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Mary Blackborow refers to herself as a worker bee, I call her a school health thought leader. Mary is a pragmatic problem solver with a brilliant mind for simplifying the most complex issues. She has the mind of an engineer with the heart of a nurse. Mary's logical thinking and compassionate care served her NJ high school students well for 18 years. She is a student advocate and champion for social justice. Advocacy is listed as the first characteristic under the Leadership principal of...

What’s your relationship coping skill? Find out why it’s so important to say something! Say something, I’m giving up on you I’ll be the one, if you want me to Anywhere, I would’ve followed you Say something, I’m giving up on you Lyrics from “ Say Something ” by A Great Big World So often in relationships, when the going gets tough, partners turn away from each other instead of toward each other for support. But within the painful experience of feeling hurt and alone lies the opportunity to...

New ACEs Connection Community for Phoenix will share about trauma informed practices and initiatives happening in the region, as well as take a deep dive exploring how historical trauma intersects with ACEs. Everyone is welcome to share insights and resources related to historical trauma, even if you don't live in the area. Welcome!

Doctors don't take women seriously when they say they're sick, according to Maya Dusenbery. Her book, "Doing Harm," explores how systemic and unconscious biases lead to poor medical treatment for women. Dusenbery joins Forum to share her own experience of being diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis at age 27 and to discuss her ideas for alleviating sexism in health care. Guests: Maya Dusenbery, executive editor, Feministing; author, "Doing Harm: The Truth About How Bad Medicine and Lazy...

The woman arrived at the emergency department at Huntington Hospital on New York's Long Island after she was hit by her boyfriend during an argument. Her situation raised concerns among the medical staff, which had recently been trained to be on the lookout for signs of sex trafficking. An undocumented immigrant from El Salvador, she worked at a local cantina frequented by immigrants. Her job was to get patrons drinks and to dance with them, but many workers in those jobs are expected to...

The Conversation Flinching as a gunshot whizzes past your window. Covering your ears when a police car races down your street, sirens blaring. Walking past a drug deal on your block or a beating at your school. For kids living in picket-fence suburbia, these experiences might be rare. But for their peers in urban poverty, they are all too commonplace. More than half of children and adolescents living in cities have experienced some form of community violence — acts of disturbance or crime...

The Chronicle of Social Change is highlighting each of the policy recommendations made this summer by the participants of the Foster Youth Internship Program (FYI), a group of 10 former foster youths who have completed congressional internships. The program is overseen each summer by the Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute. Each of the FYI participants crafted a policy recommendation during their time in Washington, D.C. Today we highlight the recommendation of Brittney Barros, 20,...

Depending on who you speak to, skin diseases are much more than an affliction of the skin, but also affecting the mind of individuals and their families. Psychodermatology is a relatively new area of study and increasingly demonstrating the value of treating the mind in order to support the body. The discipline seeks to explain the connection between psychological issues and skin disease, specifically how stress factors into the equation. While psychodermatology is a relatively new concept...

If all goes as planned, this clinic will prescribe the opiates that she will become addicted to—again. They will dull her constant physical pain. They will dull her psychological torment—the particular trait that makes them so attractive to so many. The doctors involved in prescribing them largely overlook the psychological torment, however; a narrow view of a very complicated problem makes for convenient medical treatment.

Many forms of childhood cancers have gone from being a death sentence to a curable disease. Thanks to advances in treatments, the overall survival rate for childhood cancers has increased from 10% a few decades ago to nearly 90% today. This means that by the year 2020, an estimated half a million survivors of childhood cancer will be living in the U.S. With more children surviving, though, it has become increasingly clear that cancer and the subsequent treatments, such as chemo or radiation...

Given the prominence and volume of those voices expressing fear and dislike of immigrants—especially of the undocumented variety—it's easy to forget that theirs is a minority opinion. A Gallup poll released earlier this year found 75 percent of Americans think immigration is "generally a good thing" for the country. A new analysis of public views on the politically charged topic provides a nuanced look at public opinion on this topic—and comes to some fascinating conclusions. For one: More...

FRESNO, Calif.—Census tract 06019000100 has a lot going for it. Locals cheer the melting-pot atmosphere, the arts scene, the nearby nature, and the affordable housing—affordable in national terms , which feels all the more amazing given that it is a quick drive both to the grandeur of Yosemite and to the tech hub of the Bay Area. Start your car up and grab a coffee here at 9 a.m., and you could be standing in downtown San Francisco or in front of Apple’s headquarters by noon. For all that,...