Omari Richins, MPH of Public Health Careers podcast talks with Kierra Sarfo-Katanka, MPH.
Kierra is Founder and Executive Director of Data & Narrative Collective, to explore how creativity, storytelling, and lived experience can make public health more human.
We talk about her journey from theater and pre-med to public health, why data alone rarely tells the full story, and how film and media can build empathy and communicate complex health issues. Kierra also takes us behind the scenes of her debut documentary, Women with the Issue of Blood, which centers women’s experiences and shines a light on gaps in gynecological and reproductive healthcare.
We also get into community engagement, misinformation, graduate school, career development, and what it means to build a public health career at the intersection of your different passions.
Chapters: @0:00 Introduction to Kierra Sarfo-Katanka, MPH and her work @3:36 Kierra's background in theater and filmmaking @6:02 The origin of Data and Narrative Collective @10:00 Connecting research, storytelling, and community impact @15:54 Women with the Issue of Blood documentary and community impact @21:47 Key messages from the documentary and health disparities @24:10 Recommendations for healthcare providers and policy change @27:23 Inspiration behind building Public Health Key platform @42:28 What public health means to Kierra @45:16 Kierra's academic journey and public health career
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