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By James Lardner, The New Yorker, July 30, 2021 W hat would it take to arouse a sense of financial restraint among America’s top corporate executives and the people who set their pay? More than a global pandemic, it turns out. The C.E.O. of the cruise-ship operator Carnival Corporation, Arnold Donald, got $5.2 million in retention and performance-based stock awards last year, lifting his total 2020 compensation to an estimated $13.3 million—nearly twenty per cent more than his 2019 total.

By Avram Goldstein, California Health Care Foundation, August 2, 2021 In this extraordinary era of pandemic isolation, social distancing, and masking, it makes perfect sense that loneliness and its impact on mental and physical health would garner literary attention. Vivek Murthy, MD, MBA, the US surgeon general, released a book early in the pandemic saying America is experiencing a loneliness epidemic . Murthy reported that chronic loneliness works this way: Persistent stress increases...

By Moriah Balingit and Kate Rabinowitz, The Washington Post, July 27, 2021 When school buildings were shuttered last year, Torlecia Bates had not given much thought to home schooling her two school-aged children. Like a lot of parents, Bates, who lives outside of Richmond, viewed remote schooling as a temporary inconvenience, and had plans of sending them back as soon as schools reopened. Then something in her shifted. Following the murder of George Floyd, Bates, who is Black, had a panic...

For my coursework in Building Resiliency, I created a multilevel intervention that uses the CDC’s Social Ecological Model as a framework for increasing resiliency in opioid dependent veterans. The purpose of this intervention is to target a sub-population of individuals who are enduring an epidemic that needs more assistance, especially now that many are being affected by COVID-19. Veterans are a population of people I feel get taken for granted. We need to give more back and spend more time...

Over 250 people from around the United States participated in “Historical Trauma in the American South” on July 15, 2021, the first of six events in PACEs Connections’ Historical Trauma in America Series that examines the impact of intergenerational trauma on the health and well-being of individuals today. Historical trauma—another term for intergenerational trauma—is defined by Dr. Maria Yellow Horse Brave Heart as multigenerational trauma experienced by a specific cultural group resulting...

By Jason M. Nagata, Kyle T. Ganson, and Omar M. Sajjad, et al., JAMA Pediatrics, May 17, 2021 Research has consistently shown that racism is detrimental to the health of children, adolescents, and their families. 1 These consequences range from higher infant mortality to poorer mental health and juvenile justice involvement. 1 Despite the plethora of known adverse outcomes associated with racism among young people, little is known regarding the number of children who report that they...

How can we create local housing solutions that advance racial and economic equity, mitigate displacement, and ensure affordable and quality housing for all residents? Join us on Monday, August 16, at 11am PT / 2pm ET for Policy Solutions to Advance Housing Justice , an in-depth discussion. In this 75-minute episode, our panelists will focus on the intersection of health and housing, offering equity-focused and people-centered housing solutions. ChangeLab Solutions senior attorney Gregory...

You’re invited to join Kaiser Permanente’s Institute for Health Policy for a conversation on the future of healthy schools. This virtual forum will take place online August 30th from 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. PT / 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. ET. REGISTER Schools systems have the power to improve the health of a whole community. This virtual event will explore how health and education professionals can collaboratively and sustainably build healthy schools. Attendees will learn about school funding,...

Representative Valerie Longhurst (l) and Senator Marie Pinkney (r) of Delaware A bill to address the mental health needs of children in Delaware ( HB 100 ) passed both the House and Senate unanimously in June and now awaits Governor John Carney’s signature. Strong support for the bill came from the Delaware State Education Association (DSEA), said Deb Stevens, director of instructional advocacy at DSEA. DSEA and the Department of Education collaborate on PreK-12 trauma/resilience issues and...

By Katherine Ellison, The Washington Post, July 31, 2021 Remember the lines from that old folk song? “If living were a thing that money could buy “You know the rich would live and the poor would die.” Sadly, research shows there’s little “if” about it. On average, poor people live less healthy lives and are more than three times as likely to die prematurely as the rich. That’s true for many well-documented reasons, including less healthy diets with too much processed food, polluted...

By Heather Forkey, Moira Szilagyi, Erin T. Kelly, and James Duffee, American Academy of Pediatrics, August 2021 Abstract Most children will experience some type of trauma during childhood, and many children suffer from significant adversities. Research in genetics, neuroscience, and epidemiology all provide evidence that these experiences have effects at the molecular, cellular, and organ level, with consequences on physical, emotional, developmental, and behavioral health across the life...

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) can be a gateway to addiction and substance abuse. Knowing the signs and how substance use can become a problem is key to understanding how to avoid addiction. Treating PTSD PTSD can cause some physical and mental effects on the body such as hyper-vigilance, physical reactions to reminders of trauma, or symptoms of anxiety and depression. These signs and symptoms can be treated, and sometimes include conventional medication along with therapy or rehab.