Addressing Social and Cultural Health Care Issues with Reproductive Health Hotline

In this episode, host Shikha Jain, MD, speaks with Jennifer Karlin, MD, and Rachna Vanjani, MD, about being a resource to support health care providers, navigating the various policies surrounding sexual and reproductive health and more. ·       Welcome to another exciting episode of Oncology Overdrive 1:02 ·       About Vanjani 1:18 ·       About Karlin 2:10 ·       The interview 3:13 ·       Rachna, can you tell us about what led you to becoming an OB-GYN and an advocate for reproductive justice? 3:25 ·       Jennifer, tell us about your journey and how you ended up becoming the principal investigator for the Reproductive Health Hotline. 8:53 ·       Can you tell us what the Reproductive Health Hotline is, why it was created and what is its mission? 16:22 ·       How are you managing the growing politicization of reproductive health in the US, and how are you protecting the people who call into this hotline? 24:04 ·       Discussion on the hotline providing national support and information. 30:17 ·       Jain, Vanjani and Karlin on the rising importance of resources like hotlines in health care. 34:14 ·       Do you feel like this is a book for physicians, patients, caregivers or everyone? 11:47 ·       If someone could only listen to the last couple of minutes of this episode, what would you want listeners to take away? 36:48 ·       How to contact Karlin and Vanjani 38:05 ·       Thanks for listening Rachna Vanjani, MD, is a board certified OBGYN and reproductive justice advocate whose work focuses on equity, health care of incarcerated people, all trimester abortion care & access, and holistic medicine. Jennifer Karlin, MD, is an associate professor in the department of family and community medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. We'd love to hear from you! Send your comments/questions to Dr. Jain at [email protected]. Follow Healio on X and LinkedIn: @HemOncToday and https://www.linkedin.com/company/hemonctoday/. Follow Dr. Jain on X: @ShikhaJainMD. Karlin and Vanjani can be reached via email at [email protected], or at www.reprohh.ucsf.edu. Call the Reproductive Health Hotline at 1-844-ReproHH (1-844-737-7644) and follow them on LinkedIn. Disclosures: Jain, Karlin and Vanjani report no relevant financial disclosures.