Healthy Climate America
Healthy Climate America
Podcast Description
Hosted by Dr. Lisa Patel, a pediatrician and Executive Director of the Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health, this podcast focuses on how health professionals, policy makers, advocates, communicators, and activists are working to tackle the different sides of the greatest health crisis facing us today—climate change.
The movement for climate and health justice is a broad one, and there are so many ways to fight for a healthier future. On Healthy Climate America, we’ll talk with infectious disease experts, mental health clinicians, labor advocates, and many others from all different sides of the climate movement.
We’ll discuss what got them started, what keeps them motivated, their biggest challenges, and most importantly, how they stay hopeful. Whether you’re a seasoned advocate, or just starting in your climate journey, this podcast is for you.
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Content Themes
The podcast focuses on the interconnectedness of health and climate change, covering themes such as climate advocacy, public health implications, and health inequities. Notable episodes include discussions on the impacts of climate change on infectious diseases, mental health, and workers' rights, alongside exploration of landmark climate justice cases and advocacy strategies.
Hosted by Dr. Lisa Patel, a pediatrician and Executive Director of the Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health, this podcast focuses on how health professionals, policy makers, advocates, communicators, and activists are working to tackle the different sides of the greatest health crisis facing us today—climate change.
The movement for climate and health justice is a broad one, and there are so many ways to fight for a healthier future. On Healthy Climate America, we’ll talk with infectious disease experts, mental health clinicians, labor advocates, and many others from all different sides of the climate movement.
We’ll discuss what got them started, what keeps them motivated, their biggest challenges, and most importantly, how they stay hopeful. Whether you’re a seasoned advocate, or just starting in your climate journey, this podcast is for you.
Climate change is increasingly shaping why people are forced to leave their homes, the risks they face along the way, and their health and safety in new places.
Today’s guest is Marysel Pagán Santana, DrPH, MS, the Director of Environmental and Occupational Health of Migrant Clinicians Network in Puerto Rico. She leads and coordinates MCN projects related to occupational health, disaster preparedness, and emergency response. She sits down with host Dr. Lisa Patel to explore who is affected, what health systems can do to better understand their needs to ensure continuity of care, and how seeing migration as normal can help us build stronger communities.
Migrant Clinicians Network:
https://www.migrantclinician.org/
MCN Health Network:
https://www.migrantclinician.org/our-work/health-network.html
Support our work and become a member of the Consortium here: https://medsocietiesforclimatehealth.org/donate-or-become-a-member/
Healthy Climate America is produced by Savannah Martincic. Our podcast consultant is Julie Hantman. Our podcast intern is Isaias Segui. Our music was composed by James Harp.
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