Family nurse practitioner, nonprofit leader and HIV care provider Dr. Leshonda Wallace discusses the shifts she's seen in patients at her facility. On one hand, she's seeing a surge of patients seeking healthcare for their HIV+ status for the f

How surfing can improve the wellbeing of people with disabilities

Jul 6th, 2020 3m 28s

Brock Johnson is the president of Coastal Adaptive Sports and assistant director for Adaptive Surf project. Johnson discusses his journey with sports and surfing as a quadriplegic. He describes how surfing and other adaptive sports can improve

Protesters weigh health risks of COVID and civic responsibility

Jul 6th, 2020 4m 10s

Angela Colon of Wilmington Advocacy and Protest Organization (WAPO) discusses the how protesters have addressed health risks related to COVID-19.Broadcast from the Working Narratives studio, Health on the Coast is a podcast about community heal

Nursing Homes and COVID-19

Jun 24th, 2020 4m 27s

A certified nursing assistant (CNA) at a nursing home in a Jacksonville, North Carolina shares the changes that have been made since COVID-19 to protect staff and residents. Visitors aren't allowed, nurses have started making homemade newspaper

Health disparities among pregnant mothers

Jun 24th, 2020 4m 30s

"A lot of times pregnant women are not listened to. And pregnant black women are not listened to at all." Coastal University professor, Dr. Fredanna McGough, explains the growing concerns regarding maternal health issues, and how these issues a