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By Colleen DeGuzman, Photo: E+/Getty Images, California Healthline, December 5, 2023 Many people from racial and ethnic minority groups brace themselves for insults and judgments before medical appointments, according to a new survey of patients that reaffirms the prevalence of racial discrimination in the U.S. health system. The KFF survey of nearly 6,300 patients who have had care in the past three years found that about 55% of Black adults feel they have to be very careful about their...

Crystal Pérez Lira, founder of Bloodys Red Tijuana. Ana Ramirez for STAT By Olivia Goldhill, STAT, December 7, 2023 Just over a decade ago, when Crystal Pérez Lira needed an abortion, she had to leave Mexico. The procedure was illegal in her home state of Baja California and so deeply stigmatized that even Pérez Lira supported the procedure only for those who were raped. Until she unexpectedly got pregnant. She traveled to the U.S. for help, walking alone across the border from Tijuana to...

The research calls for greater attention to the long-term health of women and girls – both before and after pregnancy. Photograph: Rogelio V Solis/AP By Andrew Gregory, The Guardian, December 6, 2023 More than 40 million women a year experience lasting health issues after childbirth, a global review has found, prompting calls for greater recognition of common postnatal problems. The sweeping analysis of maternal health worldwide shows a very high burden of long-term conditions that last for...

Leslie McIntire, 69, is part of the baby boomer generation that is entering older age amid a historic affordable housing shortage and rising wealth inequality in the U.S. Keren Carrión/NPR By Jennifer Ludden, National Public Radio (NPR), November 30, 2023 A few decades ago, Leslie McIntire thought she was doing everything right for a comfortable life. She was a tax accountant in Washington, D.C., and co-owned a not-for-profit bookstore. "I had good savings," she says. "I was quite happy,...

Recently arrived migrants congregate outside of the Roosevelt Hotel in midtown Manhattan on September 28, 2023 in New York City. Schools are preparing for disruption as a new shelter stay limit approaches for migrant families. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) (Spencer Platt/Getty Images) By Michael Elsen-Rooney, Chalkbeat, November 29, 2023 New York City schools have started preparing for a massive reshuffling of students as early as next month, as thousands of migrant families face a...

By Catherine Hajnal and Seanna Quresette, Photo: from article, Career Wise Weekly, November 30, 2023 Do you ever wonder why you are drawn to a helping profession? As career professionals, we constantly help people through life transitions in wide-ranging ways. Along with our knowledge, skills and abilities, we bring to this work our personal perspectives and frameworks on what it means to “help” and who exactly needs helping. When we look at what gets in the way of well-being for clients,...

By Laura Gallant, 12.7.23, https://positiveexperience.org/blog/ Last year we posted a blog about 10 ways to practice positive childhood experiences (PCEs) during the holiday season . By popular demand, we created a new resource based on the blog that can be downloaded and easily shared. These holiday tips were adapted from our original 10 ways to promote positive experiences fact sheet. Through this seasonal resource, we want to share that no matter what or how you celebrate, there are big...

By Hali Kil, Photo: from article, Greater Good Magazine, November 28, 2023 With the holiday season just around the corner, families and households will soon be gathering to give and receive gifts. Many will also be sending donations to communities in crisis, and organizing charity events and food drives to help others. The reason for our holiday generosity is obvious to us as adults. We hold a sense of moral responsibility to be kind and get a satisfying feeling of having done a good deed.

By Healthworld, Photo: from article, The Economic Times Healthworld, December 4, 2023 According to a recent study, adolescents and young adults who had adverse childh ood experiences (ACEs) before the age of 18 had a substantially higher risk of presenting indications of muscular dysmorphia. The findings were published in the Clinical Social Work Journal. [ Please click here to read more .]

By Kate Woodsome, Illustration: iStock, The Washington Post, December 4, 2023 In the holiday season, people often bring more than leftovers to work. They’re stressed by tight budgets. Alcohol flows. Trips home or down memory lane can feel like a warm embrace or a chill blast of unmet childhood needs. The hangover from all of this can be noticeable on the job. But no matter the season, every day can be bring-your-inner-child-to-work day. And everyone would be better off if workplaces took...

December 6, 2023: This week, Suds of Love Truck aka "Miss Dorothy" was spotted serving Lumberton Christian Care Center! Founded by Tina M. Bowen, Suds of Love Truck is a 30 ft truck equipped with three sets of washers and dryers, a full bathroom, and hygiene products to assist unhoused individuals and those in need. Suds of Love also assists local schools with their washer and dryer needs as well as with disaster relief. For more information about Suds of Love and how to support their...

Most of us already know that complex trauma is a significant public health concern. With the Level 1 NARM Online Basics Training, helping professionals can play a vital role in delivering trauma-informed care to their community, even if they're not mental health providers. On this episode of Transforming Trauma, Emily is joined by Stefanie Klein, LCSW, Faculty and Assistant Training Director at the NARM Training Institute, to preview the Level 1 NARM Online Basics Training (OBT), the live...