• Episode 7: Red or Green? COVID Vaccine! Hot Topics on Pediatric COVID Infections and Vaccines for Parents and Families
    Jun 27 2024

    A lively and informative discussion on the most current information for parents and families on COVID infections and complications in kids, current pediatric COVID vaccines, addressing concerns around vaccine hesitancy, and how to access the COVID vaccine. Anna Pounds, Taylor Russell, and Cat Tally are engaging and instructive in sharing updated and easy-to-use information that parents and families can readily adopt. As always, stick around for light-hearted comments at the end. Recorded April 2024.
    Thank you to the American Academy of Pediatrics for the grant funding to support this project.
    Resources:
    vaccine.doh.nm.gov
    NMAAP.org
    AAP.org

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    14 mins
  • Episode 7: Red or Green? COVID Vaccine! Hot Topics on Pediatric COVID Infections and Vaccines for Medical Providers.
    Jun 27 2024

    A lively and informative discussion on the most current information for all medical providers on COVID infections and sequelae in kids, current pediatric COVID vaccines, addressing vaccine hesitancy, and how to become a Vaccines for Children provider. Anna Pounds, Taylor Russell, and Cat Tally are engaging and instructive in sharing updated and easy-to-use information that medical providers can readily adopt. As always, stick around for light-hearted comments at the end. Recorded April 2024.
    Thank you to the American Academy of Pediatrics for the grant funding to support this project.
    Resources:
    vaccine.doh.nm.gov
    NMAAP.org
    AAP.org

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    20 mins
  • Episode 6: Update on COVID Vaccines for Kids
    Sep 30 2022

    An engaging conversation with Dr. Walter Dehority, a Pediatric Infectious Disease specialist, and Dr. Melissa Mason on updated and easy-to-understand COVID vaccine information for kids.  As always, stick around for light-hearted comments at the end. Thank you to Hear Kitty Studio for production assistance. Recorded August 2022.

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    22 mins
  • Episode 4: Cultural Safety: Where Do We Begin?
    Aug 13 2022

    An engaging conversation with Dr. Julia Hecht and Dr. Melissa Mason on cultural safety, some history, and forging a path forward.  As always, stick around for light-hearted comments at the end. Thank you to Hear Kitty Studio for production assistance. Below are references for more information:

    Free webinar series on indigenous cultural safety from Canada, guided by Native and non-Native teachers.    link:  https://www.icscollaborative.com/webinars

    Chisolm, James, S. 1978. Swaddling, Cradleboards, and the Development of Children, Early Human Development, 2/3. 255-275

    Curtis et al. 2019. Why cultural safety rather than cultural competency is required to achieve health equity: a literature review and recommended definition  International Journal for Equity in Health. 18:174 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12939-019-1082-3 

    Donaldson, C., Clancey, S, Russell, M. Understanding Navajo Parents' Beliefs About Cradling and Early Mobility Practices in Ashdown BK and Faherty AN (Eds.) Parents and Caregivers Across Cultures: Positive Development from Infancy Through Adulthood.  Springer Nature, Switzerland. 2020   https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-35590-6


    Schwend, R.M., Pratt, WB, Fultz, J, 1999. Untreated Acetabular Dysplasia of the Hip in the Navajo: A 34 Year Case Series Followup. Clinical Orthopedics and Related Research,  No 364. pp 108-116. 

    Trennert, Robert, A., White Man's Medicine: Government Doctors and the Navajo, 1863-1955. University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, 1998

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    40 mins
  • Episode 3: Hole In The Heart - A Heartfelt Mission
    Feb 9 2022

    Dr. Melissa Mason and Sandra Sanchez Fahrlender, the Executive Director of the nonprofit Hole in the Heart, discuss different ways that holes in the heart can present. Learn more about earlier diagnosis and how to support your patients with CHD. This is the second of two special edition podcasts recorded in recognition of Congenital Heart Defects Awareness Week which is February 7-14th annually.  Don't miss some fun at the end and a special thank you for the sound effects provided by ZapSplat.com.

    Additionally, Hole in the Heart has partnered with Project ECHO creating the first ECHO for CHDs. Please email holeintheheartasd@yahoo.com for more information.

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    16 mins
  • Episode 3: HEARTy Fun Discussing Congenital Heart Defects
    Feb 9 2022

    Dr. Melissa Mason and Dr. Bill Stein, a Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgeon, sit down to talk shop about those sometimes sneaky congenital heart defects. Learn more about how to diagnose CHD and those outstanding subspecialists and surgeons to whom you will refer your patients. This is the first of two special edition podcasts recorded in recognition of Congenital Heart Defects Awareness Week which is February 7-14th annually. Don't miss some fun at the end and a special thank you for the sound effects provided by ZapSplat.com.

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    17 mins
  • Episode 2: Giving Kids a SHOT to Beat COVID
    Nov 20 2021

    COVID-19 vaccine and kids -- what's new, how you can accomplish it, and how you can even get paid to do the good work you do! Listen in to a great discussion with Dan Burke, the Infectious Disease Bureau Chief in Public Health at the DOH. You will find answers to these questions and more, as well as enjoying some fantastic music by The Chameleons. Plus, stick around for some fun at the end! (Date recorded: 11/3/2021)

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    29 mins
  • Episode 1: Easy Peasy: New Mexico VFC for YOU!
    Oct 13 2021

    What is the New Mexico VFC? What is NMSIIS? What is a DDL? Expert or novice, this podcast with VFC Program Manager, Kate Dauber, explains the basics for medical providers as well as where to go when you need help or more information. Don't miss the fun at the end!

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    35 mins