Health Care Advocacy During Elections with Alice Chen, MD

In this episode, host Shikha Jain, MD, speaks with Alice Chen, MD, about the impact of misinformation and disinformation during elections, the health care issues on the 2024 ballot and more. Content warning: This episode discusses sensitive topics surrounding women's health and reproductive rights. • Welcome to another exciting episode of Oncology Overdrive 0:14 • About Chen 0:32 • The interview 1:38 • How did you get into the public health and advocacy spaces? 1:58 • Have you seen an evolution in medical professionals becoming more involved in politics and advocacy? 5:08 • How has misinformation impacted politics, health care, policy and the election? 7:25 • As health care workers, how do we address misinformation to help our communities and patients? 10:51 • Do you feel that health care workers should use social media for this type of advocacy work? 15:26 • Is there more of a need for health care workers to be doing this work now than it was pre-social media? 18:14 • Jain and Chen on how discussions around politics have changed in the last decade. 26:05 • What are the major health care topics being discussed and impacted by this upcoming election? Why is health on the ballot? 28:33 • Jain and Chen on women's health and why it matters in this election. 30:58 • What are health care workers doing to promote advocacy? 37:05 • If you could summarize this episode in one minute, what would you want listeners to take away? 45:36 • How to contact Chen 46:11 • Thanks for listening 46:53 Alice T. Chen, MD, is a mom, physician and national leader in public health, physician advocacy and community organizing. She serves as the co-chair of the board of directors of Health Care Without Harm.

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Disclosures: Jain and Chen report no relevant financial disclosures.