Just Us: Before, Birth, and Beyond
Welcome to Just Us: Before, Birth, and Beyond. We invite you to tune in for a podcast focused on perinatal and community health. In an effort to raise awareness and start a conversation about perinatal health, our hosts have joined forces with doulas, midwives, nurses, lactation consultants, physicians and more from across North Carolina to share best practices, lived experiences, and lessons learned. Just Us explores real topics and dives into what has happened, what is happening, and what can happen next in the sexual and reproductive health and wellness space. Our goal is to learn and grow together in order to take care of ourselves and each other so that we can all live our healthiest lives. Thank you for being here. Let’s get started!
This project was made possible thanks to the funding, guidance and support from North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services - Division of Public Health - Maternal Health Branch-Women, Infant and Community Wellness Section.
This project is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of an award totaling $10,216,885 with 0% financed with nongovernmental sources. The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by HRSA, HHS, or the U.S. Government.
Just Us: Before, Birth, and Beyond
Latest Episodes
Season 5, Episode 9: Advocacy for PSUDs in National and Statewide Systems of Care
The finale of season 5 of Just Us: Before, Birth, and Beyond features two PSUDs extraordinaries, Kimá Joy Taylor, MD, MPH, FAAP; and Melinda Ramage, FNP. Mel and Kimá discuss perinatal substance use disorders at the systems level, identifying a...
Season 5, Episode 8: PSUDS and Drug Checking: A Discussion with UNC Horizons and the Opioid Data Lab
Season 5, episode 8 of Just Us: Before, Birth, and Beyond highlights two amazing programs at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: UNC Horizons, a substance use disorder treatment program for women including those who are pregnant an...
Season 5, Episode 7: Training the Next Generation: The Impact of Learners in PSUD Care
Season 5, episode 7 of Just Us: Before, Birth, and Beyond emphasizes the necessity of perinatal substance use disorder education in training the next generation of healthcare providers. Mel Ramage, director of the NC PSUD Network, leads this di...
Season 5, Episode 6: Operationalizing Contingency Management in a Perinatal Setting
Season 5, episode 6 of Just Us: Before, Birth, and Beyond features two members of the Project CARA team who implement and operationalize the contingency management (CM) program at MAHEC in a perinatal setting. This is an effective, evidence-bas...
Season 5, Episode 5: Find Stability: Recovery Housing in Western NC
Season 5, episode 5 of Just Us: Before, Birth and Beyond features three addiction specialists in Western North Carolina. Erin Bowman, LCAS, LCSW, CCS; Zach White, LCAS, LCSW; and Blake Fagan, MD, discuss the current state of recovery housing in...