An engaging conversation with Dr. Walter Dehority, a Pediatric Infectious Disease specialist, and Dr. Melissa Mason on updated and easy-to-understand COVID vaccine information for kids.  As always, stick around for light-hearted comments at the end. Thank you to Hear Kitty Studio for production assistance. Recorded August 2022.

An engaging conversation with Dr. Julia Hecht and Dr. Melissa Mason on cultural safety, some history, and forging a path forward.  As always, stick around for light-hearted comments at the end. Thank you to Hear Kitty Studio for production assistance. Below are references for more information:

Free webinar series on indigenous cultural safety from Canada, guided by Native and non-Native teachers.    link:  https://www.icscollaborative.com/webinars

Chisolm, James, S. 1978. Swaddling, Cradleboards, and the Development of Children, Early Human Development, 2/3. 255-275

Curtis et al. 2019. Why cultural safety rather than cultural competency is required to achieve health equity: a literature review and recommended definition  International Journal for Equity in Health. 18:174 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12939-019-1082-3 

Donaldson, C., Clancey, S, Russell, M. Understanding Navajo Parents' Beliefs About Cradling and Early Mobility Practices in Ashdown BK and Faherty AN (Eds.) Parents and Caregivers Across Cultures: Positive Development from Infancy Through Adulthood.  Springer Nature, Switzerland. 2020   https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-35590-6

Schwend, R.M., Pratt, WB, Fultz, J, 1999. Untreated Acetabular Dysplasia of the Hip in the Navajo: A 34 Year Case Series Followup. Clinical Orthopedics and Related Research,  No 364. pp 108-116. 

Trennert, Robert, A., White Man's Medicine: Government Doctors and the Navajo, 1863-1955. University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, 1998

Dr. Melissa Mason and Sandra Sanchez Fahrlender, the Executive Director of the nonprofit Hole in the Heart, discuss different ways that holes in the heart can present. Learn more about earlier diagnosis and how to support your patients with CHD. This is the second of two special edition podcasts recorded in recognition of Congenital Heart Defects Awareness Week which is February 7-14th annually.  Don't miss some fun at the end and a special thank you for the sound effects provided by ZapSplat.com.

Additionally, Hole in the Heart has partnered with Project ECHO creating the first ECHO for CHDs. Please email holeintheheartasd@yahoo.com for more information.