About the Guest:

Lianne Hope is the founder of Hope Consulting Group (HCG), a small business that specializes in project management and community engagement within the public health and behavioral health industries. She has dedicated her life’s work to uplifting HIV/AIDS communities. Through the Ryan White Program, Lianne has managed advisory boards in Boston and Oakland, and in turn has contributed to ensuring that critical services are adequately funded for people living with HIV.

In 2021, Lianne joined forces with Alameda County Public Health Department’s COVID-19 team to contribute to the emergency response. She designed and launched the County’s Vaccine Incentive Program for eligible adults and youth, the largest scale gift card distribution operation the County has undertaken. Previously, Lianne served as a clinical therapist, working alongside vulnerable populations including addicts, refugees, and adults with major mental illness and assisted her clients with their personalized treatment plans.

Lianne holds a Master of Public Health and Master of Social Work from Boston University and is currently based in Oakland, CA. Lianne identifies as a proud queer woman of color.

About this course:

Are you interested in health promotion, a major tool for improving health outcomes? In this course, Lianne Hope explores health promotion using incentives. She also delves into play therapy and play deprivation with play being a well-established approach in early childhood development, but lacking in adulthood. She elaborates on the consequences of play deprivation.

Lianne further explores the concept of community healing and the spiritual components of public health interventions, with a particular focus on community engagement. She also discusses an approach to remedy situations where unintended consequences of public health interventions occur.

She highlights the intersection of public health and social work, detailing social justice and equity issues in under-represented communities, such as trans communities.

Learning Objectives:

• Recognizing play therapy and play deprivation in early childhood development
• Understanding the potential downsides and unintended consequences of well-intentioned public health interventions
• Exploring the intersection between public health and social work
  

Public Health and Social Justice Topics Covered:

• Health Equity
• LGBTQ+ Health
• Public Health Interventions