Illuminating Health

UCSF School of Nursing
  • 4.8 (19)
  • HEALTH & FITNESS
Illuminating Health

Shedding light on health and health care issues that affect our daily lives. Illuminating Health is the official podcast of the UCSF School of Nursing. Listen-in to short conversations between today’s leading health experts.

Episodes

  1. DEC 12

    Closing Care Gaps for Pregnant Patients

    In this episode, Andrea Kuster, associate clinical professor, and Tasha Toliver, manager of UCSF Health’s Office of Population Health Outreach Team, share about their program that provides comprehensive and individualized health care services to publicly insured pregnant patients in the San Francisco Bay Area.

    20 min

  2. SEP 30

    Bridging Physical and Mental Health Care

    During the perinatal period, one in five women in the United States experience a mental health issue such as postpartum depression or anxiety. But accessing mental health support can be difficult, particularly as a new parent. Hear from two experts leading an innovative integrated mental health program at a community-based obstetrics and gynecology clinic in San Francisco.

    20 min

  3. JUL 17

    How and Why Music Heals

    Many of us know from personal experience that music positively impacts our well-being. But a growing body of research demonstrates music’s impact on our physical health, including brain health. How does music support healthy aging? Why does playing and listening to music reduce stress?

    24 min

  4. JUN 21

    Dear Future Health Care Leaders

    If you had one minute to address your future health care leaders, what advice would you give them? In honor of commencement season, we invite you to listen to messages shared with UCSF School of Nursing graduates that serve as important reminders for all of us engaged in the essential work of improving health and health care for our communities.

    10 min

  5. MAY 20

    The Nurses Whose Advocacy Changed Patient Care During the AIDS Crisis

    In the early days of the AIDS epidemic in the 1980s, nurses played a crucial role in caring for patients and forever transformed health care. Guests share their experiences providing care at the height of the AIDS crisis — and what nurses today should do to be strong advocates.

    27 min

  6. MAR 19

    How to Cultivate a Welcoming and Inclusive Environment

    What does it take to foster a welcoming and inclusive environment, especially during times of change and uncertainty? Learn what is needed and what each of us as individuals can do to help create and sustain an inclusive environment — whether at school, in the workplace or in the community.

    30 min

  7. FEB 13

    Shedding Light on Diabetes, the Rise in Prevalence and Improving Care

    About 38 million people in the United States have diabetes, and one in five of them don’t even know they have it. UCSF nursing professor Carolina Noya discusses what’s contributing to the rise in type 2 diabetes, what groups are most impacted and a pilot program she is leading that is showing promising results for patients struggling with managing diabetes.

    24 min

  8. JAN 25

    Why Nurses' Voices are Critical to Shaping Health Policy

    Professor Stella Bialous and alumnus Jason Bloomer share their experience shaping health policy and discuss why nurses are uniquely positioned to lead change.

    27 min

  9. 11/14/2023

    What We Must Do to Transform Care for People Experiencing Homelessness

    In the second episode of Illuminating Health, professor Heather Leutwyler and Taylor Cuffaro, a doctoral student and co-founder of the school’s street nursing team, discuss the challenges people who are unhoused face with health care access and how effective the street nursing model has proven.

    28 min

  10. 11/07/2023

    Why We Need First-Gen Grads in Nursing and Health Care

    In the inaugural episode of Illuminating Health, Christina Keny, a first-gen graduate and doctoral candidate at the UCSF School of Nursing, and Laura Wagner, professor and founder of FirstGenRN — the first program of its kind nationwide — share their personal experiences and advice, in a conversation hosted by Mark Tungol, a student in the school’s Adult-Gerontology Clinical Nurse Specialist specialty.

    30 min
  • 10 Episodes

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About

Shedding light on health and health care issues that affect our daily lives. Illuminating Health is the official podcast of the UCSF School of Nursing. Listen-in to short conversations between today’s leading health experts.

Information

  • Creator
    UCSF School of Nursing
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2024
  • Episodes
    10
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Copyright 2023 All rights reserved.
  • Show Website
    Illuminating Health

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