Healthcare for Humans

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Part I of our conversation on the Cambodian community with James Heng, a DSHS-certified Khmer interpreter and Khmer Health Board Member. In his free time, he organizes concerts and entertains the Khmer community in WA state.

In this conversation, you will

• Understand the trauma many Khmer hold that you likely never think about
• Learn the perils of using a family or staff for interpreting without thinking twice
• Hear why there's such a stigma around mental health or being open to a diagnosis of mental health disorder
• We also cover food, substance use and traditional practice

Next Step:

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• Earn CME Credits: Clinicians, enhance your learning by earning valuable continuing education credits while listening. Utilize your CME funds to join our community.
• Support Our Mission: Non-clinicians, explore exclusive content and contribute to our collective journey.
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This is part II of our conversation with Dr. Avantika Waring. Avantika is an Endocrinologist focusing on caring for people living with diabetes. She has worked with patients in various clinical settings for over 15 years and is currently the Chief Medical Officer at 9amHealth. Her clinical passion is the development of technology-enabled care delivery models that are equitable and culturally inclusive. She is originally from New Jersey but has lived on the west coast since 2009 and currently resides in Seattle, Washington. When she’s not at work, you can find her on the soccer sidelines watching her three kids, running and hiking the nearby trails, and skiing local mountains in the winter.

In part II, we dig deeper into several topics:

• Important aspects of nutrition counseling: rice, lentils, ghee
• The extremely uncertain science of glycemic index when it comes to rice
• Not focusing on specific components of food but highlighting what people are eating and rebalancing rather than replacing food
• Beliefs around health
• Decision-making with family
• The importance of assertiveness when giving health recommendations, shared decision making health
• The stigma around mental health, how to approach that

Next Step:

Visit our website, Healthcare for Humans, and join our community to enjoy exclusive benefits at https://www.healthcareforhumans.org/support/

• Earn CME Credits: Clinicians, enhance your learning by earning valuable continuing education credits while listening. Utilize your CME funds to join our community.
• Support Our Mission: Non-clinicians, explore exclusive content and contribute to our collective journey.
• Be an Active Participant: Go beyond listening. Shape our narrative by co-creating episodes with us.
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Amy Bhatt, Ph.D. is a writer, educator, and content creator. She received her B.A. in Political Science and Women’s Studies from Emory University and her Ph.D. in Feminist Studies from the University of Washington in Seattle, WA.

She is the author of High-Tech Housewives: Indian IT Workers, Gendered Labor, and Transmigration (University of Washington Press, 2018) and co-author of Roots and Reflections: South Asians in the Pacific Northwest (University of Washington Press, 2013) with Dr. Nalini Iyer.

As a public historian, she coordinated the South Asian Oral History Project at UW and currently serves on the South Asian American Digital Archive’s Board of Directors. She was a researcher and guest curator at Seattle’s Museum of History and Industry (MOHAI) from 2018-2021, where she co-curated the traveling Smithsonian exhibit Beyond Bollywood: Indian Americans Shape the Nation (2019-20)

Currently, she and her writing partner, Shiwani Srivastava, have an animated feature film in development with ReelFX and a television pilot in development with Gunpowder & Sky.

In today's conversation, we talk about:

• Definition of India
• Castes
• The History of India
• The History of Indian Immigration to India
• First wave: 1800s to 1920s, Sikh and Punjabi immigrants (1917-1952: dead period immigration)
• Second Wave: 1965-1980, educated, higher-income immigrants
• Third Wave: 1980-1990s, diverse backgrounds, including small businesses owners
• Fourth Wave: 1990s, immigration to work in the tech industry
• Prejudice and Discrimination
• The case of Bhagad Thind
• The Model Minority Myth
• How the co-existence of culture with historical, economic, and social advantages contributes to the model minority myth

Next Step:

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• Earn CME Credits: Clinicians, enhance your learning by earning valuable continuing education credits while listening. Utilize your CME funds to join our community.
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This is part II of our conversation with Joseph Seia. Joseph is the Co-Executive Director of the National Association of Pasifika Organizations (NAOPO) and the founder of PICA-WA (Pacific Islander Community Association of Washington). To hear the introduction to this topic and the full guest intro, please listen to the previous episode.

In part II, we dig deeper into several topics:

• decades of erasure and policy that have led to health disparities like the high rate of police killings ad homelessness
• his focus on organizing and gaining the power to make changes in governmental policy
• programs that PICA-WA offers, such as the cultural weavers program to support their elders and offer a space of dignity and connection, and the youth wayfinders program that offers an intergenerational space that helps youth thrive
• Joseph's identity as fa' fa fine and what we can learn about gender identity from the Samoan culture
• The importance of the messenger as well as the message when communicating about health to the community
• the consequences of viewing someone as just a fat body that needs to lose weight and not acknowledging their humanity

Next Step:

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• Earn CME Credits: Clinicians, enhance your learning by earning valuable continuing education credits while listening. Utilize your CME funds to join our community.
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• Be an Active Participant: Go beyond listening. Shape our narrative by co-creating episodes with us.
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Dr. Jerry Garcia is a professor at Texas Christian University with expertise in teaching Chicano/Latino Studies, US History, and Mexican History. He was previously the Vice President for Educational Programs at Sea Mar Museum, where he curated the new Sea Mar Museum of Chicano/a/Latino/a Culture in Seattle, WA. His deep commitment to promoting education, diversity, and inclusion has made a positive impact on the educational landscape and beyond.

Daniel Joaquin Padron is a Community Health Educator in Spokane, WA. As a first-generation college graduate with a degree in Public Health, he is passionate about promoting health equity and social justice for underserved communities. He has experience working with low socioeconomic status populations and resettling refugees.

After listening to this episode you will be able to:

• Explain the experience of growing up in a small town and the challenges of navigating identity
• Describe the historical roots of the terms Hispanic, Latino, Latinx, and Chicano and how they evolved over time
• List the different factors that contribute to the use of certain terminology, including politics, culture, and personal preference
• Review how the terms reflect self-determination and autonomy in defining one's own identity
• Explore the intersectionality of identity and the importance of recognizing and respecting diverse experiences within the Hispanic/Latinx community
• Discuss the implications of using certain terminology in society and the importance of staying informed and culturally sensitive.