A little over a week ago, I wrote about the Text4baby: The State Enrollment Contest and now the first weeks statistics are available. New Hampshire, Wyoming, West Virginia, Kansas and Vermont are leading the pack, with Connecticut currently ranked 32rd. It looks like we’ve got a lot of work to do, but we’ve got some special resources. On Saturday, May 21st , WABC-TV will air a special entitled, “Protect Our Children: Healthy & Fit” at 7 PM, EDT. It sounds…
Today, the American Psychological Association is hosting a Mental Health Month Blog Party. It seems like a great idea. First, blog parties are important social media events. They are opportunities to connect with other blogs interested in similar issues. I’m hoping to find some great new blogs as a result of this blog party. Mental Health Month is likewise a great idea. The APA’s blog post talks about the importance of good mental health and trying to reduce the stigma…
AmeriCorps week got off to a wet week in Connecticut. Sunday, the team was at the Enfield Common Grounds Rotary Garden, but had to cancel after a few hours because of the rain. Monday was also rainy as they started their bike trip from Enfield to New Britain. They biked through East Windsor, South Windsor, Hartford and on to New Britain, stopping to view some llamas and posting updates along the way. You can follow their progress on Twitter. They…
Friday afternoon. It has been a full week and my desk is still covered with things to follow up on. So, I’m going to cover a few different important topics. Let’s start off with National Nurses Week. It ended yesterday on Florence Nightingale’s birthday. As a kid, I always thought of Florence Nightingale as the topic that the nice girls who would grow up and be suburban housewives chose to write reports about back in fifth grade when we studied…
As the flood waters roll down the Mississippi, people fight for democracy around the globe and politicians struggle over difficult budget issues in Hartford and Washington, we can easily get overwhelmed. It is important to try and keep things in perspective, so I look out my window at the tulips that are blooming in front of CHC’s behavioral health building, and the flag flying above the new building that is under construction a block away. Yesterday, CHC staff, together with…
Conversations on Health Care focuses this week on the unique role of community health centers in integrating clinical excellence with education, training, and research. Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with Donna Thompson, RN, CEO of Access Community Health Network in Chicago, the country’s largest health center and developer of the first NIH funded research center devoted exclusively to studying health disparities. Be sure to check out @ACCESSHealth on Twitter as well, especially their tweets about #PinASister