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The culmination of thousands of hours from our Trauma-Resilient Educational Communities (TREC) team in developing our TREC Model, we launched TRECeducation.com website on Thursday, January 25, 2024. Craig Beswick, Vice-President, School Development Division, Lifelong Learning Administration Corporation (LLAC) opened up our exciting launch, which was hosted by the beautiful UCSD Park & Market in downtown San Diego. Craig warmly welcomed over 200 attendees to our Awards Ceremony and TREC...

“YES!” was the response of Gaile Osborne, executive director of Foster Family Alliance of North Carolina (FFANC), when asked for input on a new program to help foster and kinship care families learn how to support the brain development of young children. “I love these Brain Insights materials. How soon can we start?” said Osborne upon receiving the "The First 60 Days ” booklet on myths about newborns and their caregivers and the eight “ Neuro-Nurturing ” ringed books. The materials delivered...

Presented by Clifford Beers Community Care Center, the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation and KPJR Films, Healing the Generations is a two-day conference which brings together trauma-informed authors, leaders, and changemakers whose work focuses on resilience, trauma, and anti-racism. REGISTER HERE Collectively, we recognize the health implications that grief, loss, political unrest, and racial trauma have on the human body. We are convinced that in our families, communities, and ancestors,...

Christina Bethell, Ph.D, MBA, MPH, founder of the Child and Adolescent Health Measurement Initiative (CAHMI), principal author of the groundbreaking study on positive childhood experiences, and creator of the free Well Visit Planner, among other innovations. Two internationally-respected leaders and innovators in complementary aspects of early relational health and childhood and maternal health equity recently launched a partnership they believe will benefit everyone from newborn babies and...

Opioid addiction is a leading concern in America. Many veterans suffer from opioid addiction and it is time we stop this in its tracks. Opioid deaths is now a leading cause of death among injury related deaths. There is a link between doctors prescribing opioids and opioid addiction. In Tennessee alone, opioid prescriptions are at 68.5% which in turn as led to opioid dependency an issue. This intervention will decrease opioid deaths, increase knowledge about mental health and opioid abuse...

Successful health equity strategies must be inclusive, and focus on all marginalized and minoritized persons and their communities. Any lesser view will continue to yield a faulty health equity equation.

Building Stronger Communities Through Health Literacy: A Multi-Level Approach In today's fast-paced world, access to accurate health information is crucial for making informed decisions about our well-being. However, language barriers and limited resources can pose significant challenges for some communities, especially immigrants in rural areas. So we're committed to addressing these issues head-on with our innovative public health intervention: "Building Stronger Communities Through Health...

Community violence can lead to an increased risk of significant physical injuries, as well as mental health conditions, such as depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], 2022). People who experience multiple adverse childhood experiences, including exposure to violence, are more likely to have both short-term and chronic physical and mental health conditions and behavioral difficulties (CDC, 2022). Community violence can...

Hello! For my 'Building Resilience in Individuals and Communities for Public Health' Course, I was tasked with creating an intervention aimed at building resilience in a community focused on a particular critical public health issue. The issue I choose to focus on was childhood homelessness. In the United States, 2.5% of school-aged children are homeless (U.S. Department of Education, 2020). Florida is doing far worse in this health issue. Florida is ranked 40th in the country in childhood...

Based on the epidemiological data, we can see that the United States has the highest number of COVID-19 in the world, with 13,386,255 cases. Furthermore, there were 8613,630 cases and 204,873 during the pandemic, while there were a total of 1529,691 cases and 29,313 deaths in rural areas (Diego et al., 2021). If left untreated, the number of cases and death will continue to rise, especially in rural communities since they have the lowest healthcare resources. For this intervention, I...

The highest rates of suicide fatality among adolescents are among American Indian/Alaskan native (AI/AN) males and females between the ages of 15-19; however, rural northwestern Alaskan Inupiat adolescents have rates disproportionally higher than other AI/AN youth. Camp Power is an intervention designed to build resiliency and reduce suicide among Inupiat Youth. It is a 4-week summer camp program for Inupiat youth, ages 15-19 It uses cultural practices to help build resilience centered...

In the United States, breast cancer is the most diagnosed cancer after skin and is the second leading cause of cancer death in the nation (American Cancer Society, 2023). Despite the higher incidence of breast cancers amongst White women, African American women are dying at much higher rates from breast cancer. The American Cancer Society reports that Black women have a 4% lower incidence rate of breast cancer compared to White women but have a 40% higher breast cancer death rate (2022). The...