22: Creatively Addressing Women's Health Issues with Dr. Mary Guinan

Public health is a topic many of us aren't sufficiently informed on, and should be. We aren't aware of the work that's going on behind the scenes, or the benefits we're missing out on due to the lack of attentiveness to the world around us. Dr. Mary Guinan has written a book on the subject, traveled the world for vaccination work, and helped women recover rights that should be basic human rights. Tune into this episode of a Creative Approach podcast, with your host, Karen Poirier-Brode, in order to become more informed on women's vigor and public health.  Show Highlights: Writing a book about public health  Informing people on public health  Becoming a part of the worldwide small-pox organization  Women physicians being banned from going to India  Vaccinating children  Women being traditional healers, but not being as widely accepted  Traveling to different villages to vaccinate people from disease  Traveling by elephant  Studying herpes  Being recruited back to CDC  Treating and researching women's STD's  Studying experimental factors of AIDS in San Francisco  America's STD epidemic  Taking a moral stance  Having an actress portray a part after Mary  Difficulties for gay men when STD info was released  The need for keeping people updated  Founding a school for public health  Women being in charge of their own health  Ways to prevent abortion  Preventing unplanned pregnancy  Influences that pushed Mary into her profession  The difficulties of finding a career as a woman  Equality advancing for women  Creative advice  Women getting the equality and access they deserve    Resources:    Adventures of a female Medical Detective  by Mary Guinan