Grass Roots Health
A podcast about improving health and quality of life of others using a bottoms-up approach.
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Saturday Mar 01, 2025
Saturday Mar 01, 2025
The U.S. has an Israel problem. The problem is this: The U.S. has supplied weapons to Israel that have been used by Israel in serious violations of international humanitarian and human rights law and in a manner that is inconsistent with U.S. law, policies, and values. The U.S. has supported Israel since the modern establishment of the nation in 1948. There have been atrocities on both sides. However, the atrocities have been greater on the Israeli side.
The 1795 website features a blog by this same title: https://1795group.com/the-u-s-has-an-israel-problem/
For the better part of the 20th century, Israel expanded on the foundation of occupation and settler colonialism, while Palestinians attempted to resist within their limited resources and space. Many Israelis acted as if the Palestinians were not even there. Non-existent.
Now we have a U.S. President that wants to permanently displace approximately 2 million people from their home to locations unknown after Israel demolished their homes with bombs and missiles. He also stated publicly that the US. will "take over" Gaza, displace nearly 2 million Palestinians from their home to locations that he did not specify, and turn Gaza into new "Riviera"
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Resources for This Podcast:
1) Website (December 2024): Global Center for the Responsibility to Protect. Israel and the Occupied Palestian Territory. https://www.globalr2p.org/countries/israel-and-the-occupied-palestinian-territory/
2) News Article (January 20, 2025). BBC News. Israel and the Palestinians: History of the conflict explained. https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-44124396
3) Website: Amesty Interational (2023). Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory. https://www.amnesty.org/en/location/middle-east-and-north-africa/middle-east/israel-and-the-occupied-palestinian-territory/report-israel-and-the-occupied-palestinian-territory/
4) Lawler, D. & Ravid B. (February 4, 2025). Trump claims U.S. will "take over" Gaza and turn it into new "Riviera" Axios, https://www.axios.com/2025/02/05/trump-gaza-takeover-palestinians-israel
5) Article: Aljazeera News. Updated June 2, 2024. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/6/2/israels-war-on-gaza-live-mediators-urge-israel-hamas-to-finalise-truce#:~:text=At%20least%2036%2C439%20Palestinians%20have,still%20held%20captive%20in%20Gaza
6) Article: BBC News. April 5, 2024. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-67039975
7) Article: AP News. Updated May 23, 2024. https://apnews.com/article/israel-hamas-war-end-insurgency-0fcb4e20821ba8c0e49edf6571486d3b
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Grass Roots Health is produced and hosted by Tim Jordan.
Attorney Maha Zeidan was booked by Tim Jordan.
Artwork created by Samantha Hruby.
Audio editing, mixing, and mastering by Suma Recording, Painesville, Ohio https://www.sumarecording.com/
Website design by Alex Brinkman, Green Tree Media, Perrysburg, Ohio www.greentreemediallc.com
Sunday Feb 02, 2025
Sunday Feb 02, 2025
Is climate change caused by humans? Or is climate change a hoax made up by liberals? Is climate change just a naturally occurring phenomenon in the environment? Do over 97% of climate experts believe that humans are causing climate change? Who or what is responsible for the 26% of Americans who deny human-caused climate change and the 14% who deny climate change is happening at all?
Listen as our host Tim Jordan asks one of the world’s top experts in climate change and its impact on the Amazon region these questions and more. Who is terrified? Who is optimistic? Listen and find out.
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Webpage (2024). International Science Council. Carlos Nobre, Senior Scientist. https://council.science/profile/carlos-nobre/
Webpage: (2021). Amazonia 4.0. Scientific Council, Carlos Nobre, Counselor. https://en.amazonia4.org/project/carlos-nobre/
Webpage (2024). The 2025 UN Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC Cop 30).International Institute for Sustainable Development. SDG Knowledge Hub. https://sdg.iisd.org/events/2025-un-climate-change-conference-unfccc-cop-30/
Article: Gounaridis, D. & Newell J. (2024). The social anatomy of climate change denial in the United States. Nature. Scientific Reports. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-50591-6
Article: Bohr, J. (2022). The structure and culture of climate change denial. The American Sociological Association, Footnotes. Volume 49 (3). https://www.asanet.org/footnotes-article/structure-and-culture-climate-change-denial/
Article: NASA (2024). Do scientists agree on climate change? https://science.nasa.gov/climate-change/faq/do-scientists-agree-on-climate-change
Webpage: Stanford University, (2025). Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies. https://fsi.stanford.edu/global-populisms/global-populism-about
Article: Sordi, J. (2024). Carlos Nobre a terrified by optimistic scientist at the COP biodiversity conference. Sumauma. https://sumauma.com/en/carlos-nobre-um-cientista-apavorado-mas-otimista-na-cop-da-biodiversidade/
Article: Montaigne, F. (2019) Will deforestation and warming push the Amazon to a tipping point? Yale University. Yale School of the Environment. Yale Environment 360. https://e360.yale.edu/features/will-deforestation-and-warming-push-the-amazon-to-a-tipping-point
Video: (2021). Amazonia 4.0: The Reset Begins https://youtu.be/P1swbjiIMUs?si=e9wN2qlk1nSRzf-g
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Grass Roots Health is sponsored by the 1795 Group. www.1795group.com
Grass Roots Health is produced and hosted by Tim Jordan.
Dr. Carlos Nobre was booked by Tim Jordan.
Artwork created by Samantha Hruby.
Audio editing, mixing, and mastering by Suma Recording, Painesville, Ohio https://www.sumarecording.com/
Website design by Alex Brinkman, Green Tree Media, Perrysburg, Ohio www.greentreemediallc.com
Thursday Jan 02, 2025
Thursday Jan 02, 2025
Of all similar, wealthy nations of the world, Americans pay the most for health care (I call it “sick care”) and receive the least back for their investment.
Get out your large, foam finger. We are No. 1 in health care! We're No 1. USA! USA! USA! Right? Wrong!
Infant mortality (death) rate is often used as a proxy indicator of a nation’s health. The U.S. had a higher infant mortality rate than other wealthy countries like us in 2023. Even the Slovak Republic and Chile were better!
The infant death rate in 2013 was 5.9 per 1,000 live births. What was the infant death rate in 2023, ten years into the future? The provisional number provided by the CDC for 2023 (CDC, 2024) was 5.61 infant deaths per 1,000 live births. A major drop, correct? Nope! However, Black infants died the most. I am sure it is the amount of pigment in their skin.
A Vital Statistics Rapid Release report from the National Center for Health Statistics shows that the provisional infant mortality rate for the United States in 2022 rose 3% from 2021, the first year-to-year increase in the rate since 2001 to 2002. You can read the details here: Infant Mortality in United States: Provisional Data from the 2022 Period Linked Birth/Infant Death File
In maternal health, the U.S. has a similar problem. In 2022, the maternal death rate was approximately 22 deaths per 100,000 live births, which again is much higher than other wealthy nations like ours. In fact, the U.S. maternal death rate is 55% greater than that of Chile.
Like their babies, black pregnant moms have the highest death rates.
Are there issues in maternal and child health? Listen as host, Tim Jordan explores these issues and more with our expert guest, Mr. Duane Herron of Georgia.
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Resources for This Podcast:
1) Website: Cobb and Douglass Counties, Public Heathhttps://cobbanddouglaspublichealth.com/
2) Website: CDC, Maternal and Child Heath. https://www.cdc.gov/maternal-infant-health/infant-mortality/
3) Report: March of Dimes Report Card for the U.S. https://www.marchofdimes.org/peristats/reports/united-states/report-card
4) Website: The World Health Organization. Social Determinants of Health https://www.who.int/health-topics/social-determinants-of-health
5) Podcast to Listen To: The Fractured U.S. Health Care System. https://1795group.com/episode/episode-2/
6) Podcast to Listen To: Is There Racism in the U.S. Health Care System? https://1795group.com/episode/episode-4/
7) Podcast to Listen To: Is There Racism in Maternal and Child Health in the United States? https://1795group.com/episode/episode-24-is-there-racism-and-maternal-and-child-health-in-the-united-states-an-interview-with-duane-herron-tiffiny-jones-and-elizabeth-williams/ 8) Article: Racism Creates Inequities in Maternal and Child Health, Even Before Birth. (2021). https://www.childtrends.org/publications/racism-creates-inequities-maternal-child-health-even-before-birth?
9) Article to Read: Systemic Racism – A Key Risk Factor for Maternal Death and Illness. (2021). https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/news/2021/systemic-racism-key-risk-factor-maternal-death-and-illness?
10) Article to Read: Racial Disparities in Maternal and Infant Health: Current Status and Efforts to Address Them (2022). https://www.kff.org/racial-equity-and-health-policy/issue-brief/racial-disparities-in-maternal-and-infant-health-current-status-and-efforts-to-address-them/?
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interested in becoming a sponsor of this podcast? Contact us at:tjordan@1795group.com
Thoughts? Feedback? Suggestions for topics or guests? Contact: tjordan@1795group.com
Grass Roots Health is sponsored by the 1795 Group. www.1795group.com
Grass Roots Health is produced and hosted by Tim Jordan.
Duane Herron was booked by Tim Jordan.
Artwork created by Samantha Hruby.
Audio editing, mixing, and mastering by Suma Recording, Painesville, Ohio https://www.sumarecording.com/
Website design by Alex Brinkman, Green Tree Media, Perrysburg, Ohio www.greentreemediallc.com
Tuesday Dec 03, 2024
Tuesday Dec 03, 2024
We are born, live, get old, and then die. This is the natural cycle of life. One thing is certain, humans have a 100% mortality rate.
Death is a rite of passage in which we all participate – as a family member, a health care provider, or as a patient.
Healthcare providers often view death through a biomedical lens and define death as a physiological event. As a result, they often view death very narrowly as a medical failure. Therefore, healthcare providers are frequently the worst “death deniers” in American society.
Instead of talking about death and dying openly and honestly and allowing their patients to prepare for their departure, many healthcare providers often put their patients on the “medical treadmill” of another surgery, another amputation, another round of chemotherapy, or more radiation. Such medical treatment is frequently futile and only serves to steal the patient’s quality of life at the end-of-life stage.
In this episode, our host, Tim Jordan, talks to Kelvin Freeman about what he has learned via his research with program directors of accredited physician assistant training programs across the U.S.
Do physician assistant students receive adequate end-of-life education during their training? Listen and find out.
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Resources for This Podcast:
Detroit Michigan Health Department: https://detroitmi.gov/departments/detroit-health-department
Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the U.S. Department of Labor. Emergency Preparedness and Response. https://www.osha.gov/emergency-preparedness
Article: (2024). Applying a Health Equity Lens to Better Understand End-of-Life Prognostication. https://journalofethics.ama-assn.org/article/applying-health-equity-lens-better-understand-end-life-prognostication/2024-10
Blog (2023). Adding Life to One’s Remaining Days. https://1795group.com/adding-life-to-ones-remaining-days/
Article: (2021). The COVID-19 pandemic has changed dying and grief: Will there be a surge of complicated grief? Death Studies, 84-90; https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/07481187.2021.1929571
Article: (2020). COVID-19 brings a new urgency for advance care planning: Implications for death education. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/07481187.2020.1821262
Article: (2019). Dying Well-Informed: The Need for Better Clinical Education Surrounding Facilitating End-of-Life Conversations. Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6913833/#:~:text=Moreover%2C%2040%20percent%20of%20medical,informing%20patients%20about%20their%20prognoses
Letter to the Editor: The Uphill Task of Improving End-of-Life Training in U.S. Internal Medicine Residency Programs (2019). https://journals.lww.com/academicmedicine/fulltext/2019/10000/the_uphill_task_of_improving_end_of_life_training.5.aspx
Article: (2017) Predicting Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Advance Care Planning Using the Integrated Behavioral Model. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0030222817691286?casa_token=ksd86v_2QwAAAAAA%3AS6NMzc4Ve_JdlusxbnlPdlYVy-Z4c9a6PtfgofOiAYP39LyxSh0A2eXiqWBjNfeg_NAG-HxhyWXo
Article: (2016). Teaching About Life and Living in Courses on Death and Dying. Death Studies. Written by Charles Corr. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0030222815575902?casa_token=yIb4TUwp3H8AAAAA%3A6CdzEs53Wn65ALnwonTDLydfKDV_HEuiJ4wNn7retxXyRrL1HKpVy8LloywVLzahA1_j18GJjbON
Podcast: Episode 7: Death and Dying from the Perspective of a Hospice Nurse – An Interview with Nurse Penny. https://1795group.com/episode/episode-7-death-and-dying-from-the-perspective-of-a-hospice-nurse-an-interview-with-nurse-penny/
TV interview with Dr. Tim Jordan on bereavement and grief. https://youtu.be/a0QWYEmbw40
Blog: The Mountain that Everyone Must Climb.https://1795group.com/the-mountain-that-everyone-must-climb/
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Interested in becoming a sponsor of this podcast? Contact us at:tjordan@1795group.com
Thoughts? Feedback? Suggestions for topics or guests? Contact: tjordan@1795group.com
Grass Roots Health is sponsored by the 1795 Group. www.1795group.com
Grass Roots Health is produced and hosted by Tim Jordan.
Kelvin Freeman was booked by Tim Jordan. Artwork by Danielle Procopio. Audio editing and mastering by Christopher Stoll of Audio Flare Recording, Toledo, OH: https://www.audioflare.com/
Website design by Alex Brinkman, Green Tree Media, Perrysburg, Ohio www.greentreemediallc.com
Saturday Nov 02, 2024
Saturday Nov 02, 2024
We adults have created a plastic pollution disaster for those that will follow in our footsteps. However, you can be part of the solution starting today!
Microplastics, 5 millimeters or less in size, come from a variety of larger plastics such as plastic bottles, car tires, plastic beads (including those in skin-care products), and synthetic fibers. These larger plastics typically break down into smaller and smaller plastics called nano-plastics (less than 1 micrometer in size). Nano-plastics also come from industrial processes.
Plastic pollution is also in our homes. Your carpet and rugs are especially to blame. Clothing, bedding, and other textiles shed microplastics in fiber form and are major contributors to plastic pollution, especially when washed. These microfibers, which are carried off by your drains from your washer, enter the wastewater, eventually end up in the environment.
The problem with plastics is that take up to 1,000 years to decompose. Only 10% of plastic waste is recycled. Most plastic waste just sits there in the soil in landfills as an environmental pollutant. Worse yet, about 11 million tons of plastic enter our oceans yearly. Let’s do something about this plastic disaster! Listen and learn about plastic pollution in our homes as host Tim Jordan interviews Judit Weis Ph.D. about this issue.
Resources for this podcast:
1) Judith Weis, Ph.D.: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judith_Weis
2) Rutgers University Website: www.rutgers.edu
3) Biological Sciences at Rutgers Website: www.biology.rutger.edu
4) Books by Guest, Judith Weis. https://sites.rutgers.edu/judith-weis/books/
5) New Book by Guest, Judith Weis, Ph.D. Marine Pollution: What Everyone Needs to Know. 2nd Edition. (2024). https://global.oup.com/academic/product/marine-pollution-9780197753811?lang=en&cc=us
6) Senator Jeff Merkley, Oregon. https://www.congress.gov/member/jeff-merkley/M001176. Merkley introduces legislation to curb plastic pollution from laundry. https://www.congress.gov/member/jeff-merkley/M001176
7) Podcast Episode 26: Plastic Pollution is All Around Us. Should I Care? An Interview with Janet Brahney, Ph.D. https://1795group.com/episode/episode-26-plastic-pollution-is-all-around-us-should-i-care-an-interview-with-janet-brahney-ph-d/
8) Blog: (2024). Plastic Pollution is All Around Us. You Should Care. https://1795group.com/plastic-pollution-is-all-around-us/
9) Plastic Pollution Coalition (2024). Plastic Pollution Facts. https://www.plasticpollutioncoalition.org/learn/plastic-pollution-facts
10) Article: (2024). Weiss, J. Laundry is a top source of microplastic pollution. Here’s how to clean your clothes more sustainably. PBS News. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/laundry-is-a-top-source-of-microplastic-pollution-heres-how-to-clean-your-clothes-more-sustainably
11) Article: (2023). The National Park Service. Reducing Laundry Microfibers. https://nps.gov/articles/000/laundry_microplastics.htm?utm
12) Article: (2023). Lozanova, S. How To Reduce Microfiber Pollution from Your Laundry. Earth911. https://earth911.com/home-garden/reduce-laundry-microfiber-pollution/
13) Article: (2024). Frank, G. This Washing Machine Filter Gulps Up Microplastics. The Triple Pundit.https://www.triplepundit.com/story/2023/washing-machine-microplastic-filter/782986?utm
14) Article (2024). Engler, S. 10 Ways to Reduce Plastic Pollution. Natural Resources Defense Council. https://www.nrdc.org/stories/10-ways-reduce-plastic-pollution?utm_source
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Interested in becoming a sponsor of this podcast? Contact us at:tjordan@1795group.com
Thoughts? Feedback? Suggestions for topics or guests? Contact: tjordan@1795group.com
Grass Roots Health is sponsored by the 1795 Group. www.1795group.com
Grass Roots Health is produced and hosted by Tim Jordan.
Dr. Weis was booked by Tim Jordan. Artwork by Danielle Procopio. Audio editing and mastering by Christopher Stoll of Audio Flare Recording, Toledo, OH: https://www.audioflare.com/
Website design by Alex Brinkman, Green Tree Media, Perrysburg, Ohio www.greentreemediallc.com
Saturday Oct 05, 2024
Saturday Oct 05, 2024
This past summer, I visited a Native American Museum in the Ozark Mountains. An Iroquois saying on a painting caught my attention: “We should consider the results of every decision on the next seven generations that follow us.” Smart people were the Iroquois!
Unfortunately, we adults in modern times have not been smart. Plastic pollution will be the legacy that we leave our children, grandchildren, and at least, the next seven generations of our descendants. We are leaving those that follow in our footsteps a “plastic pollution disaster.”
The problem with plastics is that they are not biodegradable, and they take up to 1,000 years to decompose. Only 10% of plastic waste is recycled.
Therefore, most of our plastics just sit there in the soil in landfills as an environmental pollutant. Worse yet, about 11 million tons of plastic enter our oceans yearly, affecting fish, other marine life, humans, and ecosystems.
Listen and learn about plastic pollution as host Tim Jordan interviews Janice Brahney, Ph.D. about this issue.
Resources for this podcast:
Utah State University Website: usu.edu
Quinney College of Natural Resources at Utah State University: qcnr.usu.edu
Department of Watershed Sciences at Utah State University: qcnr.usu.edu/wats/
Blog: (2024). “Plastic Pollution is All Around Us. You Should Care.” https://1795group.com/plastic-pollution-is-all-around-us/
Plastic Pollution Coalition: Plastic Pollution Facts. https://www.plasticpollutioncoalition.org/learn/plastic-pollution-facts
Denver Post Article (2020). Carried by Wind and Rain, Plastic Pollution is Contaminating Rocky Mountain National Park and Other Western Wildernesses. https://www.denverpost.com/2020/06/11/plastic-pollution-wind-rocky-mountain-national-park/
Audubon Society Article (2020). Microplastics are Literally Raining on our National Parks and Wilderness Areas. https://www.audubon.org/news/microplastics-are-literally-raining-our-national-parks-and-wilderness-areas
Wired Article (2020): Plastic Rain is the New Acid Rain https://www.wired.com/story/plastic-rain-is-the-new-acid-rain/
Animation Narrated by Dr. Janice Brahney: https://x.com/voxdotcom/status/1289321212569559040
Utah State Today Article (2022). USU Professor Studying How Plastic Moves Its Way Through Bear River System. https://www.usu.edu/today/story/usu-professor-studying-how-plastic-moves-its-way-through-bear-river-system
Florida Today Article (2023). New Study Shows Some May be Breathing in the Equivalent of a Credit Card of Plastic Weekly. https://www.floridatoday.com/story/news/2023/06/14/study-finds-some-may-be-inhaling-a-credit-card-worth-of-plastic-weekly/70309006007/
Utah State Today Article (2024). New Research Finds that Dust in Atmosphere is Feeding Algae in Mountain Lakes. https://www.usu.edu/today/story/new-research-finds-that-dust-in-atmosphere-is-feeding-algae-in-mountain-lakes
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Interested in becoming a sponsor of this podcast? Contact at:
tjordan@1795group.com
Thoughts? Feedback? Suggestions for topics or guests? Contact: tjordan@1795group.com
Grass Roots Health is sponsored by the 1795 Group. www.1795group.com
Grass Roots Health is produced and hosted by Tim Jordan.
Dr. Brahney was booked by Tim Jordan. Artwork by Danielle Procopio. Audio editing and mastering by Christopher Stoll of Audio Flare Recording, Toledo, OH: https://www.audioflare.com/
Website design by Alex Brinkman, Green Tree Media, Perrysburg, Ohio www.greentreemediallc.com
Tuesday Aug 27, 2024
Tuesday Aug 27, 2024
Gastrointestinal (GI) cancers collectively represent the most common type of cancer and the second leading cause of death from cancer in the U.S. GI cancers account for just under 30% of all cancer deaths. This type of cancer can affect the esophagus, stomach, pancreas and biliary tract, small intestine, liver, colon, rectum, and anus.
GI cancers share risk factors, including:
Occupational exposure to carcinogens
Obesity
Cigarette smoking
Diabetes
Alcohol use
Hepatitis B and C infection
Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection
Infection by H. pylori bacteria
What is strange is that gastrointestinal cancers are increasing in younger people, and the incidence rate is growing faster than other early-onset cancers. For example, colorectal cancer is the leading cause of cancer death for people ages 20–49, and the average age of diagnosis has dropped significantly in a short amount of time. In fact, people born between 1981–1996 are twice as likely to develop colorectal cancer than those born in 1950. What is going on? Why is this occurring? As a result, have screening guidelines changed?
Listen and learn as host Tim Jordan interviews Xavier Llor, M.D., Ph.D. about this issue.
Resources for this podcast:
Yale University Website: Yale.edu
Yale University School of Medicine: https://medicine.yale.edu/
Yale University Gastrointestinal (GI) and Pancreatic Prevention Program: https://www.yalemedicine.org/departments/gi-and-pancreatic-cancer-prevention-program
Xavier Llor's Faculty Website at Yale: https://medicine.yale.edu/profile/xavier-llor/
Article: “No One Is Immune.” Boseman’s Death Shows Colon Cancer Affecting the Young and Black Americans. https://www.ctpost.com/local/article/No-one-is-immune-Boseman-s-death-shows-15530635.php
Article: Why are Colo-Rectal Cancer Rates Rising Among Younger Adults? https://medicine.yale.edu/news-article/with-colorectal-cancer-rates-rising-among-younger-adults-a-yale-cancer-center-expert-explains-there-may-be-more-factors-behind-this-worrisome-trend/
Interested in becoming a sponsor of this podcast? Contact at:
tjordan@1795group.com
Thoughts? Feedback? Suggestions for topics or guests? Contact: tjordan@1795group.com
Grass Roots Health is sponsored by the 1795 Group. www.1795group.com
Grass Roots Health is produced and hosted by Tim Jordan.
Dr. Llor was booked by Tim Jordan. Artwork by Danielle Procopio. Audio editing and mastering by Christopher Stoll of Audio Flare Recording, Toledo, OH: https://www.audioflare.com/
Website design by Alex Brinkman, Green Tree Media, Perrysburg, Ohio www.greentreemediallc.com
Saturday Aug 10, 2024
Saturday Aug 10, 2024
Many citizens of the U.S. think that they have the best health care system in the world. I have bad news for them: The U.S does not. It has one of the worst health care systems in the world. Of similar developed countries, the U.S. has the most expensive, broken, reactive, sick care system that yields some of the worst patient outcomes. Our sick care system has little to do with health.
Maternal and child death rates are often used as an indicator of the quality of medical care in countries around the world. So how is the U.S. doing in that area? It has the highest maternal and infant death rates among comparable developed countries. Further, the survival rates for Black American mothers and their infants are even worse! Black American women across the income spectrum and from all walks of life are dying from preventable pregnancy-related complications at three to four times the rate of white women, while the death rate for black infants is at least twice that of infants born to white mothers. We Americans should be angry and embarrassed!
What’s more, Black American mothers are twice as likely to have a baby who dies by their first birthday. Although other women of color also experience an elevated risk of poor outcomes—notably in American Indian, and Alaska Native (AIAN), and some Latina communities—available data show that racial disparities between Black Americans and whites are the starkest. What is going on?
In this episode, our host, Tim Jordan, interviews three young experts in the field to find out what is going on: 1) Duane Herron, 2) Tiffiny Jones, and 3) Elizabeth Williams. Is there racism in maternal and child health in the United States? Listen, learn, and find out!
Resources for this podcast:
1) Podcast: The Fractured U.S. Health Care System. https://1795group.com/episode/episode-2/
2) Podcast: Is There Racism in the U.S. Health Care System? https://1795group.com/episode/episode-4/
3) Article to Read: Racism Creates Inequities in Maternal and Child Health, Even Before Birth. (2021). https://www.childtrends.org/publications/racism-creates-inequities-maternal-child-health-even-before-birth?
4) Article to Read: Systemic Racism – A Key Risk Factor for Maternal Death and Illness. (2021). https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/ne/2021/systemic-racism-key-risk-factor-maternal-death-and-illness?
5) Article to Read: Racial Disparities in Maternal and Infant Health: Current Status and Efforts to Address Them (2022). https://www.kff.org/racial-equity-and-health-policy/issue-brief/racial-disparities-in-maternal-and-infant-health-current-status-and-efforts-to-address-them/?
Interested in becoming a sponsor of this podcast? Contact at:
tjordan@1795group.com
Thoughts? Feedback? Suggestions for topics or guests? Contact: tjordan@1795group.com
Grass Roots Health is sponsored by the 1795 Group. www.1795group.com
Grass Roots Health is produced and hosted by Tim Jordan.
All three guests were booked by Tim Jordan. Artwork by Danielle Procopio. Audio editing and mastering by Christopher Stoll of Audio Flare Recording, Toledo, OH: https://www.audioflare.com/
Website design by Alex Brinkman, Green Tree Media, Perrysburg, Ohio www.greentreemediallc.com
Saturday Jul 13, 2024
Saturday Jul 13, 2024
People think like this: If it is not in my “backyard” and not affecting me and/or my family, I really do not pay much attention to it and really do not care. Well, this is an issue that impacts at least 12 million of you. That’s how many of you get your drinking water from the Lake Erie watershed.
Do you care about your health? Do you care about the quality of your drinking water? You should care enough to listen to this podcast.
Lake Erie is like the canary in the coal mine when it comes to the health of the Great Lakes. More than 30 million people rely on the Great Lakes for drinking water – 10% of the U.S. population and 30% of the Canadian population. Without safe drinking water, many of us are doomed.
In this episode, our host, Tim Jordan, interviews Sandy Bihn, a Lake Erie Waterkeeper and one of the most knowledgeable people about the current challenges facing Lake Erie. Listen and learn!
Resources for this podcast:
1) TV News Video: 13 Action News Big Story: The Lake Erie Algae Bloom. July 11, 2024. https://www.13abc.com/2024/07/11/13-action-news-big-story-lake-erie-algae-bloom/
2) Blog Post: Five years later: Lessons from the Toledo Water Crisis. August 1, 2010. Alliance for the Great Lakes. https://greatlakes.org/2019/08/five-years-later-lessons-from-the-toledo-water-crisis/
3) Article to Read: Campbell Soup accused of polluting Lake Erie with discharges from Ohio plant. Axios. https://www.axios.com/2024/03/21/campbell-soup-ohio-plant-lake-erie-pollution-lawsuit-claims
4) Article to Read: Department of Justice, environmental groups sue Campbell Soup, alleging it’s been polluting Lake Erie. CBS News.
https://www.axios.com/2024/03/21/campbell-soup-ohio-plant-lake-erie-pollution-lawsuit-claims
5) Website: Water Keeper Alliance https://waterkeeper.org/
Interested in becoming a sponsor of this podcast? Contact at:
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Grass Roots Health is sponsored by the 1795 Group. www.1795group.com
Grass Roots Health is produced and hosted by Tim Jordan.
Sandy Bihn was booked by Tim Jordan. Artwork by Danielle Procopio. Audio editing and mastering by Christopher Stoll of Audio Flare Recording, Toledo, OH: https://www.audioflare.com/
Website design by Alex Brinkman, Green Tree Media, Perrysburg, Ohio www.greentreemediallc.com
Sunday Jun 02, 2024
Sunday Jun 02, 2024
On October 7, 2024, Hamas terrorists from the Gaza Strip killed at least 1,139 Israelis and injured many more (Aljazeera News, 2024). Hamas also took more than 250 from Israel to the Gaza Strip, including older people, women, children, and men. According to the Washington Post (2024), 84 hostages are believed to be still alive and in captivity. Since the attack this past October, 112 hostages have been freed.
In retaliation, the Israeli army killed at least 36,439, including women and more than 15,000 children. More than 10,000 are still missing (Aljazeera, News, 2024). Much of the population of Gaza has been displaced and the people there are facing a man-made famine.
Israel's defense minister has said publicly that Israel will stamp out all signs of life of Hamas and look for an alternative local governing body for Gaza instead of Hamas.
Many Americans (maybe even you), think like this: These problems between Israel and other countries around it have been going on for a very long time. I really do not understand these issues. Therefore, if it is not affecting me and it is not in my backyard, I really do not pay attention much to what happens.
Should Americans care? Listen first and then form your opinion.
Resources for this podcast:
1) Article to Read: Aljazeera News. Updated June 2, 2024. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/6/2/israels-war-on-gaza-live-mediators-urge-israel-hamas-to-finalise-truce#:~:text=At%20least%2036%2C439%20Palestinians%20have,still%20held%20captive%20in%20Gaza
2)Article to Read: BBC News. April 5, 2024. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-67039975
3) Article to Read: AP News. Updated May 23, 2024. https://apnews.com/article/israel-hamas-war-end-insurgency-0fcb4e20821ba8c0e49edf6571486d3b
Interested in becoming a sponsor of this podcast? Contact at:
tjordan@1795group.com
Thoughts? Feedback? Suggestions for topics or guests? Contact: tjordan@1795group.com
Grass Roots Health is sponsored by the 1795 Group. www.1795group.com
Grass Roots Health is produced and hosted by Tim Jordan. Maha Zeidan was booked by Tim Jordan. Artwork by Danielle Procopio. Audio editing and mastering by Christopher Stoll of Audio Flare Recording, Toledo, OH: https://www.audioflare.com/
Website design by Alex Brinkman, Green Tree Media, Perrysburg, Ohio www.greentreemediallc.com