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Resiliency is the buzz word for 2018 in Del Norte County! Today, Del Norte's local newspaper featured the activities our community is doing around ACEs and Resiliency , including our upcoming CAPC Roundtable on April 14th. This is a landmark for our community! Thank you to all the amazing, passionate people who have joined together to bring us here. Let's keep going! From the article: This year’s CAPC roundtable discussion will include a basic rundown of what ACEs are and what they mean ,...

With April being Child Abuse Prevention Month there are a handful of events happening in our little community. Please take a moment to add these community events, gatherings, and trainings to your own calendar. Make sure to RSVP as soon as possible!

The effects of ACEs on the developing brain of a child come to life in a hands-on game developed to engage policy-makers, community leaders, and health providers. Del Norte County Child Abuse Prevention Council (DN CAPC) is bringing this Brain Architecture Game to the community, starting with the Family Assistance Network--a group of service providers who meet once a month to share about local activities. Groups of four to six gathered around their tables with one goal in mind: To build a...

Drug-related deaths have grown to be a major US public health problem over the past two decades. Between 2006 and 2015 there were more than 515,000 deaths from drug overdoses and other drug-related causes. The economic, social, and emotional tolls of these deaths are substantial, but some parts of the US are bearing heavier burdens than others. Evidence from the first national study of county-level differences suggests that addressing economic and social conditions will be key to reversing...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Division of Violence Prevention (DVP) is working to increase awareness, understanding, and commitment to violence prevention in a new “Tell Us About Your Hero” video series. The series will highlight people performing extraordinary acts of heroism in an effort to shift the culture and change the context in which violence occurs. Stories may focus on preventing violence types such as suicide, child abuse and neglect, sexual violence, intimate...

This is an invitation to a webinar on April 24 th at 11am PST , hosted by the National Advisory Committee on Rural Health & Human Services (NACRHHS). If you work in a rural county, or a county with significant rural areas - this may be of interest. NACRHHS is a 21-member citizens' panel of nationally recognized experts who provide recommendations on rural issues to the Secretary of the Department. This webinar will present findings and recommendations from a Policy Brief on Understanding...

While some of us may be thinking about St Patrick’s Day or even Easter, others are developing plans to recognize Child Abuse Prevention month in April . Communities across Northern California, including Del Norte, Humboldt, Mendocino, and Lake Counties are dreaming up some amazing ways to recognize Child Abuse Prevention month - see the list below for ideas and inspiration! Are you developing plans to recognize Child Abuse prevention month? Yes? Please share! If you need ideas, check out...

A newly-released study in the journal Substance Use & Misuse surveyed more than 79,339 9th and 11th graders to determine whether protective factors, referred to as "internal assets," impacted risk factors associated with Adverse Childhood Experiences, and the early use of marijuana and alcohol.

"While often a silent and invisible issue, childhood trauma is pervasive, and has profound individual, societal and economic impacts. Many forms of childhood trauma exist, including child physical and sexual abuse. Given the prevalence, impact and availability of prevention and intervention approaches, child abuse deserves the same level of awareness, policy priority and investment as is directed to other issues of significant public health importance. The complex issue of child abuse...

From TED Talks: Childhood trauma isn’t something you just get over as you grow up. Pediatrician Nadine Burke Harris explains that the repeated stress of abuse, neglect and parents struggling with mental health or substance abuse issues has...

The Community & Family Services Division at the Spokane (WA) Regional Health District has come through again, with a Spanish version of the parent handout (in English) that we posted last year , and which has been downloaded thousands of times. The English versions came about whiledoing a story about the trauma-in formed elementary schools in Spokane, WA .I interviewedp ublic health nurse Melissa Charbonneau who said that she'd been giving an...

A comprehensive model of building community capacity in Washington helped make dramatic reductions in rates of health issues and social problems. The Issue In the early 1990’s, Washington state set up a program to tackle issues like domestic violence, school dropouts, youth substance abuse, and others that impact families and children. These are issues that typically had been addressed separately, but the team in Washington focused on addressing them collectively. Key Findings Over 10 to 15...