Health Resources in Action (HRiA)

September is National Recovery Month. For 35 years, Recovery Month has raised public awareness surrounding mental health and addiction recovery by: 💜 Promoting and supporting evidence-based treatment and recovery practices, 💜 Acknowledging the nation’s strong and proud recovery community, and 💜 Honoring the dedication of service providers and communities who make recovery in all its forms possible. Helplines can provide connection and support at any point in a person’s journey to recovery. Learn about HRiA's approach to helpline services in our blog post, Help is Always Here: https://lnkd.in/eSV--NTZ #recoverymonth #substanceuse #problemgambling #publichealth

Looking for tools to help address and improve youth mental health? Check out Mental Health America’s 2024 #SupportingYoungMinds Resource Guide for info and tools for adults to use in their work with young people! Learn more at https://lnkd.in/e_SG_tW7

No one should stand alone in our fight to end overdose. On this International Overdose Awareness Day (August 31), we come together to honor the memory of those lost to overdose and lean into our power to affect change. Learn more about how you can commemorate IOAD in this blog post the the MA Substance Use Helpline: https://lnkd.in/e5zuSFdr #TogetherWeCan #IOAD2024 #EndOverdose

It's National Community Health Worker Awareness Week (NCHWAW)! Our deepest gratitude goes to all CHWs for the incredibly important work they do to connect community members with services and create health equity. National Association of Community Health Workers (NACHW) Executive Director Denise Octavia Smith recently spoke with Fox 10 about NCHWAW and the power of CHWs: https://lnkd.in/eyqhTyW4 NACHW is a fiscally sponsored program of HRiA, as are the Massachusetts Association of Community Health Workers (led by Lissette Blondet) and the CHW Center for Research & Evaluation (led by Victoria Adewumi, and Noelle Wiggins). #nchwaw #communityhealthworkers #healthequity

Nearly 500,000 Virginians have been disenrolled from Medicaid, according to research led by Jeffress Trust awardee Freddy Mejia. “We’re seeing a lot of people come off Medicaid enrollment, but we don’t have a clue what is happening with them,” Mejia said. “Future data will take time to see who is uninsured or not after this.” https://lnkd.in/eAz-f27p

Back to school time can be stressful, exciting, and overwhelming. It can also trigger asthma. Asthma is the leading cause of school absenteeism due to chronic illness, and school environments can trigger a child's asthma. Since asthma affects 1 in 13 school-aged children, mitigating environmental triggers in schools is a powerful way to improve child health and education outcomes. To help address this issue, the MA Department of Public Health and MA Asthma Action Partnership at HRiA joined forces to develop the Clearing the Air toolkit. This robust resource shares practical, collaborative strategies for teachers, nurses, administrators, and more. Find the link in the comments. Everyone has a role to play in making schools safe for people with asthma. Together, we keep kids healthy and learning. https://lnkd.in/ei732yy #AsthmaAwareness #publichealth

On Thursday, the Food and Drug Administration approved the new Covid vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna. For this fall, the CDC recommended that all Americans ages 6 months and older get the new shots. https://lnkd.in/di6a4Agx

August 31 marks International Overdose Awareness Day (IOAD), a global campaign to end overdose. This IOAD, we affirm that when we work together to heal and empower communities, we can save lives and end overdose. HRiA and the MA Substance Use Helpline will be at this year's Overdose Awareness Day Flag Planting at Boston Common to honor those lost to overdose and share resources on recovery and overdose prevention. Looking for an event near you? More Massachusetts-based events can be found here: https://lnkd.in/e67QFJvS. #TogetherWeCan #IOAD2024 #EndOverdose

After Covid-19 vaccines transitioned to the commercial market last fall, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention stepped in to ensure that adults without insurance, or those whose insurance plans did not fully cover the vaccine, could receive shots for free. But the program ends this month, making it even harder for health centers to provide shots for free. The New York Times reports: https://lnkd.in/eGrTwgiP

Health inequities are deeply rooted in the history of the US. KFF's interactive timeline offers a historical view of significant U.S. federal policies and events spanning the early 1800s to today that have influenced present-day health disparities. It covers policies that directly impacted health coverage and access to care, relevant events in medicine, social and economic policies and developments that influence health, and efforts to tackle inequalities. https://lnkd.in/eWhdsyCh #healthequity #racism #history #publichealth