Podcast Episode 17: "Public Health Ain't No Drag: Serving Up Patient Care Realness in Performance Spaces"

15/07/2025 27 min
Podcast Episode 17: "Public Health Ain't No Drag: Serving Up Patient Care Realness in Performance Spaces"

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Episode Synopsis

For patients who don't feel safe inside the clinic, how can we bring the best of public health outreach to them?Join us for the tea on how to interweave public health initiatives into artistic spaces where community members feel safe, seen, and understood. Zack Jenio, Program Manager of Mile High Behavioral Health in Denver, Colorado, who also hails as Drag Queen Dr. Zacharina Jenny-hoe, discusses the impact of meeting patient needs by bringing harm reduction, including HIV prevention tools and naloxone, to performance spaces. We also discuss challenges queer patients face in primary care clinics where trust can be unintentionally eroded by stigma; the allure of drag as a celebration of femininity and glamour; and the ways that clinicians can start thinking creatively about patient needs, identity, and access to care--OUTSIDE of the traditional healthcare space.

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