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Injury & Violence Prevention INdepthSpecial Edition - Safe States 2025 Annual ConferenceSend us a textIn this episode, host Mighty Fine is live with attendees at the Safe States 2025 Annual Conference held virtually this year. Hear how they are "Rising Up and Branching Out" in their injury and violence prevention work through networking, attending sessions and getting involved during the three day conference held September 9-11 online.Guests include:Lisa Roth, Deputy Director, University of Iowa Injury Prevention Research CenterDilenny Roca, Program Manager, Department of Epidemiology, Columbia University Medical CenterStacey Pinto, Trauma Injury Prevention & Outreach Coordinator at Good Samaritan University HospitalScott Proescholdbell, Epidemiologist/Manager at N...
2025-09-2238 minInjury & Violence Prevention INdepthInnovative Approaches to Injury and Violence Prevention Through Safe States Seed GrantsSend us a textIn this episode, host Mighty Fine along with cohost Deltavier Robertson speak with guests from the Future Healers program from Kentucky and Sources of Strength program from Wisconsin that received seed grants from Safe States this year for injury and violence prevention programming. The Future Healers program is focused on building stronger bridges between the Louisville health care community and our city’s youth most impacted by gun violence. Our goal is to introduce more youth to the field of medicine while helping them navigate through the emotional trauma that stems fro...
2025-08-181h 01Injury & Violence Prevention INdepthRising Up, Branching Out - Safe States 2025 Conference PreviewSend us a textIn this INbetween episode, host Mighty Fine provides some insight into the upcoming "Virtual" Safe States Annual Conference which will be held September 9-11, 2025 online using the Whova app. Participants can expect an agenda packed full of sessions, activities, networking opportunities, gameification and so much more. Listen in to hear Mighty share some of the details about the agenda and activities planned for the upcoming Safe States conference and if you haven't registered, please visit www.safestates.org to get signed up!
2025-07-3006 minInjury & Violence Prevention INdepthIncreasing Partnerships & Possibilities through Upstream PreventionSend us a textIn this episode, host Mighty Fine talks with Safe States staff Eva Bland and Catherine Guerrero about the upstream prevention work happening among Safe States members. Also, they share resources available on the Safe States website to assist those working on upstream prevention work.RESOURCES:https://www.safestates.org/page/MappingOutIVPhttps://www.safestates.org/page/ConnectionsLab
2025-06-1627 minInjury & Violence Prevention INdepthHope in the Data: The CDC's Role in Preventing OverdoseSend us a textIn this episode, Safe States Executive Director Sharon Gilmartin is the guest host and talks with Allison Arwady, Director of the CDC's National Center for Injury Prevention and Control. To kick off the conversation, Dr. Arwady shares that the CDC has recently released 2024 provisional drug overdose death data that highlights a nearly 27% decrease in predicted deaths from the previous year's data and is seen in 48 states nationwide. Dr. Arwady credits changes in drug use, public health investments, and interventions along with community coordination and collaboration in the successful effort to reduce deaths from...
2025-05-1934 minInjury & Violence Prevention INdepthStrengthening Common Ground in Tribal HealthSend us a textIn this episode, host Mighty Fine talks with guests Christina Ore from Seven Directions and Chris Tallbear from the National Network of Public Health Institutes (NNPHI) about the collaborative work they are doing through their public health infrastructure grant funding received from the CDC. This work, in partnership with Safe States Alliance, is allowing them to provide opioid overdose prevention activities and education through training, technical assistance, and evaluation to both those in Tribes and those who work with Tribes.Seven DirectionsNational Network of Public Health Institutes
2025-05-0726 minInjury & Violence Prevention INdepthHope During a Public Health CrisisSend us a textHost Mighty Fine talks with guest Jessica Ritter about the despair and hope many working in public health are feeling following the April 2025 cuts to the CDC and HHS workforce. Jessica references different resources she has found helpful:"Learning from the 60's" in Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde"Feminist Survival Project" podcast by Emily Nagoski, especially the episode "An Alternative to Hope"Big Bear Bald Eagle Nest Cam: https://www.friendsofbigbearvalley.org/eagles/
2025-04-1536 minInjury & Violence Prevention INdepthAdvocacy In Action - Advocacy Day 2025Send us a textIn this episode, guest hosts Sharon Gilmartin, Safe States Executive Director, and Paul Bonta, Director of Government Relations, discuss Advocacy Day, which took place on March 20, 2025. Paul shares why it is so important for Safe States members and partners to participate in Advocacy Day, especially this year.Christa Thelen, Safe States Program Manager, interviews participants at Advocacy Day in Washington DC on March 20th to have them share their experience about the day.Brandon Neath, Safe States, Government Relations Manager, shares policy-related resources at the end of the episode...
2025-03-2515 minInjury & Violence Prevention INdepthUtilizing Policy Resources to Empower Impactful Change in IVPSend us a textIn this INbetween episode, host Mighty Fine talks about policy tools and resources available on the Safe States website (www.safestates.org). These include funding briefs, Congressional priorities, and other resources available to individuals to assist in advocacy efforts in their IVP work. As Safe States gears up for Advocacy Day on March 20, 2025 - these tools and resources will be helpful to prepare for meetings with legislators, etc. to share the importance of injury and violence prevention work and advocate for funding of programs in all 50 states.
2025-02-1809 minInjury & Violence Prevention INdepthExploring AI's Role in IVPSend us a textIn this episode, host Mighty Fine talks with Tracy Mehan, Director of Research Translation and Communication, about artificial intelligence (AI) and how individuals use it every day, whether we realize it or not, in our work and lives. She provides insights and examples of AI use in injury and violence prevention (IVP) work while also giving some tips and recommendations on what to watch out for while using it to ensure quality in our work.
2025-01-1331 minInjury & Violence Prevention INdepthContinuing Success through Succession - Safe States' Next StepsSend us a textIn this very special episode, host Mighty Fine sat down with Rich Hamburg, Safe States' Executive Director, and Sharon Gilmartin, Safe States' Deputy Director. They discussed the upcoming leadership transition as Rich retires at the end of December 2024 and Sharon takes on the Executive Director role in January 2025. Rich shares some words of wisdom and we hear some future plans from Sharon as the organization prepares for the upcoming changes.
2024-12-1634 minInjury & Violence Prevention INdepthSpecial Edition - Safe States 2024 Annual ConferenceSend us a textIn this episode, host Mighty Fine is live at the 2024 Annual Conference in Portland, Oregon, asking participants how they are "blazing trails in injury and violence prevention," following the conference's theme.
2024-09-1621 minInjury & Violence Prevention INdepthISM's and IVP - Moving beyond Awareness to ActionSend us a textSome may think that "ism's" - sexism, racism, classism, ableism, ageism, nationalism, etc. don't have anything to do with injury and violence prevention (IVP). On the contrary - they have everything to do with IVP. In this episode, host Mighty Fine talks with Jessica Ritter (she/they), a Certified Nonprofit Professional who has been working to improve public health in Pennsylvania. She is the current Safe Kids Pennsylvania State Office Coordinator. Throughout her career, she has focused on violence prevention and diversity, equity, and inclusion.In their c...
2024-08-0448 minInjury & Violence Prevention INdepthPlanting Seeds of Change - Equitably Approaching IVPSend us a textIn this episode, host Mighty Fine talks with Chezik Tsunoda, founder of No More Under, an organization based in Seattle, Washington along with Jeanette Jacobs, a nurse educator and teacher at CAST Med High School in San Antonio Texas. They will share about their projects that have received seed grant funding through Safe States. Both projects focus on equity and provide opportunities in their communities to expand injury and violence prevention efforts.
2024-06-0341 minInjury & Violence Prevention INdepthIncorporating Equity into IVP workSend us a textIn this INbetween episode, host Mighty Fine talks about the recently released "Equity in Injury and Violence Prevention Vision and Call to Action" document from Safe States Alliance. Recommendations provided to advance equity injury and violence prevention are provided in this resource, and Mighty shares his thoughts - encouraging listeners to utilize this resource and take action to advance equity in their IVP work.https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.safestates.org/resource/resmgr/ivpequitycalltoaction/IVP_Equity_Call_to_action.pdf
2024-04-2307 minInjury & Violence Prevention INdepthLending your voice to IVP - the importance of advocacySend us a textIn this episode, host Mighty Fine discusses the importance of advocacy in injury and violence prevention work at the state and national level. Topics include advocating in person on Capitol Hill along with finding opportunities to advocate virtually using online tools available to assist in the process.Guests include:Paul Bonta, Senior Policy ConsultantSafe States AllianceMaria Cariaso, Injury Prevention Coordinator Indiana Department of HealthMadelyn Maxwell, Healthy Aging and Falls Prevention Project Coordinator Oklahoma State Department of Health
2024-03-0742 minInjury & Violence Prevention INdepthTeen Dating Violence - Re-Elevating Awareness & Prevention StrategiesSend us a textFebruary is Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month. In this INbetween episode, host Mighty Fine shares with listeners some statistics on teen dating violence and provides some strategies that can be incorporated into injury and violence prevention work to increase awareness and educate on prevention of this important issue facing teens and families.
2024-02-0206 minInjury & Violence Prevention INdepthMobilizing for Missing & Murdered Diné RelativesSend us a textHost Mighty Fine talks with Jolene Holgate, Co-Founder and Board President of the Missing and Murdered Diné Relatives (MMDR). This group was established in March 2019 to address the ongoing crisis of missing and murdered relatives on the Navajo Nation. It is comprised of a multidisciplinary team tasked with developing a framework to establish a Missing & Murdered Diné Relatives data institute, encourage community action, and develop a missing persons community action toolkit to empower Navajo communities to be proactive in prevention, awareness, and mobilization to recover missing relatives and to provide support to families of...
2024-01-0937 minInjury & Violence Prevention INdepthSpecial Edition - Safe States 2023 Annual ConferenceSend us a textIn this episode, host Mighty Fine is live at the 2023 Annual Conference in Denver Colorado asking participants what they think the next big injury and violence prevention issue will be and how can we prepare for it now.
2023-09-2722 minInjury & Violence Prevention INdepthBuilding Equity through Youth AdvocacySend us a textIn this episode, guest host Deltavier Robertson speaks with staff and youth from the Michigan Organization on Sexual Health (MOASH) to learn more about their youth advocacy efforts and how they used grant funding from Safe States to support their work in building equity into their programming. We learn that youth are not just the future, they are very much the present and their voices matter!
2023-07-3023 minInjury & Violence Prevention INdepthMay 2023 - INbetween -- Maternal & Child Health -- Recognizing Disparities and Debunking StigmaSend us a textIn this INbetween episode, host Mighty Fine shares with listeners his thoughts about disparities within maternal and child health. Factors related to drug overdose, COVID-19 and quality of care are having a negative effect on mothers and babies that needs increased attention and focus among injury and violence prevention professionals.
2023-05-2510 minInjury & Violence Prevention INdepthFind the Balance to Reduce FallsSend us a textIn this episode, host Mighty Fine talks with Kristi Ladowski, an Injury Prevention & Outreach Coordinator for Stony Brook Trauma Center in NY. In addition to coordinating health promotion programs, she is currently working on her PhD in Public Health with her research focused on older adult falls prevention program implementation and sustainability. In this episode Kristi shares statistics about adult falls and also goes 'indepth' about prevention programs offered through her hospital that reach across the nation and around the world thanks to "virtual" technology. Listen in and learn more about how everyone...
2023-03-0330 minInjury & Violence Prevention INdepthThis is IVP - Shining a Light on Careers in Injury and Violence PreventionSend us a textIn this episode, host Mighty Fine sits down with several IVP professionals to discuss their unique roles and rich experiences as an IVP professional. Featured guests include:Beatriz Menanteau is a human rights and public health attorney. As Supervisor to the Minnesota Department of Health’s (MDH) Violence Prevention Programs Unit, she oversees efforts to change systems that perpetuate sexual violence, human trafficking, and exploitation, and ensure appropriate system-wide responses to victims of commercial sexual exploitation.Katie Mueller is a Senior Program Manager II in th...
2022-11-1656 minInjury & Violence Prevention INdepthSpecial Edition - Safe States 2022 Annual ConferenceSend us a textDuring the Safe States 2022 Annual Conference held August 31 - September 2 in Orlando, Florida host Mighty Fine had a chance to meet up with attendees and chat "in person"! Hear from our members what it's like being back in person for our Annual Conference after a 3 year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, what benefits they were getting out of the conference and exciting IVP work they are involved in. Take a few minutes to listen in and learn all about it.
2022-09-2955 minInjury & Violence Prevention INdepthSwimming Upstream - Drowning Prevention as a Public Health IssueSend us a textIn this episode, host Mighty Fine talks with Tony Gomez, Manager of Violence and Injury Prevention at the Public Health - Seattle and King County Health Department in the first segment. Following that, Mighty speaks with Morag McKay, Director of Research and Network at Safe Kids Worldwide and also the chair of the steering committee overseeing the development of a US National Water Safety Action Plan along with Rebekah Thomas, who is a public health practitioner with expertise in water safety. In their conversations they discuss why drowning is a public health issue, r...
2022-09-141h 21Injury & Violence Prevention INdepthJuly 2022 - INbetween Episode on Gun Violence PreventionSend us a textIn this INbetween episode, host Mighty Fine provides a list of suggestions that we as public health and injury violence prevention professionals can consider and act on in regards to gun violence prevention.
2022-07-2109 minInjury & Violence Prevention INdepthBe Brave for Prevention of Suicide by FirearmsSend us a textIn this episode, our host Mighty Fine talks with Russell Krumnow and Dr. Emmy Betz about suicide prevention and firearm safety. In the United States, suicide is the 10th leading cause of death among adults. When we talk about suicide, we also need to talk about firearms as 1/2 of all suicides are by firearms and 1/2 of firearm deaths are suicide. It is so important that conversations take place about how suicide and firearms interconnect - even if those conversations may be difficult. Listen in to learn more about what efforts are taking place...
2022-03-3050 minInjury & Violence Prevention INdepthJanuary 2022 - INbetweenSend us a textHappy 2022! In this episode, we are changing things up a bit. This mini-podcast offers something for our listeners "INbetween" regular episodes and has been named as such. Join host, Mighty Fine, as he reflects on the topics of the INdepth podcast in 2021 and looks ahead to 2022 and ways we can work independently and collaboratively in strengthening the field of injury and violence prevention.
2022-01-1008 minInjury & Violence Prevention INdepthDevil’s Advocate: Can We Achieve Health Equity without Examining Racism?Send us a textIn this episode, host Mighty Fine talks about health equity and how it relates to injury and violence prevention with guests Pamela Imm, Wisconsin Department of Health Services, Ashley Lamar, JPS Health Network and Ina Robinson, Safe States Alliance. Mighty poses some challenging questions to the group to encourage a very full discussion on what's been learned on these topics and what some possible solutions may be to improve equity across our nation.
2021-09-271h 00Injury & Violence Prevention INdepthSpecial Edition - Safe States 2021 Annual Conference podcastSend us a textHost Mighty Fine features Safe States members on this special edition to share their thoughts and feelings on the upcoming Safe States Annual Conference. Statements focus on Reconnecting and Reimagining - both individually and with their injury and violence prevention peers.Safe States members in order of "audio" appearance:Toska Cooper, UNC Injury Prevention Research CenterScott Proescholdbell, North Carolina Division of Public HealthCourtney Edwards, Parkland Health & Hospital SystemSiarra Scott, UNC Injury Prevention Research CenterBina Ali, Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation
2021-08-2608 minInjury & Violence Prevention INdepthThe Time is Now for a Strong Public Health InfrastructureSend us a textHost Mighty Fine talks with Richard Hamburg, Executive Director at Safe States Alliance and Sabah Ghulamali, Public Health Advisor to Senator Patty Murray about Public Health Infrastructure. In their conversation, they discuss the definition of public health infrastructure and proposed legislation that would improve it in our nation.
2021-07-2628 minInjury & Violence Prevention INdepthInjury & Violence Prevention Data - A Look Beyond the Numbers--Part 2Send us a textOur host Mighty Fine continues to talk all things data with guests Jared Parrish, a Maternal & Child Health Senior Epidemiologist with the Alaska Division of Public Health and Mike Dolan Fliss, an Epidemiologist with the University of North Carolina Injury Prevention Research Center. They discuss more about data trends and explore ways that data collection can be improved .
2021-06-0234 minInjury & Violence Prevention INdepthInjury & Violence Prevention Data - A Look Beyond the Numbers--Part 1Send us a textHost Mighty Fine talks with Jared Parrish, a Senior Maternal & Child Health Epidemiologist with the Alaska Division of Public Health and Mike Dolan Fliss, an Epidemiologist at the University of North Carolina Injury Prevention Research Center about all things data as it relates to injury and violence prevention.
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