The Grapevine Health Podcast

Dr. Lisa Fitzpatrick sits down with Ms. Roney, our very first podcast guest! Roney talks about her year in isolation during the pandemic and how she coped with being stuck in her home. She also talks about the vaccine, the fact that the pandemic still isn't over, and how things have changed over the past year.Music: Spark Of Inspiration by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com

Dr. Lisa Fitzpatrick speaks with her neighbor, Linwood. Linwood talks about his healthcare experiences over the years and the lack of trust he has with the healthcare system in general. Linwood talks about how some members of the community may feel about doctors and gives real examples of why healthcare professionals need to communicate with their patients better in order to ensure positive healthcare outcomes.Music: Spark Of Inspiration by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com

Dr. Lisa Fitzpatrick sits down with Nickie Johnson-Ahorlu who shares stories about advocacy in healthcare. Johnson-Ahorlu shares personal stories about how a lack of advocacy can affect healthcare outcomes and how she has advocated for herself and others in the past. She provides valuable insight into how people can advocate for themselves and the resistance they may face.Music: Spark Of Inspiration by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com

Dr. Lisa Fitzpatrick talks with Shari Small, also known as Shining Light. Small sheds light on the marginalization of Native Americans across the country and the healthcare crisis caused by the pandemic. Small talks about  the divide between life on and off of the reservation and why people need to raise awareness about these issues.Music: Spark Of Inspiration by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com

Dr. Lisa Fitzpatrick sits down with Kimberly Dowdell, an architect working in Detroit and Chicago. Dowdell talks about the relationships between where people live and their health outcomes and how architecture has influenced the history of the black community. She also talks about the need to involve architects in larger discussions about community health so more progress can be made.Music: Spark Of Inspiration by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com

Dr. Lisa Fitzpatrick sits down with Willow Fortunoff, a graduating senior at Macalester College and COVID long-hauler. Fortunoff talks about her experiences with coronavirus and how it took a toll on her health. She offers advice to young people dealing with COVID-19 and how she feels that those infected with the disease are stigmatized.Music: Spark Of Inspiration by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com

Dr. Lisa Fitzpatrick sits down with Carlus Richardson, a community member. Richardson talks about his difficulty receiving dental care and the problems with the dental care system in the United States. Richardson gives examples of the specific issues he has witnessed firsthand and how these issues progress over a person's lifetime.Music: Spark Of Inspiration by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com

Dr. Lisa Fitzpatrick talks to John Johnson, artist, storyteller, and founder of Verbal Gymnastics. Johnson talks about his experiences getting the coronavirus vaccine as well as stories he heard about the vaccine from the community. Johnson talks about stories the black community has not heard and explains why we should pay more attention to our privilege as Americans. Music: Spark Of Inspiration by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com

Dr. Lisa Fitzpatrick sits down with Jessica Brooks, a health equity advocate and mother of four. Brooks talks about the trauma she experienced when delivering her treatment and how it motivated her to start Healthdesk, an organization that advocates for patients and seeks action to address bias and racism in the healthcare system. Music: Spark Of Inspiration by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com

Dr. Lisa Fitzpatrick sits down with Stephanie Foo, a community member working to help raise awareness about mental health issues. Foo talks about the root of mental health issues and some of the reasons why they go unsolved. She also talks about the stigmatization of mental health issues and provides suggestions for how things could change for the better.Music: Spark Of Inspiration by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com

Dr. Lisa Fitzpatrick sits down with Bomani Perkins. Perkins shares his story about his battle with addiction and mental health. He offers insight into the role of mental health in addiction and how mental health is stigmatized in the community. Music: Spark Of Inspiration by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com

Dr. Lisa Fitzpatrick sits down with Joe Houston Jr., a returning citizen who breaks down how healthcare works inside the prison system. Houston talks about how he was injured while incarcerated and how he was mistreated by the prison system. Houston breaks down the mental and physical vulnerability he felt while he was in prison and how he was prevented from getting the treatment he needed until after he was released.Music: Spark Of Inspiration by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com

Dr. Lisa Fitzpatrick sits down with Toyin Ajayi. co-founder and CHO of Cityblock Health. Ajayi talks about the creation of Cityblock and how it works to help those underserved in the healthcare community. Dr. Lisa and Ajayi talk about trust in the healthcare system and how providers can work to build trust in the communities they serve.Music: Spark Of Inspiration by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com

Dr. Lisa Fitzpatrick sits down with DeAndra Godwin-Randolph to talk about bias in the healthcare system. Randolph talks about her first-hand experiences about bias she has received and bias she has witnessed. She also breaks down how the healthcare system deals with bias and ways it can improve.Music: Spark Of Inspiration by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com

Dr. Lisa Fitzpatrick sits down with Juanita Coates, a community member. Coates talks about her experiences with healthcare and community responses to healthcare in the community. Coates talks about ways that the healthcare community can work to better the experiences for those they provide for and how to gain the trust of community members.Music: Spark Of Inspiration by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com

Dr. Lisa Fitzpatrick sits down with Darryl Robinson, a vaccine skeptic turned advocate. Robinson talks about how he came around to believing in the vaccine and what he is hearing in the community about vaccine hesitancy. Dr. Lisa and Robinson break down things the health community can do to boost trust of the vaccine and the healthcare system as a whole.Music: Spark Of Inspiration by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com

Dr. Lisa Fitzpatrick sits down with Stuart Anderson, a community health activist. Anderson began making sandwiches to feed hungry people in the community when the pandemic began, making thousands of sandwiches over the past year. Anderson also talks about his dedication to helping others and the role he plays in the community.Music: Spark Of Inspiration by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com

Dr. Lisa Fitzpatrick sits down with mother Ebony Kirby and doula Shanita Edwards to discuss inequalities in maternal health. Kirby and Edwards provide personal experiences where they felt that they were treated differently because of their healthcare. Edwards also explains the role of the doula and how she is helping Kirby prepare for the delivery of her baby. Music: Spark Of Inspiration by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com

Dr. Lisa Fitzpatrick sits down with Cortlen Yarbrough, a community health worker. Yarbrough goes over what community health workers do and their importance in the healthcare system. He also talks about his experiences as a community health worker and what he would do to improve the healthcare system overall.Music: Spark Of Inspiration by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com

Dr. Lisa Fitzpatrick sits down with Natasha Dupee, an advisory neighborhood commissioner in Washington, D.C. Dupee talks about "riding the bus," which is a view into the impact of social and economic segregation. The two talk about the health impacts of these divisions and how the city and community could improve healthcare for these neighborhoods.Music: Spark Of Inspiration by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com