African-American, Native American and Alaska Native women are about three times more likely to die from causes related ot pregnancy, compared to white women in the United States. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/07/health/pregnancy-deaths-.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur
Change is not easy and it takes time. It can be especially challenging when we’re working to change policies and systems that have been in place for decades. But we know change is necessary because many people in America still face discrimination, live in poverty, and do not have the basics they need to be healthy. We also know that some places are making progress to replace policies that are driving inequities with new policies that can help close health gaps. Places like Newark, N.J.,...
I was talking with an acquaintance about childhood in today’s world, compared to a typical childhood of a couple of generations ago. We both came to the conclusion that things were a lot easier back then or, at least it seemed that way. Keep in mind that this conclusion came from two guys who entered the world during the Eisenhower administration, for what that’s worth. Them the subject of “ACE”s came up. I was not really familiar with the acronym, which stands for “adverse childhood...
Join us in Hagerstown, MD, for the next training in our series focused on trauma informed strategies for the community! Unconditional Care features three dynamic speakers focused on how addressing issues of self- care and self-awareness lead to the outcomes we all are striving for children, families and neighborhoods. Group rates are available for organizations registering ten or more attendees, contact Kerry Fair at 240-513-6370 or kfair@besterhope.org to arrange. Our last several trainings...
The principal of a small elementary school in central Massachusetts was approached by his staff with a request. They asked about their school becoming more responsive to trauma owing to the number of children in their classrooms who seemed to be facing adversity in their lives The principal met with the school nurse and the school district psychologist who was assigned to work with students at his rural school to discuss the matter. Together, they reviewed the records of students who were...
Through our signature care management program, the Camden Core Model , our care team serves people with complex health and social needs in the Camden area. Our patients often repeatedly cycle through multiple healthcare, social service, and other systems but do not see lasting benefit from those interactions. Patients enrolled in our intervention are served by an interdisciplinary care team of nurses, social workers, and community health workers. Between 2014 and 2017, patients who our care...
We would like to make the community aware that an amazing national team of practitioners are hosting the Trauma Informed Schools Network Conference: Cultivating Connections in Nashville, TN at Lipscomb University from July 15-16, 2019. The conference will only be around 125 participants. The mission of the conference is to create networks and connections through learning about best practices associated with trauma informed practices. The design of the conference will be trauma informed in...
Disparities in health outcomes continue to be a significant problem in the United States. Many African Americans, Native Americans, Hispanics and the poor die at younger ages and in greater numbers from the most common causes of death than their middle-class and while counterparts. In order to help eliminate these dipartites in death and illness, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation launched the Building a Culture of Health program, which along with its subsidiary, New Jersey Health...
Just wanted to introduce myself. I'm Rene Howitt founder of COPE24...Changing Our Parenting Experience. We are promoting the need to make parenting and child development education a priority in all high schools reaching all students. We produce curriculum and reality-based videos that target the student population. The teachers/educators can utilize our resources as supplemental material to textbooks. You can view trailers of our videos at www.cope24.com.
Please welcome and explore the five newest communities to join our network in Alabama, Florida, Kentucky, New Jersey, and North Carolina. 4 New Communities Join ACEs Connection! BOUNCE - Jefferson County (KY) Edgecombe County (NC) ACEs Connection First 5 Alabama ACEs Connection Healthy Charlotte County (FL) ACEs Connection Newark (NJ) Trauma-Informed Community Network Please find more details about each one of them below. Follow links for a list of all of our ACEs Connection communities or...
The Greater Newark Healthcare Coalition and the Believe in a Healthy Newark Initiative in partnership with ACEs Connection is excited to announce the launch of the Newark Trauma Informed Community Network, an online platform to bring together key partners and stakeholders across sectors to work collaboratively to make Newark a Trauma-Informed city by 2020. Please visit this page to learn more about local trauma-informed initiatives, professional development opportunities, and community...
During the past year with generous funding from the Schumann Fund of New Jersey, GNHCC had the opportunity to partner with the People's Institute for Survival & Beyond to offer its Undoing Racism & Community Organizing Training. These learning sessions helped deepen GNHCC and its partner organizations understanding of historical racism and how to better incorporate a racial equity lens into their work.
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PBS will be airing a documentary series on ACE's. If you do not have this station at home, each episode is available to watch online after it has aired (https://www.tpt.org/whole-people/). The Documentary Series Whole People airs Sunday nights on TPT MN at 7 p.m. (CST) beginning January 13 running through February 10, 2019. The documentary series is the result of a three-year partnership between CentraCare and TPT MN. Watch the Documentaries Episode #1 (January 13th) Episode #2 (January...