Oct 31, 2024
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.
We’d love to hear from you! Send your comments/questions to Dr. Jain at oncologyoverdrive@healio.com. Follow Healio on X and LinkedIn: @HemOncToday and https://www.linkedin.com/company/hemonctoday/. Follow Dr. Jain on X: @ShikhaJainMD. Chen can be reached @atychen on X and on LinkedIn.
Disclosures: Jain and Chen report no relevant financial disclosures.