How do Neighborhoods Make Us Sick? Meet Breanna Lathrop and Veronica Squires

Send us Fan MailIn this episode of Community Possibilities, guests Breanna Lathrop and Veronica Squires share personal and professional experiences that inspired their book,  "How Neighborhoods Make Us Sick: Restoring Health and Wellness to Our Communities."Breanna Lathrop is the Chief Operating Officer at Good Samaritan Health Center and is a nurse practitioner. In this episode she gives a perspective on the social determinace of health from a healthcare worker's perspective.  So many of the factors that impact our health actually have little to do with access to healthcare.  Our health is more closely tied to factors that exist outside of healthcare. Things like access to jobs, housing, and healthy food. There are some things, like stress, that take a toll on the body and which people living in poverty cannot avoid. Veronica Squires learned this first hand. Veronica is the Chief Development Officer at Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta and previously served as the Chief Administrative Officer for The Good Samaritan Health Center. Veronica shares her past experience moving to a low resourced community and how she and her family became part of the community. She shares her successes and frustrations and came to understand that while change can be made by individuals,  there must be collective action that adrress the broader systemic issues that impact the health of communities.Connect with us:Breanna Lathrop:[email protected] https://www.linkedin.com/in/breanna-lathrop-9a49b29/http://www.goodsamatlanta.org/Veronica Squires:[email protected]://www.linkedin.com/in/veronica-squires-mba-591a988/Purchase their book here:https://www.amazon.com/How-Neighborhoods-Make-Sick-Communities/dp/0830845577Music and production by:  Zach PriceWant to know if you are making a difference in your community? Not sure where to get started on your evaluation? Download my free guide: https://www.communityevaluationsolutions.com/free-guideSign up for my email list and you will never miss my weekly tips: https://www.communityevaluationsolutions.com/connectLike what you heard? Please like and share wherever you get your podcasts!Connect with Ann: Community Evaluation Solutions  How Ann  can help:·        Support the evaluation capacity of your coalition or community-based organization.·        Help you create a strategic plan that doesn’t stress you and your group out, doesn’t take all year to design, and is actionable.·        Engage your group in equitable discussions about difficult conversations.·        Facilitate a workshop to plan for action and get your group moving.·        Create a workshop that energizes and excites your group for action.·        Speak at your conference or event.Have a question or want to know more? Book a call with Ann .Be sure and check out our updated resource page! Let us know what was helpful.   Music by Zach Price: [email protected]