The Children's Partnership has released a community outreach toolkit, ALL IN to Keep Kids Covered, designed to help schools, child care providers, and other child and family champions share information about the Medi-Cal renewal process with families.
NEW research finds maternal COVID-19 infection during pregnancy causally, and substantially, increased the risk of preterm birth—an infant outcome with lifelong consequences for health and socioeconomic well-being.
Today, a young American woman between the ages of 25 and 34 face higher mortality rates than at any other point in more than 50 years. And had the mortality rate remained flat between 2000 and 2021, nearly 40,000 young women would not have died.
~Sara Srygley of PRB
An electronic platform may be a suitable tool to augment public health contact tracing activities by allowing participants to select an online platform for contact tracing rather than sitting for an interview.
There's a free webcast tonight from the National Humanities Center on Public Health Literacy that might interest many of you:
Beyond “Just Follow the Science”: Concepts and Tools for Teaching Public Health Literacy in the Classroom, led by historian Nancy Tomes. Learn strategies to develop new forms of public health literacy.
Jonas Salk, the virologist who developed one of the first polio vaccines, famously said it would not be right for anyone to patent it, asking: "Could you patent the sun?" Salon took a look at his life and work, and spoke to his son, Dr. Peter Salk of the University of Pittsburgh's School of Public Health, about the lessons we can learn from him.
As Medicaid unwinds... Before the pandemic expanded Medicaid coverage, ~30% of prenatal Medicaid enrollees had lapses in Medicaid coverage by 9-10 months postpartum. State postpartum Medicaid extensions could prevent a return to prepandemic rates of postpartum coverage loss. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37406233/
As Medicaid unwinds... Before the pandemic expanded Medicaid coverage, only more than 30% of prenatal Medicaid enrollees had lapses in Medicaid coverage by 9-10 months postpartum. State postpartum Medicaid extensions could prevent a return to prepandemic rates of postpartum coverage loss. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37406233/
So delighted that our colleagues at PRB won our first Clio Award for the campaign with Dr. Shalon's Maternal Action Project and TANK Worldwide calling attention to the Black maternal health crisis in America.
📣 📰 KidsData in the News: @elissamio of @mercnews cites our data on youth STI rates in her story on recently vetoed legislation that would have provided students with free condoms at #California public schools.
Popular discussion of the harm caused by guns focuses on deaths, overlooking non-fatal injuries. But for every kid in the U.S. who dies from a shooting, 2 more are treated for bodily harm.
🎓 Webinar: Video Games as a Violence Prevention Tool
In this webinar, the founder and executive director of the ngo Jennifer Ann's Group will discuss how video games can be utilized to teach consent, healthy relationships, and resilience.
Join us to hear about this organization’s mission and work, and how these strategies can be used for violence prevention work with youth.
📆 Oct 19th 10:30AM-12PMPST / 1:30-3PM EST
Free and open to everyone! ASL interpreters will be present.
Join OVC Director Kristina Rose for October’s From the Director’s Desk Call
During this month’s 'From the Director’s Desk' briefing, OVC Director Kristina Rose anticipates discussing Domestic Violence Awareness and Prevention Month, funding awards, takeaways from recent travels, the status of the Crime Victims Fund, and more.
📆 The call is scheduled for Thursday, October 12, 2023, at 3:00 p.m., eastern time.
Subsequent calls will take place the second Thursday of each month at 3:00 p.m., eastern time.
While participants will not be able to ask questions during the call, we encourage the crime victims field to email any questions to [email protected].
it's that time of year where we will soon spend a lot of time indoors, and have a lot of gatherings with family and friends, so to protect them and engage safely, be sure to get vaxxed up!
check out this updated COVID19 resource. It's from a Center for Independent Living so it's made by #Disabled folks (w/ #PublicHealth background) and centers disabled people.
Last week California's governor signed into law a first-in-the-nation state excise tax on sales of firearms and ammunition, aimed at raising funds to prevent gun violence in California schools and elsewhere.
We can think of least 17,031 reasons why policy changes matter. Learn more in our blog by Program Director @DataGeekB
It seems like Mastodon is losing its mindshare to #Bluesky among many academics.
I can't help but think this has to do with the self-imposed limitations of Mastdon — lack of quotes, ordered timeline, etc. Makes it less interesting to use, for no real advantage.
Sad, because the underlying decentralization is much more robust.
⭐ What I have said is that some people absolutely do not want them. And I said I think we should request for their consent before forcing them to use them.
🎓 Don't believe everything you read.
🎮 On a related topic: later this month the NGO I work with is publishing the first of a series of free video games that teach and encourage the use of critical thinking.
In a study led by Ann Cheney at UC Riverside, caregivers said the Salton Sea environment is toxic to children's health.
Sulfuric smells, dust storms, chemicals, and fires in the area contribute to chronic health conditions among kids, including asthma, bronchitis, and pneumonia, they reported.
Cheney and her team engaged with 36 people via focus groups or one-on-one interviews. Participants lived in the northern part of the Salton Sea and were Latinx and Indigenous Mexican caregivers of children with asthma and respiratory problems. The study was conducted from fall 2019 to spring 2021.
⭐ The Superintendents from the 3 school districts in the El Paso region are attending this weekend's benefit!
🎓 We are eager to continue our work with school systems in an effort to engage students about important issues like consent, healthy relationships, and teen dating violence!