E196: Shreya Patel-Parekh - Women’s Health and thefifty1percent podcast

Trigger Warning: this episode discusses discrimination, cardiac arrests, cancer, menstruation and women’s health.

Episode 196: Part of the Leadership Series(Part32)

Description: In this powerful episode, Naman Julka-Anderson and Jo McNamara sit down Shreya Patel-Parekh.

Shreya founded thefifty1percent with a simple belief: women deserve health information that’s human and genuinely useful. She is dedicated to providing the knowledge, collaboration and community women need to make informed decisions about their bodies, rooted in their real lives, environments and circumstances. Through her podcast and events, she brings together science, lived experience and meaningful storytelling to cut through the noise, challenge one-size-fits-all narratives and help close the gender health gap with clarity, compassion and context.

In this episode hear about Shreya’s personal and professional journey, women’s health and thefifty1percent podcast she hosts.

CPD Reflection Points:

1. reflect on Shreya’s experience of becoming a parent in her corporate role.
2. read this journal article on the social media infodemic of health-related misinformation and technical solutions.
3. Consider the differences between disinformation vs misinformation. How could both impact people with a health condition.
4. Evaluate how you can tackle misinformation in your professional role.

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Links from the Episode:

• Cardiac arrest symptoms in women
• Invisible Women book
• Women’s health concern
• World Health Organisation women’s health
• Just a period campaign
• Menstrual health project
• Period poverty
• Bloody good period

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• LinkedIn
• TikTok
• BlueSky
• YouTube

Credits: Music and jingle credits: Dr. Ben Potts and Adam Cooke.