Just US: Before, Birth, and Beyond

About Just US: Before, Birth, and Beyond

Welcome to Just Us: Before, Birth, and Beyond. We invite you to tune in for a podcast focused on perinatal and community health. In an effort to raise awareness and start a conversation about perinatal health, our hosts have joined forces with doulas, midwives, nurses, lactation consultants, physicians and more from across North Carolina to share best practices, lived experiences, and lessons learned. Just Us explores real topics and dives into what has happened, what is happening, and what can happen next in the sexual and reproductive health and wellness space. Our goal is to learn and grow together in order to take care of ourselves and each other so that we can all live our healthiest lives. Thank you for being here. Let’s get started! This project was made possible thanks to the funding, guidance and support from North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services - Division of Public Health - Maternal Health Branch-Women, Infant and Community Wellness Section. This project is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of an award totaling $10,216,885 with 0% financed with nongovernmental sources. The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by HRSA, HHS, or the U.S. Government.

Publisher

MAHEC

Category

health & fitness · health & fitness · kids & family

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

31 May 2022

Latest episode

18 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

84 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   18 Sept 2026

   Season 5, Episode 8: PSUDS and Drug Checking: A Discussion with UNC Horizons and the Opioid Data Lab

   Season 5, episode 8 of Just Us: Before, Birth, and Beyond highlights two amazing programs at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: UNC Horizons, a substance use disorder treatment program for women including those who are pregnant and postpartum; and the Opioid Data Lab, a drug checking program that analyzes samples sent in from across the United States. Elisabeth Johnson, director of UNC Horizons, and Illyana Massey, a licensed therapist and community liaison for the Opioid ...

2. 

   18 Sept 2026

   Season 5, Episode 9: Advocacy for PSUDs in National and Statewide Systems of Care

   The finale of season 5 of Just Us: Before, Birth, and Beyond features two PSUDs extraordinaries, Kimá Joy Taylor, MD, MPH, FAAP; and Melinda Ramage, FNP. Mel and Kimá discuss perinatal substance use disorders at the systems level, identifying aspects of the current structure of care are misaligned with what patients and families need. They describe key opportunities to effectively support parent-infant dyads, and the importance of shifting away from punitive systems of care. Listen in to hear...

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   11 Sept 2026

   Season 5, Episode 7: Training the Next Generation: The Impact of Learners in PSUD Care

   Season 5, episode 7 of Just Us: Before, Birth, and Beyond emphasizes the necessity of perinatal substance use disorder education in training the next generation of healthcare providers. Mel Ramage, director of the NC PSUD Network, leads this discussion with Erin Lorencz, MD, Maria Onuzko, PharmD, and Sophie Buchheit, MS1, all former learners in a PSUD space. Tune in to hear about each of their respective introductions to PSUD care, as well as a roundtable on what PSUD education should look li...

Who has been a guest on Just US: Before, Birth, and Beyond

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Brandi Harrison
• Emily Taylor
• Megan Lyons Leimena

Reach and audience

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

10 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

6 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 46 / 100

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Quality

53

Social presence

90

YouTube

0

Engagement

51

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