February 2023

By Laura Gallant, 2/16/2023, https://positiveexperience.org The 3 rd Annual HOPE Summit – Practicing HOPE will take place online, March 29-30, register now ! During the Summit, we will have opportunities to network with the other attendees and presenters, and participate in interactive workshops choosing from the over 15 different workshops. You will walk away with tangible ideas, methods, and tools to implement the HOPE framework in your work. If you are not familiar with the HOPE...

By Sandro Galea, Photo: Hussein Malla/AP Photo, February 10, 2023 It has been hard to look away from the stories and images coming out of Turkey and Syria in the wake of the two recent earthquakes there that have left more than 33,000 people dead, a number which will undoubtedly rise. Each day brings a new haunting image, a new story of how the disaster has affected individuals and families, a new reminder of the devastating effect of mass traumatic events. The process of recovery will be...

Figure: Black Adolescents Are More Likely to Flourish in Neighborhoods Featuring Four Key Amenities. Source: Authors’ analysis of 2020-2021 data from the National Survey of Children’s Health By Mavis Sanders, Jennifer Winston, Shana E. Rochester, Child Trends, February 14, 2023 Our new analysis of 2020-2021 National Survey of Children’s Health (NSCH) data shows a statistically significant association between flourishing—a condition of mental well-being associated with positive personal and...

The Quitco family got financial coaching through a program at their pediatrician's office. It's helped them get ahead. Quitco family By Pien Huang, National Public Radio, February 15, 2023 In 2018, Chris and Daisy Quitco of Compton, Calif., had a baby girl. When they brought her to the pediatrician for a one-month checkup, they expected to encounter doctors, crying babies and flu shots. They didn't expect to see a personal finance coach in the exam room. For the Quitcos, it turned out to be...

New York state Assembly member Andrew Hevesi (D), left, and Sen. Jabari Brisport (D), stand with lawmakers and advocates supporting a package of bills that would fund communities most affected by child welfare agencies. Photo by Hans Pennink. By Madison Hunt and Adilia Watson, The Imprint, February 7, 2023 A group of lawmakers, youth activists and advocates for children and families gathered today on the steps of the New York State Capitol to call for direct investments in communities with...

The healthcare gap between rural and urban patients is finally beginning to close. Remote technology like video conferencing can help patients connect with doctors all over the country, and doctors can use the Internet of Things (IoT) to assess patients’ biometrics remotely. Despite these recent advancements, the disparity between rural and urban healthcare is significant. The age-adjusted death rate in rural areas is 7% higher than in urban areas and folks who live in a rural area are more...

After the earthquake in Turkey, Syria earthquake the death toll surpasses around 40,000 and more than 70 million children effected according to the UN report. The Safety precautionary measures during an earthquake is highly important for everyone. a) Drop under heavy furniture such a table, desk, bed or any solid furniture. b) Cover your head and torso to prevent being hit by falling objects. c) Hold on the objects that you are under so that you remain covered. Be prepared to move with the...

In this episode of Transforming Trauma, NARM Senior Trainer Brad Kammer, is joined by Tina Sacks, PhD. an associate professor in the School of Social Welfare at the University of California, Berkeley. Her fields of interest include racial inequities in health, social determinants of health, and poverty and inequality; in other words, how people’s experience of being othered affects their well-being overall. Tina’s professional work emerges from her own experience of being othered as a...

Together with The Child Welfare Education Institute at Stockton University, Postpartum Support International- New Jersey Chapter, and Southern New Jersey Perinatal Cooperative, Prevent Child Abuse-New Jersey will be hosting a conference on March 15 th 8:30am to 3:30pm at Stockton University in Galloway. The conference is titled Uniting a Community for Birth Equity: Reshaping Birth Outcomes & Experiences in South Jersey . This conference hopes to present a day full of research and...

By Amanda Ripley, Image: Screenshot from article, The Washington Post, February 9, 2023 We hear a lot about the shocking dysfunction in Congress. By my count, this paper has published 90 articles on the GOP’s many tortured attempts to elect a speaker and another 84 (and counting) on the debt ceiling. But what about stories of shocking function? Lately, I find those stories even more captivating. For example, if any congressional committee were set up to fail, it was the Select Committee on...

By Claire Cain Miller, Sarah Kliff, and Larry Buchannan, Image: From article, The New York Times, February 12, 2023 In the United States, the richest mothers and their newborns are the most likely to survive the year after childbirth — except when the family is Black, according to a groundbreaking new study of two million California births. The richest Black mothers and their babies are twice as likely to die as the richest white mothers and their babies. Research has repeatedly shown that...

By V (formerly Eve Ensler) and V-Day Activists, Photo: Edgar Kanayko Xakriaba, The Guardian, February 14, 2023 The pushback against women in this moment is terrifying and vast. When we started the global V-Day women’s movement after the publication of The Vagina Monologues, saying the word “vagina” out loud was taboo. It’s not any more, but our work remains as pressing as ever. Although we may not have ended violence against all women, trans and non-binary people, we have made a mark. We...