
Well Beyond Medicine: The Nemours Children's Health Podcast
Exploring people, programs and partnerships addressing whole child health.
Episodes
137 episodes
Ep. 130: Neighborhood Care: How a Jessup Street Practice Serves Families
For many residents of Wilmington, Delaware’s Jessup Street neighborhood, Nemours Children’s Health, Jessup Street is more than a primary care office – it’s a trusted source of support in both joyful and challenging times. That trust and loyalty...
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Ep. 129: Preschool Predicaments: Early Intervention Services for 3-5 Year Olds
It is essential to support children with developmental differences at an early age, but they often miss the opportunity for early intervention services provided under federal law. Pediatricians Toni Whitaker, MD, and Jennifer Poon, MD, join us ...
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Ep. 128: Health IT for Equity
Can health IT be leveraged to promote equity and reduce bias? Dr. Alison Curfman believes it can, with humans playing a crucial role. In this exploration, we discuss the importance of clean data for building AI language models and how health IT...
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Ep. 127: Wired for Survival: How Trauma Shapes the Brain
According to the American Psychological Association, trauma is an emotional response to a terrible event: experiencing or witnessing violence, neglect, or abuse, just to name a few. Trauma comes in varied sizes and shapes and affects just about...
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Ep. 126: Hot Topics in Neonatology: A Retrospective
Neonatologists Benjamin Courchia, MD, and Daphna Barbeau, MD, co-hosts of The Incubator podcast, recorded a special series on-site at the latest Hot Topics in Neonatology conference. Tune in for ...
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Ep. 125: Technology & Talk Therapy: A Conversation with Talkspace CMO Dr. Nikole Benders-Hadi
In the five years since COVID-19 shook the world, the use of telemedicine and virtual platforms to deliver health care has become commonplace, helping to break down barriers of distance, transportation, and time. Those challenges still exist to...
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Ep. 124: Strengthening Caregiver Networks
Project ECHO is a virtual training and mentorship model that connects health care specialists across disciplines to share knowledge and recommendations. Originally created to expand access to specialty...
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Ep. 123: Nursing in an AI World: A Conversation with Dr. Bonnie Clipper
Nurses are the backbone of health care. Yet as artificial intelligence gains a foothold in the day-to-day work of nurses, the way they practice is changing. What does the influx of AI technology mean for the future of nursing? Nurse innovator a...
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Ep. 122: Food as Medicine: A Conversation with Dr. Jason Langheier of Foodsmart
Dr. Jason Langheier, founder and CEO of Foodsmart, is a leading advocate for the "food as medicine" movement across the United States. Driven by his passion for health equity and sustainable obesity preventio...
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Ep. 121: Weighing the Options: Anti-Obesity Medications for Kids?
In 2023, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) issued new guidelines on addressing childhood obesity, including the use of anti-obesity medications such as Wegovy and Ozempic – both approved for use in children ages 12 and older. We'll exami...
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Ep. 120: Text for Help: Exploring Crisis Text Line
Texting during a crisis has become a modern lifeline for millions, providing immediate support when it's needed most, especially for young people. Crisis Text Line provides a free, confidential, and...
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Ep. 119: Play Today, Lead Tomorrow: A Conversation with Women's Sports Foundation
Each year, the Women's Sports Foundation (WSF) marks the first Wednesday in February as National Girls and Women in Sports Day. For nearly 40 years, this day has raised awareness about the physical, educational, and psychological benefits of sp...
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Ep. 118: The Evolving Role of Nurse Practitioners with Dr. Stephen Ferrara
The role of the nurse practitioner (NP) in the health care landscape was developed in the mid-1960s to fill a need for additional primary care pediatrics services for the Baby Boom generation. Today, there are more than 385,000 licensed NPs acr...
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Ep. 117: Reimagining Children's Health: Insights on Whole Child Health (Part 2 of 2)
There’s a bold idea bubbling to the surface in health care: if we want to address the numerous problems regarding health and wellness in the U.S., as a nation, we must understand what health is, pay for health, and start with children. W...
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Ep. 116: Reimagining Children's Health: Insights on Whole Child Health (Part 1 of 2)
Children’s health and well-being are affected by their surroundings – the schools they attend, the places they play, the food they eat, and their relationships with the adults around them. In 2021, Nemours Children’s Health founded the
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Ep. 115: Lifesaving Liquid: The Story of Kate Farms
From the day she was born, Kate Laver's medical conditions were such that she required tube feeding to thrive and grow. But there was one problem: Kate failed to thrive and grow on the formulas she was given. What followed was a tale of parenta...
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Ep. 114: Equity in Action: Transforming Lives with Dr. Wizdom Powell
As a population health disparities research scientist, clinical psychologist, and tenured professor, Wizdom Powell, PhD, MPH, CMHC, has emerged as one of the nation's foremost experts on racial trauma, healing and health equity. A one-ti...
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Ep. 113: From Vision to Action: Dr. Micky Tripathi on Digital Health Transformation
Micky Tripathi, PhD, MPP, is the Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy and National Coordinator for Health Information Technology at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Dr. Tripathi discusses the Office of the National Coordin...
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Ep. 112: A Conversation with Dr. Ashwin Vasan
Ashwin Vasan, MD, PhD, is a primary care physician, epidemiologist, and public health expert dedicated to improving physical and mental health, social welfare, and public policy for marginalized communities. Early in his career, he worked with ...
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Ep. 111: Driving Change for Children: Insights from AAP’s Mark Del Monte
With more than 67,000 pediatrician members, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) is one of the leading organizations in children's health, with a finger on the pulse of all aspects of pediatrics, including policy, advocacy, professional tra...
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Ep. 110: Beyond Clinical Walls with Dr. Bayo Curry-Winchell
Dr. Bayo Curry-Winchell is a primary care physician, a nationally recognized health equity and maternal health advocate, and the founder of Beyond Clinical Walls, a platform offering credible health information through engaging social media and...
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Ep. 109: Dark Design Defined
Have you ever considered what’s happening behind the scenes in your child’s apps, video games, websites and social media platforms? Enter "dark design" – a manipulative feature built into some digital programs that can influence children’s onli...
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Ep. 108: Children's Health Equity: A Fireside Chat with Dave Chokshi and Kara Odom Walker
"If you care about health, you must care about health equity." This sentiment was shared by Dave Chokshi, MD, former New York City health commissioner, during a day-long child health equity symposium in Orlando, Florida. The event was sponsored...
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Ep. 107: In Service of Public Health: Insights From Admiral Rachel Levine
Admiral Rachel L. Levine, MD, is a pediatrician and adolescent medicine specialist whose clinical work focuses on the intersection of mental and physical health. She brings a strong commitment to equity and inclusion to her role as the 17th Ass...
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Ep. 106: The Magic of Collaboration featuring UCF & Nemours Children's Health
Orlando, "The City Beautiful," is emerging as a global center for medical care, innovation and research. A new partnership between Nemours Children’s Health and the University of Central Florida (UCF) — highlighted by the launch of the Nemours/...
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