The Woman Centered Health Podcast

In this episode we Mary Kathleen Haber about inclusive sexual health assessments. We cover a lot of information including why inclusivity and language is important, important questions to ask, how to frame sexual and reproductive health questions across the lifespan, how our current questioning my be limited, and how we can make our environment more inclusive. Mary Kathleen also reviews the sexual health assessment she uses in her practice.   Nurses can now get CE for listening to the WCH Podcast here: bit.ly/WCHCEU or download the CEHQ app on #Android or #Apple to listen, learn, and earn wherever you are! For transcripts, resources, and questions asked check out our website www.womancenteredhealth.com

In this episode, we interview Mindy Spigel, author of "There's a Snake on My Head," about patient experience and how clinicians can alleviate patient's fear and anxiety when seeking healthcare. Based on her research, she shares three things patient's must feel in order to be fully present and engaged during their visit because everyone enters the doors of healthcare with fear.  Nurses can now get CE for listening to the WCH Podcast here: bit.ly/WCHCEU or download the CEHQ app on #Android or #Apple to listen, learn, and earn wherever you are! For transcripts, resources, and questions asked check out our website www.womancenteredhealth.com

In this episode, we interview Claire Phillips, systems-thinker extraordinaire and founder of Nursing the System. We talk about "good leadership," principles of service design, and how to incorporate service design into your practice/leadership role. We end with communication tips for leaders and front-line workers and how leaders and front-line workers can build working relationships. Nurses can now get CE for listening to the WCH Podcast here: bit.ly/WCHCEU or download the CEHQ app on #Android or #Apple to listen, learn, and earn wherever you are! For transcripts, resources, and questions asked check out our website www.womancenteredhealth.com

In this episode, we interview Dr. Sara Gorman, author and CEO of Critica, about managing misinformation. We discuss the difference between misinformation and disinformation, infodemics, the pitfalls of arguing on social media, and how clinicians can manage mis/disinformation in their practice. Of course we nerd out over neuroscience and the books she has written/is writing along the way. Nurses can now get CE for listening to the WCH Podcast here: bit.ly/WCHCEU or download the CEHQ app on #Android or #Apple to listen, learn, and earn wherever you are! For transcripts, resources, and questions asked check out our website www.womancenteredhealth.com

In this episode we interview Dixie Weber and Rebecca Vahle from Family to Family Support Network about safe havens. We compare and contrast safe havens, baby boxes, and infant abandonment and the three policies that every hospital should have. We also discuss important communication tips when speaking with a pregnant person in crisis and questions to ask when someone is considering or utilizing a safe haven. Nurses can now get CE for listening to the WCH Podcast here: bit.ly/WCHCEU or download the CEHQ app on #Android or #Apple to listen, learn, and earn wherever you are! For transcripts, resources, and questions asked check out our website www.womancenteredhealth.com

In this episode, we interview Rose Horton and take a deep dive into healthcare burnout and some tips and tricks for combating burnout.  Nurses can now get CE for listening to the WCH Podcast here: bit.ly/WCHCEU or download the CEHQ app on #Android or #Apple to listen, learn, and earn wherever you are! For transcripts, resources, and questions asked check out our website www.womancenteredhealth.com

In this episode we interview Dr. Lina Buffington, the Executive Director of Nurses for Sexual and Reproductive Health (NSRH). NSRH and the resources they offer are another great tool for clinicians, especially for folks providing abortion care. We cover the goals and mission of NSRH, the value of being a member, and the specialized training they offer to nurses. We also get into some great conversations about gaps in sexual and reproductive health care and how the recent Dobbs decision is impacting sexual and reproductive health. Be sure to check this episode out if you want some hope for the future of sexual and reproductive health care. Nurses can now get CE for listening to the WCH Podcast here: bit.ly/WCHCEU or download the CEHQ app on #Android or #Apple to listen, learn, and earn wherever you are! For transcripts, resources, and questions asked check out our website www.womancenteredhealth.com

In this episode we interview Rose Horton and Catherine Hill about the new Respectful Maternity Toolkit developed by the Association of Women's Health, Obstetric, and Neonatal Nursing (AWHONN). We cover why the kit was developed, how the kit was developed, what's included in the kit, and tips for getting buy-in and implementing the respectful maternity care toolkit. Be sure to check out www.womancenteredhealth.com to earn CE for listening to the WCH podcast, get transcripts, and learn how to support us!

In this episode, we interview Dr. Laura Foran Lewis PhD, RN about her award-winning research exploring the birth experiences of women on the autism spectrum. We talk about the importance of participatory action research, the need to broaden our idea of what is autism, universal design, birth plan redesign, birth trauma, and of course, how you can improve your communication to prevent trauma and establish trusting relationships.  Nurses can now get CE for listening to the WCH Podcast here: bit.ly/WCHCEU or download the CEHQ app on #Android or #Apple to listen, learn, and earn wherever you are! For transcripts, resources, and questions asked check out our website www.womancenteredhealth.com

In this episode, we interview Dr. Ginny Ryan, a bioethicist, on bioethics in reproductive healthcare. We sort out the difference between ethics, morals, conscientious practice, and to who autonomy belongs. We also cover the principles of ethics and how to apply them to your practice and the impact Roe v. Wade has beyond abortion. Check out our website for resources, questions asked, and transcripts.

In this episode we interview Dr. Stephanie Faubion about hormone therapy for the treatment of menopause symptoms.  We cover the new position statement released by NAMS about hormone therapy, what changed since the last position statement, how clinicians can frame conversations about hormone therapy, and where clinicians can learn more about providing hormone therapy. You can also still register for the NAMS Conference that is being held in Atlanta October 12-15, 2022. Interview Questions 1. Can you start by explaining to our listeners what is the North American Menopause Society or NAMS and what are the goals of NAMS? 2. What gaps do you feel exist in menopause and symptom management? 3. During our phone conversation, you shared that there is a movement from calling it hormone replacement therapy to just hormone therapy. Can you share more about this movement and why it is happening? 4. NAMS recently released a new position statement on hormone therapy, which we will be sure to include the link for on our webpage. Can you share with us what fueled the updated position and what changes were made from the 2017 position statement? 5. The position statement states, “Personalization with shared decision-making remains key, with periodic reevaluation to determine an individual woman’s benefit-risk profile.” Can you share with our listeners how they can frame or ask questions to personalize and create shared decision-making around hormone therapy? 6. In our clinical experience, we have found that some providers are reluctant to prescribe hormone therapy. Why do you feel that is the case and what advice do you for reluctant providers? 7. What communication tips do you have for clinicians so that patients do not feel like their symptoms of menopause are being dismissed or minimized. 8. We have a growing number of listeners who do not identify as clinicians; what would you like to share with these folks who may be considering hormone therapy to help manage symptoms of menopause? 9. Where can listeners go to learn more about NAMS and hormone therapy?

In this episode, we interview Diana Love about providing clinical care for folks with intersex traits. We cover what are intersex traits, how folks with intersex traits have been historically cared for, how they should be cared for, and what you can do to make your practice more inclusive. Diana Love, RN (they/them/theirs) is a PhD student at the School of Nursing, UW-Madison. They have 18 years of experience as a public health nurse with a focus on sexual and reproductive health, racial equity, and LGBTQIA+ health justice. Their passion for this work grows from the experiences they've had in healthcare systems as both a provider and as a queer nonbinary patient; from both these perspectives, they recognize the million and one ways our healthcare systems are not designed to be person-centered. Diana is deeply committed to research that contributes to ending the practice of cosmetic genital surgery on infants and children with intersex traits, with the recognition that most healthcare providers are taught and adhere to binary systems of sex, gender, and sexuality. Those belief systems create harm for LGBTQIA+ people within healthcare, and Diana is dedicated to producing knowledge that expands healthcare providers and scientists’ views on binary sex, gender and sexuality. Diana firmly believes that healthcare providers need more stories of queer joy and liberation to break free from their negative assumptions about LGBTQIA+ people’s lives. Key takeaways see: http://womancenteredhealth.com/intersex_traits/ References: Boston Children’s Hospital: https://www.childrenshospital.org/ InterACT Advocates for Intersex Youth: https://interactadvocates.org/ Intersex Justice Project: https://www.intersexjusticeproject.org/ Main Questions Asked: 1. Can you start by explaining to our listeners what does it mean to be a person with intersex traits and how common this trait is in the population? 2. Historically, how have people with intersex traits been treated and cared for by clinicians? 3. When we think about our current healthcare system, what challenges do folks with intersex traits have when navigating the healthcare system? 4. How can surgeons or other providers discuss care for infants with intersex traits? 5. What communication tips do you have for clinicians who have patients with intersex traits? 6. What change can clinicians make to ensure their practice is more inclusive for folks with intersex traits? 7. We have a growing number of listeners who do not identify as clinicians, what would you like to share with people with intersex traits and other folks? 8. What is one thing you want all clinicians to know about folks with intersex traits? 9. Where can listeners go to learn more about providing care to patients with intersex traits?

In this episode we interview Dr. Melissa Houser about how to have a neuro-inclusive clinical practice. We also discuss neurodiversity, neurodivergence, what happens when we operate from a "default," and being diagnosed as neurodivergent later in life.

In this episode we interview Grace Swartzendruber, a full spectrum doula, about doula care. We cover what a doula is, what they do, why someone would hire a doula, the benefits of a doula, and how a doula can be a valuable member of the birth team. Interview Questions: 1. Can you start off by explaining to our listeners what is a doula, what types of training they go through, and what services they provide? 2. What are some of the reasons that a pregnant person might hire a doula? 3. What are some common misconceptions about doulas that you have heard, particularly from OB/Gyn clinicians? 4. We are all about evidence and I know there has been some research on the benefit of doulas in birth. Can you please share with our listeners the evidence surrounding the impact the doulas? 5. How can doulas be seen as part of member of the birth team? 6. We are also all about communication in this podcast so we want to ask two specific questions about communication related to doulas. First, how can provider appropriately respond to a patient who wants a doula. 7. Second, can you share some tips on how clinicians can improve their communication with a doula during the labor, delivery, and post-partum period? 8. We have a growing number of listeners who do not identify as In your opinion what makes a “good” doula? 9. What do you see as the future of doula services? 10. Where can our listeners go to learn more about doulas and even find one in their community?

In this episode we interviewed Dr. Piri Ackerman-Barger about microaggressions in healthcare including what is a microaggression, how microaggressions differ from racism or stereotypes, common microaggressions in the healthcare setting, and how to deal with microaggressions.