Tagged With "child health"
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Tomorrow's webinar: How dialogue around systemic racism can heal communities
n the midst of the twin pandemics of COVID-19 and systemic racism, people are increasingly engaging in conversations around racial equity.
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The CDC Needs Social Science (SAPIENS Anthropology Magazine)
By Robert A. Hahn, December 11, 2020, SAPIENS Anthropology Magazine. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as the primary agency in the United States that monitors, predicts, and responds to chronic disease, injury, outbreaks, and pandemics, should have social science at its heart. It does not. Despite decades of trying to get the agency to take the social sciences more seriously, and some movement on its part, insights from anthropology, along with other social sciences, have...
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Here's what's missing from Biden's Covid-19 plan (The Philadelphia Tribune)
By Hector Carrillo, December 28, 2020, The Philadelphia Tribune. As we head into the next chapter of an ongoing pandemic — one in which a vaccine will hopefully let us see a light at the end of the tunnel — we must be careful not to ease up on the precautionary measures that will keep us safe while we wait for immunity. As infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci said last month, "If you are fighting a battle and the cavalry is on the way, you don't stop shooting until the cavalry gets...
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Open access study reveals harmful effects of redlining on babies born three generations later [news.lib.berkeley.edu]
Virgie Hoban November 19, 2020 It was a racist policy enacted over 80 years ago, but its aftermath dribbles on — all the way to the babies born today, new research shows. Using historical maps and modern birth data, UC Berkeley researchers have found that babies born in California neighborhoods historically redlined — denied federal investments based on the discriminatory lending practices of the 1930s — are now more likely to have poorer health outcomes. The study was published open access...
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Two CDC grant proposal Requests.
Has anyone considered applying? Do you think your community or intuition has made a difference? Prove it. One possible study could be the effect of trauma informed institutions on violence. Grant request #1 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention <no-reply@emailupdates.cdc.gov> To: dhaffron@att.net Tue, Jan 5 at 10:08 AM Research Funding Opportunity Research Grants for Preventing Violence and Violence-Related Injury (RO1) On December 30, 2020, the Centers for Disease Control and...
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5 scenarios for containing the Covid-19 pandemic and returning to a ‘new normal’
STAT FIRST OPINION 5 scenarios for containing the Covid-19 pandemic and returning to a ‘new normal’ By MENACHEM FROMER, SARAH POOLE, and ROBERT M. CALIFF JANUARY 6, 2021 “When will this pandemic be over so we can return to normal life and an open economy?” As researchers who have been carefully following this global health crisis, that’s a question we are often asked by friends, family, and colleagues. While no one can predict the future with high accuracy, many experts are optimistic that...
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CDC: New Research Funding Opportunity Announcement:
[Many of our communities having an effect on youth violence. They should link up with educational institutions to go after funding] [Dennis Haffron] New Research Funding Opportunity Announcement: CDC National Centers of Excellence in Youth Violence Prevention On January 6, 2021, The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released RFA-CE-21-005, The CDC National Centers of Excellence in Youth Violence Prevention (YVPCs): Rigorous Evaluation of Prevention Strategies to Prevent and...
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Communities + Coaches = Moving Data to Action, Together
[Others are facilitating building communities here are stories we can use. Dennis Haffron]
Communities + Coaches = Moving Data to Action, Together
Since 2011, our Action Learning Coaches have provided guidance to individuals & teams across the country working to improve health outcomes and advance equity.
Stay tuned as we share the stories of fives coaches through a new blog series on how they worked together with communities to move data to action.
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CDC: Fatal opioid overdoses and opioid use disorder cost the US $1.02 trillion in 2017.
CDC: Fatal opioid overdoses and opioid use disorder cost the US $1.02 trillion in 2017. The most complete accounting to date of America’s opioid crisis was released by CDC in the journal Drug and Alcohol Dependence . This CDC study expands and updates two prior estimates of the cost of the opioid crisis: a 2016 CDC economic cost study and a 2017 report released by the White House Council of Economic Advisors. In 2017, there were more than 2.1 million people over age 12 with an opioid use...
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STAT E-BOOK: How Covid-19 has fueled unprecedented advances in medicine
The Covid-19 pandemic has reshaped the world of health and medicine.
E-Book Available.
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From SAPIENS: What Makes Vaccines Social?
A potential resolution is on the horizon, but for COVID-19 vaccination to work, people need to be willing to take the vaccines. Like many social scientists working in the fields of vaccine uptake and disaster response and recovery, we anticipated that widespread acceptance of COVID-19 vaccines would be a critical issue—an issue upon which the success of the vaccination campaign, and the solution to the pandemic, would hinge. That is what we are now seeing today.
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New ACEs Aware Videos
ACEs Aware [a California ACEs Initiative] has recently released a brand new video featuring Dr. Burke Harris explaining the symptoms of toxic stress and encouraging providers to sign up for ACEs Aware's free, two-hour online training. The ACEs Aware video is available in full, half, and no animation versions. Links are included in the attachment with recommendations for each channel, but you are encouraged to post the animation version that best suits your audience. Links to all three...
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Webinar will explore strategies to combat food insecurity in communities
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, more people are being forced to make choices between food and transportation, utilities, and medical care—leaving even more at risk of ongoing food insecurity . Join the webinar on February 16 to learn strategies to address food insecurity from two fantastic guest speakers:
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Changes in Suicide in the US [CDC]
Report shows a decline in suicide rates from 2018 to 2019—the first decline in over a decade.
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An urgent need for primary care to engage with social and structural determinants of health
In The Lancet Public Health, Ruth Watkinson and colleagues report on ethnic inequalities in health among older adults (ie, those aged >55 years) by use of the large, nationally representative,
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Important research from Britain. This DOI doesn't work yet but the commentary can be downloaded at https://www.thelancet.com/pdfs...-2667(21)00004-9.pdf The research the commentary focuses on about ethnic variation in health indicators and community SES in Britain can be dowloaded at https://www.thelancet.com/acti...-2667%2820%2930287-5 ["Ethnic inequalities in health-related quality of life among older adults in England: secondary analysis of a national cross-sectional survey," by Ruth...
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The Hill Magazine today published OPED about need to build community resilience
The Hill magazine today published my Commentary calling on the Biden Administration and Congress to recognize the urgent need to link their efforts to address both the pandemic and climate crisis with community-based population-level initiatives to prevent and heal mental health and psychosocial problems. It can be found here: https://thehill.com/changing-america/opinion/540152-pandemic-and-climate-solutions-will-fail-without-a-major-focus-on Building community-based, culturally-grounded,...
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New KidsData.org Release: Positive Childhood Experiences During COVID-19 [positiveexperience.org/blog]
By Loren McCullough and Dr. Bob Sege, 3/11/21, positiveexperience.org/blog What’s going on with families during the COVID pandemic? In partnership with the American Academy of Pediatrics , Prevent Child Abuse America , and with assistance and financial support from the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) , The Lucile Packard Foundation , the California Department of Public Health , and KidsData.org , we surveyed California parents, to find out how they are doing during the...
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A Better Normal Friday, March 26, 2021: PACEs and HOPE with Dr. Christina Bethell
Please join us for our next installment of A Better Normal, our live webinar series in which we imagine and create our society as trauma-informed! You may have seen we changed our name recently from ACEs Connection to PACEs Connection. Please join us to learn all about the groundbreaking research of Positive Childhood Experiences and how this is going to transform the work we are all doing. >>Click here to register<< PACEs and HOPE Live Event Friday, March 26, 2021 Noon PT / 1pm...
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Service User Participation Brings Meaningful Change to Mental Healthcare
Calls for mental health professionals and researchers to more deeply engage with service users and activists
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When Kinship Is Traced Through Women, Their Health Follows
Comparing the two Mosuo communities suggests cultural factors such as gender norms can significantly contribute to differences in men’s and women’s health. Their findings suggest that women’s health improves significantly in matrilineal communities.
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Immune evasion means we need a new COVID-19 social contract
Immune evasion, a virological game changer is as important as the arrival of SARS-CoV-2 variants. Dealing with immune evasion will require a re-evaluation of public health strategies, and the creation of a new, evidence-based social contracts.
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PACEs, an introductory PowerPoint, to build community involvement.
This is the most recent revision of my PowerPoint about “PACEs and the social sciences”. It reflects some of the new information about PACEs and the social sciences.
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Thank you for your comment. The information on slide 11 was an attempt by me to bridge the gap between the ACEs study and the trauma informed responses that have developed. In Dr. Burke Harris’ Ted Talk she focused on the predictability of ACEs for individuals, which is not supported by the ACEs study, and her idea of ACEs becoming a movement, which was more in line with the ACEs study. When following up on her Ted Talk and in reading her book THE DEEPEST WELL I was able to follow her...
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New Release: Humboldt County Home Visiting Program Environmental Scan
In partnership with First 5 Humboldt and funded by the First 5 California Home Visiting Coordination Grant, the California Center for Rural Policy has just released the Humboldt County Home Visiting Program Environmental Scan. The findings and recommendations in the environmental scan are grounded in partner workgroups, interviews, and surveys that occurred in 2020-21 and capture the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on home visiting services. Excerpts: "The organizations that provide home...
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THE DNA OF HOPE: THE SCIENCE OF THE POSITIVE FRAMEWORK
By Dr. Jeff Linkenbach, Director / Research Scientist at The Montana Institute & Co-Investigator at HOPE Center HOPE – Healthy Outcomes from Positive Experiences emerged by applying the Science of the Positive framework to child maltreatment prevention. I have had the honor of co-developing HOPE through initial conceptualization and research which occurred through involvement the CDC’s three-year Knowledge-to-Action (K2A) think tank on The Essentials for Childhood framework in the...
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The LANCET stresses Social Determinants of health
Much evidence has been published supporting Pender's call for social determinants to be considered as key in understanding and treating mental illness. The Lancet Commission on global mental health and sustainable development stated that research consistently shows a strong association between social disadvantage and poor mental health. The COVID-19 pandemic has further focused attention on the importance of social determinants in causing both mental and physical illness.
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American Academy of Pediatrics: Seek to link with families and communities about toxic stress
By focusing on the safe, stable, and nurturing relationships (SSNRs) that buffer adversity and build resilience, pediatric care is on the cusp of a paradigm shift that could reprioritize clinical activities, rewrite research agendas, and realign our collective advocacy.
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THE IFSW STATEMENT TO THE UN 60TH SESSION OF THE COMMISSION FOR SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT (IFSW.org)
The IFSW a non-governmental organization in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council issued the following statement to the UN 60th Session of the Commission for Social Development. The IFSW encompasses 146 social work associations, representing over 5 million social workers worldwide (IFSW, 2021, IFSW Statement on the Draft on the Right to Development). The mission of IFSW is to advocate for social justice, human rights, and social development through plans, actions,...
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Check out this County Health Rankings conference on Racial Healing
In our Exploring the Connection Between Racial Healing and Health webinar this month, we will discuss how racial healing can improve racial and health equity. Join us for this special event held on the National Day of Racial Healing.
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US Census is now Measuring Community Resilience Equitably
There is a new data product: CRE for Equity. The tool includes a new dashboard and data that helps users understand their communities’ social vulnerability and equity.
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Census data provides national views of what was presented in the CTIPP 01/21 health workshop
People in vulnerable populations — as defined by socioeconomic characteristics — made more preventable visits to emergency rooms than others from 2013 to 2017, according to a U.S. Census Bureau working paper.
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The Lancet is discovering ACES… It’s a start
Exposure to childhood adversity is a global public health concern. Meta-analyses have shown that exposure to adverse childhood experiences are directly and intergenerationally associated with poor mental and physical health outcomes and result in considerable economic costs to society. However, the potential role of adverse childhood exposures in associations between social inequalities and poor long-term health outcomes is largely uncharted.
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Webinar about Reimagining a public health system to build an equitable tomorrow
The panelists will share challenges and opportunities before us at the federal, state, and local levels to reimagine a robust, responsive and just public health system.
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Childhood Adversity, Social Inequality, and Public Policy
Adversity in childhood can be prevented by going upstream and creating social policies that support optimal familial environments in early childhood. Such policies could focus on parenting, parent mental health and substance use, and poverty reduction, among other targets.