Producer/host: Jim Fisher
Topic: Homelessness
What are the causes of homelessness? What is H.O.M.E. doing to help? What are the health consequences?
Guests: Sister Marie Ahern, John Melusky
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Category: Common Health
Live & local call-in on Public Health Challenges in Maine. Happens on the 3rd Wednesday of every month from 10 – 11 AM. More information at http://www.commonhealth.org/
Common Health 1/17/07
Producer/host: Jim Fisher
Topic: Sexuality and Public Health: How do we balance privacy and public health? What is is the prevalence of rape? AIDS?
Guests: Kim Roberts-Fer, Rape Response Services (www.raperesponseservices.org); Zack Wright, Downeast AIDS Network (www.downeastaidsnetwork.org)
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Common Health 12/20/06
Producer/host: Jim Fisher
Topic: Inequality and Health
What are the trends for poverty and health in Maine? What are the health consequences of poverty? What programs can help?
Guests: Dr. Ann Acheson, UMO; Dr. Wendy Wolf, MEHAF; Tim King, WHCA
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Common Health 11/15/06
Producer/host: Jim Fisher
Topic: Substance Abuse Through the Ages; How do substance abuse patterns change over the life course? How is substance abuse impacting public health? What environmental changes are needed to reduce substance abuse?
Guests:
Dr. Lenard Kaye, Ph.D., Professor of Social Work at the University of Maine School of Social Work and Director of the University of Maine Center on Aging in the College of Business, Public Policy & Health.
Ed Oechslie, M.A., ATR-BC, LCPC, a board certified art therapist and licensed clinical counselor, joined the staff as Executive Director of the Acadia Family Center in January 2006.
Common Health 10/18/06
Producer/host: Jim Fisher
Guests: Pam Person; Dylan Voorhees
Topic: Global Climate Change: What are the causes? What are some of the health effects?
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Common Health 09/20/06
Host: Jim Fisher
Topic: Schools and Health
What are some of the big issues for health in schools?
What initiatives do we have in Maine to promote healthier schools?
How do we meet the needs of disabled students?
Guests: David Stockford, Policy Director, Maine Dept. of ED and Susan Berry, Health Educator, Bucksport
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Common Health 08/16/06
Host: Jim Fisher
Topic: You are what you eat
Guests: Bob St. Peter, Eliot Coleman
What is good food? What land use policies will help? What is the impact of agro-industrial marketing?
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Common Health 07/19/06
Host: Jim Fisher, Hancock County Planning Commission
Topic: Fitness and Physical Activity
What is fitness? What makes a community healthy? What are some barriers to fitness?
Guests: Katherine Princell, Blue Hill Memorial Hospital; Dan Stewart, Maine Dept. of Transportation
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