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As the Pandemic Rages on, a Conversation about Stress and Coping [alumni.berkeley.edu]

 

By Maddy Weinberg, California Magazine, December 2020

As California’s first-ever surgeon general, how do you hope to shape the position?

Dr. Nadine Burke Harris: Governor Newsom established the position of California Surgeon General with the understanding that some of the most pernicious, but least-addressed health challenges are the upstream factors that eventually become chronic and acute conditions that are far more difficult and expensive to treat. As the first California Surgeon General, I have prioritized early childhood development, health equity, adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), and toxic stress.

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought about many new challenges, but the work around health equity and ACEs and toxic stress is more important now than ever.

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