to build resilience at all levels of the socioecological model. In this seven-part series Board President Kristi Pier interviews leaders from across the country who are working in public health at the societal, community, interpersonal, and individual levels to learn promising practices and next steps to building environments supportive of resilience and well-being.
Learning Objectives
· Define what makes a resilience-centered program
· Identify areas in which organizations and staff can increase resilience in their teams and communities
· Apply lessons learned from resilience-focused leaders in public health to current and future programs
The 2022 NACDD Board President’s Challenge Podcast examines how to build resilience at all levels of the socioecological model. In this seven-part series Board President Kristi Pier interviews leaders from across the country who are working in public health at the societal, community, interpersonal, and individual levels to learn promising practices and next steps to building environments supportive of resilience and well-being.
Learning Objectives
· Define what makes a resilience-centered program
· Identify areas in which organizations and staff can increase resilience in their teams and communities
· Apply lessons learned from resilience-focused leaders in public health to current and future programs
The 2022 NACDD Board President’s Challenge Podcast examines how to build resilience at all levels of the socioecological model. In this seven-part series Board President Kristi Pier interviews leaders from across the country who are working in public health at the societal, community, interpersonal, and individual levels to learn promising practices and next steps to building environments supportive of resilience and well-being.
NACDD launched the Cardiovascular Health (CVH) Area Network (CAN) in January 2021 to build connections within eight areas. Quarterly calls are held to facilitate sharing of promising ideas and state-developed resources among those working on CDC-funded 1815 and 1817 Category B strategies.
NACDD launched the Cardiovascular Health (CVH) Area Network (CAN) in January 2021 to build connections within eight areas. Quarterly calls are held to facilitate sharing of promising ideas and state-developed resources among those working on CDC-funded 1815 and 1817 Category B strategies.
NACDD launched the Cardiovascular Health (CVH) Area Network (CAN) in January 2021 to build connections within eight areas. Quarterly calls are held to facilitate sharing of promising ideas and state-developed resources among those working on CDC-funded 1815 and 1817 Category B strategies.
NACDD launched the Cardiovascular Health (CVH) Area Network (CAN) in January 2021 to build connections within eight areas. Quarterly calls are held to facilitate sharing of promising ideas and state-developed resources among those working on CDC-funded 1815 and 1817 Category B strategies.
The Collective Voices for Diabetes: Partnering for Prevention & Management podcast series will inspire listeners to advance their diabetes prevention and management efforts through featured guests' ideas, solutions, and approaches. Through intimate and dynamic conversations hosted by NACDD, the podcast will promote guests’ innovative public health practices, collective approaches, and unique achievements in the field of partnerships for diabetes prevention and management.
Lisa Kocak, BS, MA, Program Director at the Tennessee Department of Health and Mackenzie Leonard, MPH, CHES, at Emory University’s Diabetes Training and Technical Assistance Center share how Tennessee leveraged an already existing regional structure to reenergize and organize their collective approach to diabetes prevention for Tennesseans.
For episode Show Notes and more information about NACDD’s action on diabetes, visit www.chronicdisease.org/CollectiveVoices.
The Collective Voices for Diabetes: Partnering for Prevention & Management podcast series will inspire listeners to advance their diabetes prevention and management efforts through featured guests' ideas, solutions, and approaches. Through intimate and dynamic conversations hosted by NACDD, the podcast will promote guests’ innovative public health practices, collective approaches, and unique achievements in the field of partnerships for diabetes prevention and management.
In this two-part episode, hear stories about innovation, adaptions, and teamwork from the Co-Chairs of Tennessee’s three regional diabetes coalitions: Justin Kirby, PharmD, BCACP, NBC-HWC, Middle Region, Kristy Merritt, BSN, RN, CDCES, West Region, Lynn Russell, MEd, EdD, West Region, and Elizabeth Renfro, BS, MS, East Region.
For episode Show Notes and more information about NACDD’s action on diabetes, visit www.chronicdisease.org/CollectiveVoices.
The Collective Voices for Diabetes: Partnering for Prevention & Management podcast series will inspire listeners to advance their diabetes prevention and management efforts through featured guests' ideas, solutions, and approaches. Through intimate and dynamic conversations hosted by NACDD, the podcast will promote guests’ innovative public health practices, collective approaches, and unique achievements in the field of partnerships for diabetes prevention and management.
In this two-part episode, hear stories about innovation, adaptions, and teamwork from the Co-Chairs of Tennessee’s three regional diabetes coalitions: Justin Kirby, PharmD, BCACP, NBC-HWC, Middle Region, Kristy Merritt, BSN, RN, CDCES, West Region, Lynn Russell, MEd, EdD, West Region, and Elizabeth Renfro, BS, MS, East Region.
For episode Show Notes and more information about NACDD’s action on diabetes, visit www.chronicdisease.org/CollectiveVoices.
The Collective Voices for Diabetes: Partnering for Prevention & Management podcast series will inspire listeners to advance their diabetes prevention and management efforts through featured guests' ideas, solutions, and approaches. Through intimate and dynamic conversations hosted by NACDD, the podcast will promote guests’ innovative public health practices, collective approaches, and unique achievements in the field of partnerships for diabetes prevention and management.
Amy Flaherty, MA, Director of the Division of Nutrition and Physical Activity at the Pennsylvania Department of Health and Kim Labno, MS, PMP, Assistant Director of Training and Capacity Building at Health Promotion Council share about using virtual platforms, their work with key partners to achieve collective goals, and gaining state employee coverage of the National DPP lifestyle change program.
For episode Show Notes and more information about NACDD’s action on diabetes, visit www.chronicdisease.org/CollectiveVoices.
Discussions on the Impact of Race on our Nation’s Health
'Race Toward Health' examines a broad range of topics connected to achieving health equity, including discussions on the impact of race on our nation’s health. This three-part series covers the basics of health equity and provides concrete suggestions to advance equity in organizations and communities.
Louise Square talks to Dr. LaVeist on racism’s impact on health and how established systems produce racially differential outcomes.
Resource: The Skin You’re In: https://www.tsyi.org
For more information about the Health Equity council, please visit https://chronicdisease.org/page/hecouncil/ or contact Robyn Taylor at rtaylor_ic@chronicdisease.org
Discussions on the Impact of Race on our Nation’s Health
'Race Toward Health' examines a broad range of topics connected to achieving health equity, including discussions on the impact of race on our nation’s health. This three-part series covers the basics of health equity and provides concrete suggestions to advance equity in organizations and communities.
Vivian Lasley-Bibbs interviews Daniel Dawes about the political determinants of health. Policies and laws in the U.S. have entrenched inequities in our society. Conversely, policies and laws can undo these inequities and move us upstream.
Resource: The Political Determinants of Health book: https://www.danieledawes.com/copy-of-the-book
For more information about the Health Equity Council, please visit https://chronicdisease.org/page/hecouncil/ or contact Robyn Taylor at rtaylor_ic@chronicdisease.org.
Discussions on the Impact of Race on our Nation’s Health
'Race Toward Health' examines a broad range of topics connected to achieving health equity, including discussions on the impact of race on our nation’s health. This three-part series covers the basics of health equity and provides concrete suggestions to advance equity in organizations and communities.
Valerie McAllister asks Dr. Andrews about building a racial equity culture. True racial equity and inclusion in the workplace requires intentionality and proactive effort.
For more information about the Health Equity Council, please visit https://chronicdisease.org/page/hecouncil/ or contact Robyn Taylor at rtaylor_ic@chronicdisease.org.
Using Built Environment and Strategies and Advocacy to Relieve Communities from Arrested Mobility In this conversation with Dr Gabriel Kaplan, Charles Brown explores his thesis that the black community is restricted by a three forces - coercive policing strategies, self deputized citizens who enforce racial boundaries, and expressed policies by state and local governments that curb access to mass transit. These three forces act to limit the access of black Americans to spaces where they can engage in physical activity, restrict their access to forms of active transportation such as walking, running and biking, and limit access to economic opportunities that can lie across broad distances in metro areas. As a result the physical health of the community is impaired and access to upward economic mobility is constrained.
Charles Brown, MPA Senior Research Specialist with the Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center (VTC) at Rutgers University
SDOH Lessons from Iceland: Upstream Risk and Protective Factors that Curb Substance Use In this conversation with Dr Gabriel Kaplan, Professor Alfgeir Kristjansson from West Virginia University's School of Health Sciences talks about the work of Iceland's government and a team of researchers to curb youth substance use. 20 years ago, Iceland had among the highest rates of smoking, drug use, and alcohol abuse among high school students of any country in Europe. Dr Kristjansson discusses the comprehensive approach deployed to involve communities, parents, and youth in forging strong family and social connections and pro-social opportunities for young people. Today, Iceland has some of the lowest levels of teen substance use of any industrialized nation.
Alfgeir Kristjansson, PhD PhD Program Director, Associate Professor, West Virginia University
Centering the Work of Public Health Around Health Equity In this conversation with Dr Gabriel Kaplan, Dr. Ed Ehlinger, past Commissioner of Health at the Minnesota Health Department talks about his tenure at the department and how he elevated awareness of health equity and the achievement of racial equity in the work of public health programs.
Ed Ehlinger, MD, MSPH Past Commissioner, Minnesota Department of Health Acting Chair, HHS Secretary's Advisory Committee on Infant Mortality
Hear how Rimidi is bringing visibility and management of chronic disease to clinical settings online.
Learn how dMeetings is providing online diabetes self-management education and support (DSMES).
Dr. Gabriel Kaplan, NACDD Board President, interviews Dr. Elizabeth Cuervo Tilson, State Health Director and the Chief Medical Officer for the Department of Health and Human Services. They discuss North Carolina’s integration of population health and Medicaid
https://www.ncdhhs.gov/
DOWNLOADABLE TRANSCRIPT: https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.chronicdisease.org/resource/resmgr/website-2020/commstools/podcast/transcriptions/socially_determined-integrat.pdf
Dr. Gabriel Kaplan, NACDD Board President, interviews Dr. Douglas Jutte, Executive Director of the Build Healthy Places Network. They discuss the relationship between housing, the physical resources located in a community, and the lack of economic opportunity and health. https://www.phi.org/focus-areas/?program=build-healthy-places-network https://www.buildhealthyplaces.org
DOWNLOADABLE TRANSCRIPT: https://www.chronicdisease.org/resource/resmgr/website-2020/commstools/podcast/transcriptions/Socially_Determined_Build_He.pdf
Dr. Gabriel Kaplan, NACDD Board Past President, interviews Dr. Monica Bharel, Commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, and Ben Wood, Director of the Office of Community Health Planning and Engagement within the Department of Public Health. They discuss Massachusetts’s unique approach to addressing the social determinants of health, especially their adaptation of the Determination of Need program. For more information on this program, please visit: https://www.mass.gov/service-details/community-health-initiative-chi-requirements
DOWNLOADABLE TRANSCRIPT: https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.chronicdisease.org/resource/resmgr/website-2020/commstools/podcast/transcriptions/socially_determined_adapting.pdf
Dr. Gabriel Kaplan, NACDD Board President, interviews Dr. Anthony Iton, Senior Vice President at the California Endowment, about how political power, or lack of it, impacts the health of the public. Additional resources: www.buildinghealthycommunities.org www.calendow.org http://barhii.org/
DOWNLOADABLE TRANSCRIPT: https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.chronicdisease.org/resource/resmgr/website-2020/commstools/podcast/transcriptions/socially_determined_politica.pdf
Dr. Kaplan speaks with Jodi Spicer, the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) Consultant for the Division of Chronic Disease and Injury Control at the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services. They discuss how adverse childhood experiences relate to and impact overall health. Ms. Spicer also shares some tangible ways her department of health incorporated work on ACES into their programming. Additional resources: http://www.michigan.gov/traumatoxicstress
DOWNLOADABLE TRANSCRIPT: https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.chronicdisease.org/resource/resmgr/website-2020/commstools/podcast/transcriptions/socially_determined_adverse_.pdf
Dr. Gabriel Kaplan, NACDD Board President, interviews Dr. Len Nichols, the Director of the Center for Health Policy Research and Ethics (CHPRE) and a Professor of Health Policy at George Mason University. They discuss the economics of public health and how an economic lens can help public health professionals address the social determinants of health. Additional resources: http://chpre.org https://capgi.gmu.edu
DOWNLOADABLE TRANSCRIPT: https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.chronicdisease.org/resource/resmgr/website-2020/commstools/podcast/transcriptions/socially_determined_applying.pdf
Dr. Gabriel Kaplan, NACDD Board President, and Ana Novais, Executive Director at the Rhode Island Department of Health discuss how Rhode Island has leveraged multiple funding sources to support the state’s cutting edge approach to furthering health equity.
DOWNLOADABLE TRANSCRIPT: https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.chronicdisease.org/resource/resmgr/website-2020/commstools/podcast/transcriptions/socially_determined_braiding.pdf
Dr. Gabriel Kaplan, NACDD Board President, interviews Dr. Isabel Sawhill, Senior Fellow at the Center on Children and Families at the Brookings Institution, about her work on the Social Genome Project and her research on how unplanned pregnancies have a generational impact public health outcomes.
DOWNLOADABLE TRANSCRIPT: https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.chronicdisease.org/resource/resmgr/website-2020/commstools/podcast/transcriptions/sociallydetermined_socialgen.pdf
NACDD Board President Dr. Gabriel Kaplan (Colorado) speaks with NACDD Communications Director Paige Rohe about the nuances in meaning for the terms “health equity,” “social determinants of health,” and “adverse childhood experiences.” Dr. Kaplan asks “What else is it that is making us sick that is not a biological factor?"
Here are some additional resource links: The Practical Playbook: https://www.debeaumont.org/programs/practical-playbook/
The recording of Dr. Kaplan’s Chronic Disease Academy Presentation, “Root Causes and Chronic Disease Prevention”: https://www.chronicdisease.org/store/ViewProduct.aspx?id=13875192&hhSearchTerms=%2522chronic+and+disease+and+academy%2522
Insights Magazine, “Socially Determined: A Call to Action,” with abstracts and articles by leaders in public health on addressing the social determinants of health: https://www.chronicdisease.org/page/Insights2019
DOWNLOADABLE TRANSCRIPT: https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.chronicdisease.org/resource/resmgr/website-2020/commstools/podcast/transcriptions/socially_determined_defining.pdf
This is a special podcast from the National Association of Chronic Disease Directors’s 2019 Chronic Disease Academy. Dr. Judy Monroe, President and CEO of the CDC Foundation moderates a panel on “The Data Frontier – Challenges and Innovations Occurring in the Field.” Panelists include: Dr. Peter Briss from the CDC’s National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion; Dr. Tom Land from the University of Massachusetts School of Medicine; Dr. Karen Smith, from the California Department of Public Health, and Kurt Waltenbaugh of Carrot Health. The panelists will discuss how data is influencing healthcare delivery, health policy, and disease prevention.
This is a special podcast from the National Association of Chronic Disease Directors’s 2019 Chronic Disease Academy. Leavitt Partners experts Bo Nemelka, Susan Winkler, and Andrew Croshaw will discuss “The Future of Value-Based Health,” where they will share their predictions for the near and long-term future of healthcare and health policy.
This is a special podcast from the National Association of Chronic Disease Directors’s 2019 Chronic Disease Academy. Dr. Jewell Mullen of Dell Medical School moderates a panel on “Traversing the Data Frontier.” Panelists include: Carol Hall Waller, of the Rhode Island Department of Health; Brian King of CDC’s National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion; Dr. Mehul Dalal of the Connecticut Department of Health; Karen Girard of the Oregon Health Authority. The panelists will discuss the practical applications of incorporating traditional and nontraditional data sources into chronic disease prevention work. They will share examples of successful projects from state health departments in Rhode Island, Connecticut, and Oregon.
NACDD Board President Dr. Gabriel Kaplan interviews Dr. Karen DeSalvo, former acting assistant secretary for health at HHS. Dr. DeSalvo is co-convener for the National Alliance for the Social Determinants of Health. Through this podcast, we’ll explore the concept of Public Health 3.0 and resources available to communities seeking to tackle some of the underlying causes of health disparities in the United States.
DOWNLOADABLE TRANSCRIPT: https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.chronicdisease.org/resource/resmgr/website-2020/commstools/podcast/transcriptions/socially_determined_public_h.pdf
Whitney Hammond, Chronic Disease Director at the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services discusses lessons learned in public relations while investigations continued into a cluster of pediatric cancer cases in her state.
This special podcast was recorded live at the 2019 Chronic Disease Academy. In it, NACDD Board President Dr. Gabriel Kaplan outlines his vision for incorporating the social determinants of health into chronic disease prevention and control and health promotion.
Rhode Island Lt. Governor Daniel McKee talks to Health Yeah! about the origins and the outlook of the state's Alzheimer's plan.
Alaska DHSS Public Health Specialist Ann Potempa discusses with Health Yeah the challenges and opportunities she's seen in health communications in The Last Frontier.
NACDD Communications Director Paige Rohe speaks Dr. Shannon Griffin Blake, the branch chief for the Disability and Health Branch within the Division of Human Development and Disability at CDC's National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities. Dr. Griffin Blake discusses the new Disability Health Data System and current programming work in disabilities inclusion with NACDD and beyond. To learn more about the DHDS, visit http://www.cdc.gov/disabilities. To learn more about NACDD's work and to view a transcript of this podcast, visit chronicdisease.org.
In recognition of World Diabetes Day, NACDD’s Communications Director Paige Rohe speaks with two diabetes experts from Guam on the burden of diabetes and pre-diabetes in this community: Patrick Luces, Chair of the Pacific Chronic Disease Council and Program Coordinator for Chronic Disease Prevention and Control for Guam's Department of Public Health and Social Services and Melliza Young, an intern for the Pacific Chronic Disease Council and a certified diabetes educator. An important partner with NACDD, the Pacific Chronic Disease Council provides leadership in the development of a Pacific Noncommunicable Disease Collaborative targeting health system transformation and expanding population outreach within the U.S. Associated Pacific Island (USAPI) jurisdictions. The USAPI spans twice the geographic area of the continental U.S. and has a population of about half a million people. A 2016 World Bank report described non-communicable diseases as an economic threat to the Pacific Islands, with heart disease, cancer, diabetes, and chronic respiratory disease leading the list as the top causes of mortality in this region. Listen to the podcast to learn about the specific challenges Guam faces as well as opportunities that currently exist to improve health and empower the people of Guam to build a healthier future.
Welcome to NACDD’s Power Tools Podcast. Power Tools is a series of hosted interviews by NACDD’s John Patton, with vetted, private-industry partners whose products and services act as ‘tools’ that add exponential ‘power’ to the work of public health practitioners.
John interviews companies that NACDD has worked with to support public health interventions over the years — from software developers to media giants. Each episode selects private companies that address pain-points in public health, from increasing awareness to improving physician referrals to presenting data visually.
Join us to discover tools that add power to your work — and always pass along partners that you have found that could be of value to others. We’d love to talk with them!
Dr. O’Connor speaks with Soma Stout, Executive Lead of 100 Million Healthier Lives, on how the public health industry should come together to examine the driving forces behind chronic disease, and how the landscape can be improved.
Dr. O’Connor speaks with Carmen Daniel, Worksite Wellness Program Manager with the Georgia Department of Public Health, on the collaboration that occurs between the state health department and academia to provide support and encourage worksite wellness. The program focuses on aspects—such as physical activity, nutrition, and stress management—that support worksite wellness.
Dr. O’Connor speaks with John Auerbach, President and CEO of Trust for America’s Health, on opioid use in the United States, and how it affects population health and public health. Auerbach also touches on topics such as importance of keeping people healthy and resilient, and how it has a positive effect on population health.
Dr. O’Connor speaks with Mary Anne Cooney, Chief of Health Systems Transformation with the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials, on population health and what it means among public healthcare officials, and how population health can be understood.
Dr. O’Connor speaks with Laura Seeff, Director of the Office of Health Systems Collaboration in CDC’s Office of the Associate Director for Policy, on how the department translates effective public health prevention and control practices into action by health systems.
Dr. O’Connor speaks with Judy Monroe, President and CEO of the CDC Foundation, on how the CDC Foundation focuses on emergency response, and supports population health during events such as the Zika outbreak.
Dr. O’Connor speaks with John W. Robitscher, NACDD’s CEO, on how NACDD uses consultants to work on projects that support chronic disease prevention and control. Robitscher highlights some of the projects that provide support and education, and are currently funded by NACDD and CDC.
This National Association of Chronic Disease Directors podcast is a recording of the September 2017 plenary lecture, "Communicating the Value of Public Health and Social Justice to Promote Leadership & Reduce Chronic Diseases.” Charles Brown, a senior researcher at Rutgers University, explains the value of using a social justice lens to explore chronic disease prevention and control and health promotion. For more information on this topic or to learn more about NACDD, visit chronicdisease.org.
This National Association of Chronic Disease Directors podcast is a recording of the September 2017 plenary lecture, “Paying for Success,” during the annual Chronic Disease Academy. Ian Galloway, a senior researcher at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco explains how nontraditional partnerships can support innovation in chronic disease prevention and control and health promotion. For more information on this topic or to learn more about NACDD, visit chronicdisease.org.
NACDD's President's Challenge Podcast Series Part 4: Leading Through Change and Disruption with Professor Mark Lipton
Written by: Mehul Dalal, M.D., president, NACDD Board of Directors and chronic disease director at the Connecticut Department of Public Health
In this episode, Professor Mark Lipton of the New School joins us in a conversation about his soon-to-be published research on how leaders deal with change and disruption. With the rise of disruptive technology and related platforms, the private sector has had to confront disruption in very immediate terms. His work dives deep in to how leaders in these organizations are surviving and succeeding by facing ambiguity, handling continuous disruption and managing uncertainty. We explore what looks to be emerging is a new model of handling and leading through change through five major leadership characteristics.
What does this have to do with public health? Surprisingly, quite a bit. We cover areas that I suspect will resonate deeply within our community of public health practitioners, particularly in this moment national priorities and funding are in flux. We cover the ideas of “micro-revolutions” and explore how innovation can co-exist side-by side with the imperatives of day-to-day business. We talk about the importance of identifying boundaries of influence and considering carefully the “end-user experience.”
Given Professor Lipton’s previous work in public health leadership development, he can translate this material to our benefit in ways that many in this field cannot. I hope you learn something interesting, new and applicable from our conversation. Thanks for listening to the Learn, Lead and Thrive podcast series!
To access links to materials and resources discussed on this episode, visit https://marklipton.com/
For more information on these and other professional development materials for public health practitioners, visit www.chronicdisease.org
NACDD's President's Challenge Series Part 1: Succession Planning with Dr. Jeanne Alongi
Written by: Mehul Dalal, M.D., president, NACDD Board of Directors and chronic disease director at the Connecticut Department of Public Health
Jeanne Alongi, is a Senior Consultant to the National Association of Chronic Disease Directors. She earned her MPH from George Washington University and doctorate in public health leadership at the University of North Carolina examining the factors that make State Chronic Disease Units effective.
In this episode we have a wide-ranging conversation about Succession Planning. Did you know that 38% of the public health workers indicated they intend to leave their job in the next five years? Learn about this and other key findings from a broad, sweeping survey of the public health national workforce. Hear about some underexplored issues related to workforce diversity and competency needs. Discover a useful mental model for succession planning as Jeanne walks us through a succession planning road map.
And as promised, we dig into some day-to-day tools and techniques such as individualized development plans, stretch assignments, desk references and competency assessments. (Good practical advice!)
Workforce change and turnover is a reality, if we don’t think about succession planning systematically and intentionally apply our learnings our field risks stagnating.
I hope you learn as much as I did from this conversation. To access links to materials and resources discussed on this episode, visit http://www.chronicdisease.org/?page=Succ_Planning_Res
For more information on these and other professional development materials for public health practitioners, visit www.chronicdisease.org
NACDD's President's Challenge Podcast Series Part 3: Administrative Evidence-Based Practices with Ross Brownson
Written by: Mehul Dalal, M.D., president, NACDD Board of Directors and chronic disease director at the Connecticut Department of Public Health
Dr. Ross Brownson, previously served as the State Chronic Disease Director in Missouri and is currently the Bernard Becker Professor of Public Health at Washington University in St. Louis and Co-Director of the Prevention Research Center. His work is characterized by applying scholarly rigor to areas with direct relevance to the practice of public health, particularly for chronic disease prevention and health promotion. The topic we cover in this episode, administrative evidence-based practices or AEBPs, is a prime example of this approach.
Although our conversation is grounded on rigorous peer-reviewed work (Brownson et. al. 2012 AJPM – see link), it struck me that the questions being addressed were both accessible and foundational for the practitioner: What characteristics make health departments effective? Where do I have influence to actually make a change? What are some tools that can support the change?
We start off taking a high-level overview of AEBP’s, what they are, and how they relate to Evidence-Based Public Health and Evidence-Based Decision-Making. We learn about the different categories of AEBP’s and discuss the concept of “ high-priority, locally-modifiable AEBPs.”
We then take a closer look into the five major categories of high priority modifiable AEBPs:
o Workforce Development
o Leadership
o Organizational Climate and Culture
o Relationships and Partnerships
o Financial
In keeping with the theme of the challenge of “Learn, Lead, and Thrive” we take a deeper look into AEBPs related to Leadership and Organizational Climate and Culture.
We end the conversation with some practical tips and tools, specifically the “Administrative Evidence-Based Practices Assessment Tool” which teams, including managers and front-line professionals, can use to assess the extent to which AEBPs are supported in their organization.
We covered a lot of territory in this episode, but our time was short so I encourage you to pick one area that resonates with you, explore it further and find a way to integrate it in to your work.
To access links to materials and resources discussed on this episode, visit http://www.chronicdisease.org/?page=Evidence_Based_PH
For more information on these and other professional development materials for public health practitioners, visit www.chronicdisease.org
NACDD's President's Challenge Series Part 6: Representational Groups with Dr. David Berg
Written by: Mehul Dalal, M.D., president, NACDD Board of Directors and chronic disease director at the Connecticut Department of Public Health
David Berg is a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and an Organizational Psychologist with the Yale School of Medicine. Years ago, I had the privilege of benefitting from David’s expertise as a student in one of his courses. I was struck by how deftly he led his students to important insights about organizations from seemingly mundane day-to-day details of organizational life.
In this episode we have a stimulating conversation about representational groups; which is any group where the participants represent the perspectives of a particular group, agency, interest etc. This characterization of groups applies widely from multidisciplinary teams within units, senior executive teams at large organizations to multi-sector coalitions. I thought some of the insights were particularly illuminating with respect to our coordinated chronic disease work and coalition work in general.
In this show, we also try an interesting experiment where in the second half, I present a couple of case examples (fictional and dramatized, but realistic I hope nonetheless). David then offers his perspectives on the key relevant considerations as they pertain to representational groups and dynamics. I thought it was fun, I hope you find that discussion format useful.
If you want to learn more, visit the President's Challenge podcast webpage for a link to David’s paper. Thank you for tuning in to the Learn, Lead and Thrive podcast!
To access links to materials and resources discussed on this episode, visit http://www.chronicdisease.org/?page=Representational_Grp
For more information on these and other professional development materials for public health practitioners, visit www.chronicdisease.org
NACDD's President's Challenge Series Part 5: Job Crafting with Dr. Amy Wrzesniewski
Written by: Mehul Dalal, M.D., president, NACDD Board of Directors and chronic disease director at the Connecticut Department of Public Health
Dr. Amy Wrzesniewski is a Professor of Organizational Behavior at the Yale School of Management; she has a track record of rigorous, innovative and applicable research that is published in top academic journals and the popular business press. In this episode we have a conversation about the concept of job crafting and how it is ties in to vital aspects about our personal relationship with our work including the meaning of work and work identity.
Although on first blush these concepts may sound weighty, Amy elegantly illuminates these concepts providing a case study about hospital custodial staff. We also talk about how manager-centric models of job design, which are prevalent in public bureaucracies, can hold us back from getting the best work out of our employees.
In the second half of the show we get down to the practical. Amy walks us through four strategies on how the job-crafting framework can help to assess and improve satisfaction and productivity in our own jobs:
1.Optimize the Job You Have
2.Re-Vision the Relational Landscape of the Work
3.Queue it Up
4.Aspirational Job-Crafting
Amy was also kind enough to share a tool that was specifically designed for employees to walk through the job crafting strategies. View the resources link on the President's Challenge podcast webpage to access the tool along with further readings. I encourage you to take a look and find an area that resonates with you.
To access links to materials and resources discussed on this episode, visit http://www.chronicdisease.org/?page=Job_Crafting
For more information on these and other professional development materials for public health practitioners, visit www.chronicdisease.org
NACDD's President's Challenge Series Part 2: Public Health Leadership Challenges for the 21st Century with Dr. Ursula Bauer
Written by: Mehul Dalal, M.D., president, NACDD Board of Directors and chronic disease director at the Connecticut Department of Public Health
Dr. Ursula Bauer is the Director for the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion at the CDC. In this role she has spearheaded efforts to enhance coordination among categorical chronic disease programs. Under her leadership the Center has stimulated new ways to think about and communicate more effectively about the work we do. The four domains were not part of our lexicon until recently and the influence this has had on our work has likely been underappreciated. I can recall numerous occasions in which the four domain framework provided “conversational leverage” in a way that talking about categorical programs separately simply could not.
Although this is the second episode in the series, this one is really the framing episode. Our conversation highlights why focusing on leadership and management now is important. This episode is less about specific tools and more about context-setting and forecasting.
We start out taking a longer view about public health leadership in the 21st Century. We cover the concept of “vision” in an unexpected way. The public health community has a long tradition of articulating the vision of what type of world we are working towards. Ursula, however introduces us to a different way to think about vision, that is, the vision of “how we want to get there.” This framing puts a decidedly operational bent on “vision” and helps us to surface some foundational issues around public health work in the face of uncertainty.
Uncertainty was a big theme in our conversation and we spent some time discussing the types of adaptive leadership skills that are needed going forward such as agility, flexibility, storytelling, and deeper partnership engagement.
In the second half we get in to the distinctions among the “4Cs:” Connection, Cooperation, Coordination, and Collaboration. It struck me that this conceptualization around how we work together could apply within teams, among teams and with external partners.
We end the episode talking about leadership lessons learned from our recent engagement with health systems and forecasting the leadership implications of upcoming opportunities such as CDC’s HI-5 initiative.
I hope you enjoy and learn from this conversation, I thought it was very rich and I appreciated the insights into Ursula’s thinking. Here are the links to resources mentioned in this episode:
To access links to materials and resources discussed on this episode, visit CDC HI-5 at www.cdc.gov/policy/hst/hi5/docs/hi5-overview-v6.pdf
For more information on these and other professional development materials for public health practitioners, visit www.chronicdisease.org