Audiences first encounter Henry hunched over in his wheelchair, head down, hands clasped firmly together, unresponsive to the world around him. As soon as a pair of headphones are placed on his head, the 94-year-old dementia patient opens his eyes,...
We know that happiness and social connection can have positive benefits on health. Now research suggests that having a sense of purpose or direction in life may also be beneficial. To find out if having a sense of purpose has an effect on aging and...
Addressing ACEs often requires breaking down silos among agencies and funding sources. This article asks whether housing counts as healthcare. New York now has about 47,000 supportive housing units, and the state intends to invest $260 million...
[Burtt and Gladys Richardson with Marcia Stanton, co-founder of the Arizona ACE Consortium] Ever since hearing Dr. Vincent Felitti talk about the Adverse Childhood Experiences Study in 2005, Gladys and Burtt Richardson's top priority has been the primary prevention of ACES and fostering of resilience. To put those goals into practice they have begun developing what they call Family Networks and Neighborhood Networks, starting with their own Sam Hughes neighborhood in Tucson, AZ.
GIH Webinar on Youth Wellness: Addressing Trauma and Promoting Whole Health Slides from July 24 webinar presented by Center for Youth Wellness and Crittenton Children’s Center. Webinar was hosted by Grantmakers in Health are now...
For the last year, Marketplace has been following a grand experiment in education as it unfolds at Oyler School in Lower Price Hill, a lower-income neighborhood in Cincinnati. The effort hinges on a central question: can a school transform a community...
Virginia Commonwealth University has received a five-year, $3 million grant to study how adverse experiences such as severe illnesses, neglect and maltreatment during childhood leave molecular marks in DNA that predict health risks later in life. The...
Earlier this year, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation announced our new focus on building a Culture of Health, working to create a society where getting healthy and staying healthy is a fundamental and guiding social value that helps define American...
An expert on childhood trauma urged members of the Florida Children and Youth Cabinet on Thursday to promote a “baby court” model in which judges, lawyers and caseworkers put the needs of traumatized infants and toddlers before any other...
About 13,000 disabled Pennsylvanians are earning an average of $2.40 an hour in a legal use of subminimum wages. The majority work almost solely with other disabled people, in a world tucked away from the mainstream labor market. They’re...
“I like the people in health care. People in health care, they don’t stare at my son like he’s some kind of freak, you know? They see him for who he is.” She took a deep breath and continued. “It’s different when...
Dr. Metzl’s specialty is treating injuries without surgery. His favorite medicine, he says, is exercise: It is one he takes often and prescribes to all of his patients. He’s completed over 40 marathons and Ironman competitions, and...
The recent reports of moms getting arrested for leaving their kids unattended while they work or go to a job interview shows the reality of “work-life balance” when you’re living paycheck to paycheck. The burden for many low-wage...
Patti Neighmond's July 16, 2014, program for NPR's Stressed Out series, titled: " Want More Stress in Your Life? Try Parenting a Teenage r," shared a lot of what it's like for parents when their child enters the teen years. Ms. Neighmond...
Every year, thousands of children in the U.S. are expelled from school before they reach kindergarten. PBS News Hour special correspondent Molly Knight Raskin reports on the Head Start-Trauma Smart program in Kansas City, Missouri, that’s trying...