Episodes
![Episode 8: Community Health Workers with Honey Yang Estrada](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/18661431/WNCHPIPodcast_rkuhif_300x300.jpg)
Monday Jul 22, 2024
Monday Jul 22, 2024
Learn about Community Health Workers (CHWs) in Western North Carolina (WNC) with the president of the NC Community Health Worker Association, Honey Yang Estrada.
![Episode 7: Language Access Strategy, Policy & Resources (Part 3 of 3)](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/18661431/WNCHPIPodcast_rkuhif_300x300.jpg)
Tuesday Jun 04, 2024
Tuesday Jun 04, 2024
In the last installment of this 3 part series, learn about 4 areas of potential legislation and/or strategy to improve language access in WNC: Cost, Workforce Development, Infrastructure & Outreach. We'll speak with:
Cost
Professor in Residence in the Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine at the UCSF, Dr Leah Karliner, about a study which shows how language access decreases readmission rates and hospital expenditures for payers.
Language Access Coordinator, Aaron Vidaurri, on ways organizations can start thinking about language access in their budget.
Workforce Development
MAHEC's continuing education planner, Rosalyn Wasserman, about their medical interpretation series.
The Health Access Programs Manager at the Western Carolina Medical Society, Rosalia McHattie.
Infrastructure
Program Analyst, Gretchen Ramirez, of NC's Broadband Infrastructure Office, under the Division of Broadband Access and Digital Equity
Deputy Director of the NC Office of Digital Equity and Literacy, Maggie Woods. See the NC One Map here.
Outreach
Steward and Linguist at the Cenzontle Language Justice Cooperative, Monserrat Ramirez.
![Episode 6: The Social Determinants of Health & the HOP](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog18661431/WNCHPIPodcast_300x300.jpg)
Monday May 13, 2024
Monday May 13, 2024
Learn about the Healthy Opportunities Pilot, Impact Health, with Senior Director of Innovation & Equity Development, Dionne Greenlee-Jones.
![Episode 5: Language Access in WNC (Part 2 of 3)](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/18661431/WNCHPIPodcast_rkuhif_300x300.jpg)
Monday May 13, 2024
![Episode 4: Language Access and Healthcare Overview (Part 1 of 3)](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/18661431/WNCHPIPodcast_rkuhif_300x300.jpg)
Monday May 13, 2024
Monday May 13, 2024
Learn the basics about language access and healthcare with Aaron Vidaurri (Language Access Coordinator; Buncombe County DHHS), Rosalia McHattie (Health Access Programs Manager; WIN), and Monserrat Ramirez (co-founder & interpreter; Cenzontle Language Justice Coop).
![Episode 3: Sexual Violence & Human Trafficking in WNC](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/18661431/WNCHPIPodcast_rkuhif_300x300.jpg)
Friday May 10, 2024
Friday May 10, 2024
Learn about how sexual violence & human trafficking impact health in WNC with the Executive Director of OurVoice, Rita Sneider-Cotter
![Episode 2: School Meals for All with Marianne Weant and Alecia Sanders](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog18661431/WNCHPIPodcast_rbd359_300x300.jpg)
Friday May 10, 2024
Friday May 10, 2024
Learn about a NC Policy Campaign addressing food security, an important Social Determinant of Health for WNC.
![Episode 1: Maternal Infant and Child Health with Katlyn Moss](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/18661431/WNCHPIPodcast_rkuhif_300x300.jpg)
Friday May 10, 2024
Friday May 10, 2024
Learn about Maternal, Infant & Child Health in WNC with the NC Region 1 Perinatal Nurse Champion.
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What is the HPI?
The WNC Health Policy Initiative impacts the health and well-being of all people in Western North Carolina through collaboration, engaged conversations, and scholarship. We use these activities to inform health policy development and advocacy, and to share this information broadly with our audiences.