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What happens to kids when their schools are destroyed? [vox.com]

Palisades Charter Elementary School was destroyed in the Los Angeles wildfires. Jason Armond/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images By Anna North, Vox, Image: Jason Armond/Los Angeles Times/Getty Images , January 16, 2025 Kids lose so much when a disaster strikes. Too many have lost family members to the wildfires that have raged across Los Angeles in recent days. They’ve lost homes. They’ve lost the sense of security and predictability that so many kids depend on. And, to add insult to injury,...

Talking to Kids About Wildfires [psychologytoday.com]

Helping kids navigate the fear and uncertainty of wildfires. By Ken Druck, Psychology Today, Image: Unsplash on Crowdstack tool , January 10, 2025 Years ago, many of my friends and neighbors were under siege by 70-mile-per-hour Santa Ana winds and wildfires, decimating their homes and obliterating their sense of safety and security. Terrifying reports and pictures of people running for their lives, burned-out homes, and tearfully devastated families who had lost everything flooded the media...

Loud, angry, and Indigenous: Heavy metal takes on colonialism and climate change [grist.org]

By Taylar Dawn Stagner, Grist, Illustration: Sachi Kitajima Mulkey /Grist , December 23, 2024 The crowd sways like starlings in murmuration as we wait for the show to start. The relaxed vibe belies the pandemonium about to be unleashed. Metal concerts are like that. To an outsider, they appear violent, and they can be, but to fans like me they are a place of solace. I’ve been attending concerts since I was a teenager; the first was in a dusty parking lot and I never looked back. At the time,...

For Many Rural Women, Finding Maternity Care Outweighs Concerns About Abortion Access [kffhealthnews.org]

Baker County, Oregon, is one of many rural places in states that protect abortion rights where access to prenatal and birthing care is considered by locals to be a more urgent medical need than expanded access to abortion. But the new abortion bans affect these places, too. With abortion now illegal in nearby Idaho, access to pregnancy care in cases in which termination may be medically necessary has also been diminished for residents of Baker County. (Lillian Mongeau Hughes for KFF Health...

‘This is what grief has looked like for me’—ISL editor opens up about spouse’s death (Amie Rivers with Iowa Starting Line)

To read more of Amie Rivers article, please click here. I am writing about grief, because right now it is the only thing I can write about. And fair warning—particularly if you’ve lost someone to suicide—this may be difficult to read. (Out of respect for our families and for readers, I will not discuss specific details below. If you or a loved one is looking for crisis resources, call Your Life Iowa at (855) 581-8111 , text (855) 895-8398 , or live chat at yourlifeiowa.org . You can also...

💛Reminder re: LA Wildfires - Join the Trauma Resource Institute Today: United For Healing Gathering - Open To The Public!

As the Trauma Resource Intitute (TRI) continues to connect with our Los Angeles community, we recognize the challenges this evolving situation presents and are so grateful for the outpouring of support we have received so far. We are writing to remind you of tomorrow’s free United for Healing Gathering , the first in a series of weekly online gatherings TRI will be hosting. These online gatherings are open to the public. Led by Elaine Miller-Karas and Dr. Michael Sapp, these 1-hour are...

Systems for Action: Community-Led Systems Research to Address Systemic Racism [rwjf.org]

Systems for Action: Community-Led Systems Research to Address Systemic Racism is seeking community-led pilot studies to produce new, actionable evidence about how to help medical, social, and public health systems work together to address forms of systemic racism. Application Deadline, June 04, 2025 12:00 p.m. PT Introduction & Purpose The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) is committed to taking bold leaps to transform health in our lifetime and paving the way together to a future...

Teens face body image crisis as social media fuels dissatisfaction globally [news-medical.net]

New research shows how platforms like YouTube and Snapchat amplify body dissatisfaction among youth, with sociodemographic factors adding to the challenge—highlighting the need for targeted global solutions. By Hugo Francisco de Souza, News Medical & Life Sciences, Image: Kaspars Grinvalds / Shutterstock , January 12, 2025 In a recent study published in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics , researchers investigated the prevalence of body weight dissatisfaction among...

Disposable Children: The prevalence of child abuse and trauma among children prosecuted as adults in Maryland [aecf.org]

By The Annie E. Casey Foundation, Human Rights for Kids, Image: screenshot from website , December 10, 2024 Summary This report details the results of a study on the prevalence of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and childhood trauma among people incarcerated in Maryland state prisons for crimes they committed as children. While the number of children detained in the juvenile justice system has sharply declined over the past two decades, this promising trend leaves out a troubling fact:...

Climate Change Threatens the Mental Well-Being of Youths. Here’s How To Help Them Cope. [kffhealthnews.org]

Abby Rafeek, a 14-year-old high school student from Gardena, California, says decision-makers aren’t doing enough to address climate change. “I think if we figure out how to live on Mars and explore the deep sea, we could definitely figure out how to live here in a healthy environment,” she says. (Jenna Schoenefeld for KFF Health News) By Bernard J. Wolfson, Kaiser Family Foundation Health News, Image: Jenna Schoenfeld for KFF Health News , January 9, 2025 We’ve all read the stories and seen...

Prevalence of and Inequities in Poor Mental Health Across 3 US Surveys, 2011 to 2022 [jamanetwork.com]

By Emily Wright, Emily C. Dore, Karestan C. Koenen, et al., JAMA Network Open, Image: Unsplash in Crowdstack tool , January 15, 2025 Introduction Prior literature suggests mental health issues in the United States have not only increased population-wide in recent decades but also accumulated unevenly and unjustly across social groups. 1 - 3 However, few studies have leveraged multiple national surveys to strengthen understanding of the changing burden of poor mental health and differences...

The Power And Resilience In Exploring Family History And Trauma [forbes.com]

I Am Nobody's Slave: How Uncovering My Family's History Set Me Free HarperCollins Publishers By Marybeth Gasman, Forbes, Image: screenshot from article , January 14, 2025 In I am Nobody’s Slave: How Uncovering My Family’s History Set Me Free , Lee Hawkins examines his family’s legacy of trauma and bold resilience as a result of enslavement. He draws on historical data, oral history interviews, genetic testing, and genealogical research to tell a powerful story that has led to healing despite...

Resilience and Vulnerability: Suicide-Specific Cognitions in a Nationally Representative Sample of US Military Veterans [psychiatrist.com]

By Ian C. Fisher, Brandon Nichter, Benjamin Trachik, et al., Psychiatrist.com, Image: Unsplash , January 14, 2025 Abstract Objective: US military veterans are at elevated risk for suicide. High levels of suicide-specific cognitions, an indicator of chronic suicide risk, have been found to predict suicidal behaviors. The objective of this study was to examine data from a large, nationally representative sample of US veterans to determine the prevalence and correlates of high chronic suicide...

Resource: Active Shooter Drills Research: An Annotated Bibliography [hhs.gov]

From U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Image: Unsplash , January 14, 2025 Introduction: The original ask was specifically: “Department of Health and Human Services consider drafting a literature review of the effect that trauma has on students (including but also beyond research related to active shooter drills).” HHS colleagues who met to discuss this ask confirmed that a review of the literature on overall trauma and stress in school-aged children is not helpful to the purpose...

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