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Dr. Jonathan Z Butler joins Dr. Bola Sogade for today’s episode. Dr. Jonathan Z Butler is a post doctoral scholar at the University of San Francisco. His research focuses on how religion socioeconomic status, race, and ethnicity affects one’s health. To begin this episode, Dr. Sogade asks Dr. Jonathan Z Butler about his life growing up. He speaks of the challenges his mom faced while raising children on her own. Their faith was very important in facing adversity. This conversation leads to the topic of science and religion. This episode also includes the effects of childhood experiences and the importance of a mother’s health for their baby. Dr. Sogade asks what minority communities can do to mitigate the effects of social determinants of health? Dr. Jonathan Z Butler leaves listeners with several encouraging messages. He believes in meeting people in hard places to provide for their needs and uplifting people so that they can come back and contribute to the next ones in need. #womenshealth #socialdeterminants #singlemom #stress #minoritywomen #scienceandreligion #health #stressors #benefitsofreligion #multiplestressors Timestamps: (01:45) Challenges of a black single mom (05:00) Science and religion (12:38) Effects of childhood experiences (18:35) Stress and diabetes (23:25) Social determinants of health (33:00) Dr. Jonathan Z Butler’s projects