{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Leading Health | Building a Healthier Kansas","title":"Mindset #1: Work Upstream","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2074,"description":"Are you putting band-aids on a wound that needs surgery? Kansas ranks seventh in the nation for volunteerism, and yet our state has fallen further than any other in the national health rankings. What if all that good-hearted, charitable energy could be redirected — not away from helping people in need, but one step further upstream, toward preventing the need in the first place?\nThis episode explores the first of nine mindsets from the book: the upstream mindset. We unpack the difference between charity (which treats symptoms) and change (which addresses root causes), and why people in positions of authority tend to default to downstream efforts — even when they genuinely care about the health gap. The classic \"babies in the river\" story anchors the conversation, and we're joined once again by Teresa Lovelady, CEO of HealthCore Clinic, who brings powerful real-world examples of how one organization works both ends of the stream simultaneously. From cancer screenings and social drivers of health, to giving kids books during their annual checkups, Teresa paints a vivid picture of what upstream work looks like in practice — and issues a challenge to all of us: take just one step upstream.\nHighlightsKansas ranks 7th in volunteerism nationally — a strength that also reinforces our tendency to stay downstreamCharity treats symptoms; upstream work addresses root causes — and we need both, but the balance is offThe \"babies in the river\" parable: someone has to stop pulling babies out of the river long enough to find out who's throwing them inCharity can actually weaken the urgency to change the conditions that create the need for charity in the first placeHealthCore Clinic (a federally qualified health center in northeast Wichita) operates simultaneously upstream and downstream — with a food pantry, gym, walking path, pharmacy, transportation, and education classes all under one roofEarly detection example: screening patients at the pre-diabetic stage — or even earlier —...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/0hQBt6xYK5BoKvJpJLVCG8i_hk6fL1i15b_orl1BAYg/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS81ZjM5/YzE4OTE0N2UyMmUx/YzRjNjBiYzVkZGVh/ZjZhZi5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}