Tagged With "Arkansas"

The Arkansas Adverse Childhood Experiences and Resilience Workgroup hosted its first ACEs/Resilience Summit: Every Child Deserves a Champion on Oct. 13, 2017. With more than 100 in attendance, including Susan Hutchinson, First Lady of Arkansas, the workgroup started a larger conversation about ACEs, their impacts, and what communities and organizations are doing to prevent and treat ACEs and help children and families build resilience. Dr. Alan Mease , medical director for child and...

Dr. Alan Mease, medical director for child and adolescent health at the Arkansas Department of Health, participated on a panel that explored the role of state policy as it relates to children’s health and well-being at the National Council of State Legislatures’ legislative summit, held July 30 – Aug. 2 in Los Angeles. Dr. Mease presented about ACEs and resilience, as well as legislative efforts in states to address ACEs. His presentation included information developed by the UA-Little Rock...

As a follow-up to their story about the Child Trends ACEs report and Arkansas' No. 1 ranking for percentage of children with at least one ACE, KUAR, the Central Arkansas NPR affiliate profiled the Arkansas ACEs/Resilience Workgroup. You can read or listen to the story here .

By Peter Sullivan, The Hill, January 7, 2020 A new study finds that Medicaid expansion improved people’s health in Southern states, resulting in fewer declines in people’s health. The study published in Health Affairs finds that Medicaid expansion made declines in health status 1.8 percentage points less likely in states that expanded the medical coverage. It examined 12 Southern states, including those that have accepted the expansion of Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act, like...

That's SO exciting, Janie! Congratulations!! Can I cross-post this onto the main network?

Sure!