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Know journalists who'd like a fellowship to focus on health disparities, vulnerable children? University of Southern California Annenberg Center for Health Journalism Call for Fellowship Applications!

Post from information from the University of Southern California Annenberg Center for Health Journalism. Call for Fellowship Applications! The all-expenses-paid fellowship, to be held July 16–20, 2023, is designed for journalists who want to do groundbreaking reporting on health disparities and on vulnerable children, youth and families, and the community conditions and social forces that contribute to their health, welfare and well-being. Each fellow spends five months working on a...

The Supreme Court Is Harming Public Health and the Environment

The Supreme Court Is Harming Public Health and the Environment, Lawrence O. Gostin, JD 1 ; Sarah Wetter, JD, MPH 1 JAMA . Published online March 31, 2023. doi:10.1001/jama.2023.3564 A fundamental shift in the Supreme Court was set in motion in 2020 with the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. President Trump appointed Amy Coney Barrett as his third appointee, forming a conservative 6-3 supermajority. The Supreme Court’s jurisprudence is having a profound effect on public health, safety, and...

Disabilities Awareness in Policy [positiveexperience.org/category/blog]

By Dr. Allison Stephens, 3/31/23, https://positiveexperience.org/category/blog/ The recent Supreme Court decision, Luna Perez v. Sturgis Public Schools , was a victory for students with disabilities and their families. It is also an opportunity to highlight March as National Disability Awareness Month . In this case, the school provided a deaf student an aide that was not trained to work with deaf students, leaving him with limited communication and instruction. The student experienced...

Subconscious Clearing. Learn Now From A Real Case, the Doctors from the ACE Study, Vincent Felitti, MD and Brian Alman, PhD.

Subconscious Clearing. Learn Now From A Real Case, the Doctors from the ACE Study, Vincent Felitti, MD and Brian Alman, PhD. You Learned How to De-Clutter from your adverse childhood experiences and adverse life experiences: If You Attended Yesterday’s Webinar at https://www.DrBrianAlman.com. How Much Do You Understand About Your Motivation, Your Brain, Your Mind, Your Internal Clutter And Your Reactions To Your ACEs, Traumas or Adverse Life Experiences? VERY FEW PEOPLE Know How-To Clear and...

"Conservative" Legalities Again Seek to Destroy Preventive Medicine and Healthy Society

A federal judge on Thursday struck down the Affordable Care Act (ACA) provision requiring all insurers to cover certain preventive services free of charge, angering the law's supporters. "Individual Plaintiffs need not comply with the preventive care coverage recommendations of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) issued on or after March 23, 2010 [the date the ACA was enacted], because the members of the Task Force have not been appointed in a manner consistent with Article II's...

How poverty and racism 'weather' the body, accelerating aging and disease [npr.org]

By Dave Davies, Photo: Jon Cherry/Getty Images, National Public Radio (NPR), March 28, 2023 In 2020, the overall life expectancy in the U.S. dropped by 1.5 years , largely due to the COVID-19 pandemic. But the reduction wasn't shared equally among the general population; Native American people lost an average of 4.5 years of life expectancy ; Black and Hispanic people lost, on average, 3 years, while white people lost only 1.2 years. This figure tracks with other health trends: In...

Ask the Community

Greetings! I’m writing on behalf of the team behind the new feature documentary film, Sam Now, directed by Reed Harkness. We were invited to join this community and share a bit about the film’s upcoming release in theaters and on PBS this spring. We are hoping to connect audiences of the film with resources and recommendations from this community. Filmed over 3 decades, Sam Now offers a rare chance to follow the real life story of young brothers as they navigate intergenerational trauma, and...Read More...
Last Reply By Alice Quinlan · First Unread Post
Morning all! Last year PACEs Connection launched a worldwide book study initiative — Connecting Communities One Book at a Time — beginning with “What Happened to You? Conversations on Trauma, Resilience and Healing” by Bruce Perry, MD, PhD, and Oprah Winfrey. We worked with our friends at the Children’s Trust Fund Alliance and Prevent Child Abuse Georgia, and held several events including a webinar with Dr. Perry. About 4000 of you registered for that event and about 1200 to attend. Over the...Read More...
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Job Posting: OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT MANAGER-UCAAN

Brigid McCaw
Outreach and engagement manager needed! Work Location Los Angeles,CA Job #32467 Work Hours Monday – Friday, 8:00am – 5:00pm but flexible to meet project needs Employment Type Contract Duration 12 months with possibility of renewal Salary Range $61400.00 – $121400.00 Annual Posted Date February 14, 2023 Apply Now!Read More...

Book Suggestions

I’m looking for recommendations for a book or books about trauma that would appeal to the non professional for a book ok group discussion. Would love to hear your thoughts. My favorites are “the deepest well” and “The Body Keeps the Score”, but I’m a therapist. Thank you.Read More...
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Research enquiry trauma-informed teaching approach

Hello everyone, My name is Katharina Hein and I’m a postgraduate research student at University of Greenwich, United Kingdom. As part of the Professional Doctorate in Education (EdD) I am enrolled at, my research focuses on what impact do Trauma-Sensitive Schools have on students’ social and mental wellbeing when attending ESL classes in the United States? My study has received ethical approval from Greenwich University in London. The purpose of this qualitative exploratory case study is to...Read More...

Original ACE measure

Christina Faulk
Hi All, I'm in search of the original ACE questionnaire used in the original 1998 study (Felitti, V.J., et al., Relationship of childhood abuse and household dysfunction to many of the leading causes of death in adults. The Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study. Am J Prev Med, 1998. 14(4): p. 245-58.) There seems to be differing versions floating around and the link in the original article that directs readers to the questionnaire used doesn't actually take me to the original...Read More...
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