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Today our guest is Lydia Cotton. She serves as the North Charleston-Hispanic Liaison, City Of Charleston-Latino Ambassador, Mayors’ Commission on Homelessness, and on the Commission on Women’s City of Charleston

Today we spoke with Dr. Ann Eisenberg, Associate Professor of Law at the University of South Carolina School of Law, and how to impact rural communities.

In today's episode, we had the pleasure to sit down with Victoria Smalls, the Executive Director of the Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor. 

Today, we sit down with University of South Carolina Medical Students Alyssa Campanelli, Katherine Kelly, and Bryce Jerin. We discuss their journey through medical school during the pandemic, the health needs of rural areas, and much more. 

Today, we sit down with Dr. Saundra Glover, State Director for SC Rural Development within the US Department of Agriculture. We discuss the history of rural development, current initiatives, and what it means to Grow Rural. MORE INFORMATION About Dr. Glover USDA — Rural Development South Carolina USDA Rural Development on Twitter South Carolina Promise Zones

Today, we speak with Dr. Nick Patel, Chief Digital Officer at PRISMA and Vice Chair at University of South Carolina. We discuss new ways to think about technology in rural healthcare, closing care gaps, and using outreach to improve delivery. For more information: 1. Dr. Nick Patel 2. PRISMA SC

This week, we sit down with Dr. Brittany Rainwater, clinical psychologist at the McLeod Medical Center in Florence. We discuss integrated behavioral health, care models, and the future as we continue to adjust to the COVID pandemic. For more information: 1. Dr. Brittany Rainwater 2. The McLeod Health Website 3. What is Integrated Behavioral Health? 4. Collaborative Care, Explained

Today, we sit down with Amy Splittgerber and Amanda Metzger of Healthy Learners. We discuss identifying the health needs of children both before and during the COVID pandemic, reaching them where they are to meet those needs, and expanding services to help more children in more places. More about Healthy Learners: Website Facebook Twitter Other Organizations Mentioned: Sisters of Charity Health System AmeriCorps

This week, we sit down with three pediatricians within the University of South Carolina School of Medicine and PRISMA Health: Dr. R. Caughman Taylor, Dr. C. Osbourne Shuler, and Dr. Heather Staples. We discuss outreach clinics, subspecialty programs, and the sudden but long-lasting changes brought about by COVID. For more information about our guests, please see these links on the PRISMA Health website: Dr. Taylor Dr. Shuler Dr. Staples

It's Here! A very special episode to look back on the conversations we've had so far, and the ones still to come. Please enjoy a super cut of answers to the question we ask all our guests: "what does rural mean to you?"

This week we sat down with Katie Gaul, director for the SC Office for Healthcare Workforce (OHW). We discuss the diversity of people and jobs, the importance of early skill recognition and how to foster trust between communities and the healthcare industry. For more information about Mme. Gaul, the OHW, and other topics discussed in this episode, please see the links below: More About Katie Gaul More About the SC Office for Healthcare Workforce PDF documents about the SC Rural Incentive Grants can be found here and here More about Black Men in White Coats

We had the pleasure to sit with Dr. Elizabeth Crouch, Deputy Director of the Rural and Minority Health Research Center and an assistant professor at the University of South Carolina Arnold School of Public Health, to discuss rural-urban differences, positive childhood experiences (PCEs) and adverse childhood experiences (ACEs).    LINKS: More about Dr. Crouch from the Arnold School and the Rural Health Research Gateway More about the Rural Health and Minority Research Center More about the Center for Rural and Primary Healthcare • https://mchb.hrsa.gov/maternal-child-health-initiatives/home-visiting-overview (Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) Program)  • https://mchb.hrsa.gov/sites/default/files/mchb/MaternalChildHealthInitiatives/HomeVisiting/pdf/programbrief.pdf (Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) Program  • https://www.rrh.org.au/journal/article/4434 (Rural–urban differences in exposure to adverse childhood experiences among South Carolina adults)  • https://www.podbean.com/eu/pb-qxqet-f2a1a4 (Season 2, Episode 2 -Union County Libraries: More than Just Literacy)  • https://www.instituteforchildsuccess.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Positive-Childhood-Experiences-11-AM-Crouch.Probst.pdf (Positive Childhood Experiences Before and During COVID-19)