Injury & Violence Prevention INdepth
Injury & Violence Prevention INdepth is a podcast brought to you by Safe States Alliance staff and members to discuss and share injury and violence prevention (IVP) topics and trends. Each episode is a conversation between host, Mighty Fine, and featured IVP professionals who are members or partners of our organization. We come together to discuss the basics of injury and violence prevention, but also the tough topics that relate to anti-racism, health equity and more.
Episodes
29 episodes
Hope During a Public Health Crisis
Host Mighty Fine talks with guest Jessica Ritter about the despair and hope many working in public health are feeling following the April 2025 cuts to the CDC and HHS workforce. Jessica references different resources she has found h...
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Season 5
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Episode 6
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36:23
Advocacy In Action - Advocacy Day 2025
In this episode, guest hosts Sharon Gilmartin, Safe States Executive Director, and Paul Bonta, Director of Government Relations, discuss Advocacy Day, which took place on March 20, 2025. Paul shares why it is so important for Safe States member...
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Season 5
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Episode 4
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15:04
Utilizing Policy Resources to Empower Impactful Change in IVP
In this INbetween episode, host Mighty Fine talks about policy tools and resources available on the Safe States website (www.safestates.org). These include funding briefs, Congressional priorities, and other resources available to individuals t...
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Season 5
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Episode 3
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9:50
Exploring AI's Role in IVP
In this episode, host Mighty Fine talks with Tracy Mehan, Director of Research Translation and Communication, about artificial intelligence (AI) and how individuals use it every day, whether we realize it or not, in our work and lives. She prov...
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Season 5
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Episode 2
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31:33
Continuing Success through Succession - Safe States' Next Steps
In this very special episode, host Mighty Fine sat down with Rich Hamburg, Safe States' Executive Director, and Sharon Gilmartin, Safe States' Deputy Director. They discussed the upcoming leadership transition as Rich retires at the end of Dece...
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Season 5
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Episode 1
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34:23
Special Edition - Safe States 2024 Annual Conference
In this episode, host Mighty Fine is live at the 2024 Annual Conference in Portland, Oregon, asking participants how they are "blazing trails in injury and violence prevention," following the conference's theme.
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Season 4
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Episode 5
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21:01
ISM's and IVP - Moving beyond Awareness to Action
Some may think that "ism's" - sexism, racism, classism, ableism, ageism, nationalism, etc. don't have anything to do with injury and violence prevention (IVP). On the contrary - they have everything to do with IVP. ...
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Season 4
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Episode 6
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48:30
Planting Seeds of Change - Equitably Approaching IVP
In this episode, host Mighty Fine talks with Chezik Tsunoda, founder of No More Under, an organization based in Seattle, Washington along with Jeanette Jacobs, a nurse educator and teacher at CAST Med High School in San Antonio Texas. They will...
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Season 4
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Episode 5
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41:46
Incorporating Equity into IVP work
In this INbetween episode, host Mighty Fine talks about the recently released "Equity in Injury and Violence Prevention Vision and Call to Action" document from Safe States Alliance. Recommendations provided to advance equity injury and violenc...
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Season 4
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Episode 4
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7:29
Lending your voice to IVP - the importance of advocacy
In this episode, host Mighty Fine discusses the importance of advocacy in injury and violence prevention work at the state and national level. Topics include advocating in person on Capitol Hill along with finding opportunities to advocate virt...
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Season 4
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Episode 3
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42:10
Teen Dating Violence - Re-Elevating Awareness & Prevention Strategies
February is Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month. In this INbetween episode, host Mighty Fine shares with listeners some statistics on teen dating violence and provides some strategies that can be incorporated into injury and violence preventio...
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Season 4
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Episode 2
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6:17
Mobilizing for Missing & Murdered Diné Relatives
Host Mighty Fine talks with Jolene Holgate, Co-Founder and Board President of the Missing and Murdered Diné Relatives (MMDR). This group was established in March 2019 to address the ongoing crisis of missing and murdered relatives on the Navajo...
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Season 4
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Episode 1
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37:21
Special Edition - Safe States 2023 Annual Conference
In this episode, host Mighty Fine is live at the 2023 Annual Conference in Denver Colorado asking participants what they think the next big injury and violence prevention issue will be and how can we prepare for it now.
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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22:58
Building Equity through Youth Advocacy
In this episode, guest host Deltavier Robertson speaks with staff and youth from the Michigan Organization on Sexual Health (MOASH) to learn more about their youth advocacy efforts and how they used grant funding from Safe States to support the...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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23:11
May 2023 - INbetween -- Maternal & Child Health -- Recognizing Disparities and Debunking Stigma
In this INbetween episode, host Mighty Fine shares with listeners his thoughts about disparities within maternal and child health. Factors related to drug overdose, COVID-19 and quality of care are having a negative effect on mothers and babies...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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10:28
Find the Balance to Reduce Falls
In this episode, host Mighty Fine talks with Kristi Ladowski, an Injury Prevention & Outreach Coordinator for Stony Brook Trauma Center in NY. In addition to coordinating health promotion programs, she is currently working on her PhD in Pub...
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Season 3
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Episode 10
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30:45
This is IVP - Shining a Light on Careers in Injury and Violence Prevention
In this episode, host Mighty Fine sits down with several IVP professionals to discuss their unique roles and rich experiences as an IVP professional. Featured guests include:Beatriz Menanteau is a human rights and public health a...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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56:49
Special Edition - Safe States 2022 Annual Conference
During the Safe States 2022 Annual Conference held August 31 - September 2 in Orlando, Florida host Mighty Fine had a chance to meet up with attendees and chat "in person"! Hear from our members what it's like being back in person for our ...
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55:39
Swimming Upstream - Drowning Prevention as a Public Health Issue
In this episode, host Mighty Fine talks with Tony Gomez, Manager of Violence and Injury Prevention at the Public Health - Seattle and King County Health Department in the first segment. Following that, Mighty speaks with Morag McKay, Dire...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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1:21:49
July 2022 - INbetween Episode on Gun Violence Prevention
In this INbetween episode, host Mighty Fine provides a list of suggestions that we as public health and injury violence prevention professionals can consider and act on in regards to gun violence prevention.
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Season 2
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9:50
Be Brave for Prevention of Suicide by Firearms
In this episode, our host Mighty Fine talks with Russell Krumnow and Dr. Emmy Betz about suicide prevention and firearm safety. In the United States, suicide is the 10th leading cause of death among adults. When we talk about suicide, we also n...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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50:07
January 2022 - INbetween
Happy 2022! In this episode, we are changing things up a bit. This mini-podcast offers something for our listeners "INbetween" regular episodes and has been named as such. Join host, Mighty Fine, as he reflects on the topics of the INdepth podc...
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Season 2
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Episode 0
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8:54
Devil’s Advocate: Can We Achieve Health Equity without Examining Racism?
In this episode, host Mighty Fine talks about health equity and how it relates to injury and violence prevention with guests Pamela Imm, Wisconsin Department of Health Services, Ashley Lamar, JPS Health Network and Ina Robinson, Safe States All...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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1:00:58
Special Edition - Safe States 2021 Annual Conference podcast
Host Mighty Fine features Safe States members on this special edition to share their thoughts and feelings on the upcoming Safe States Annual Conference. Statements focus on Reconnecting and Reimagining - both individually and with their injury...
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Season 1
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8:14
The Time is Now for a Strong Public Health Infrastructure
Host Mighty Fine talks with Richard Hamburg, Executive Director at Safe States Alliance and Sabah Ghulamali, Public Health Advisor to Senator Patty Murray about Public Health Infrastructure. In their conversation, they discuss the definition of...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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28:20