1. Pathways to Retention in HIV Care Among U.S. Veterans

    June 29, 2018
    Retaining HIV patients in clinical care is a critical component of the HIV care continuum, impacting not only patients’ virologic suppression, but their overall health and wellbeing. Understanding reasons for patient drop-out is therefore important to improve HIV outcomes and reduce transmission. This study used qualitative in-depth interviews with patients...
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  2. Opioid Overdose Prevention Toolkit (Updated 2018)

    June 22, 2018
    The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA) 2018 updated Opioid Overdose Prevention Toolkit is now available as a free download. The toolkit now features facts for community members, essential steps for first responders, prescribing recommendations, and safety advice for patients and family members. This is an essential tool...
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  3. Making Connections: Mental Health and Wellbeing Among Men and Boys

    June 18, 2018
    Making Connections for Mental Health and Wellbeing Among Men and Boys is a national initiative to transform community conditions that influence mental wellbeing. Populations of focus include men and boys of color, veterans, military members, and their families. Sixteen coalitions in rural, urban, and suburban locations across the U.S. are...
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  4. Joining Community Forces to Strengthen and Sustain Human Services

    June 13, 2018
    Families and communities are stronger when they have access to the vital building blocks of health and well-being. Community-based organizations, in partnership with the philanthropic and the government sector, provide those essential building blocks. A National Imperative: Joining Forces to Strengthen Human Services in America is a report commissioned by the...
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  5. Supporting Health Equity for LGTBQ and Two Spirit People

    June 11, 2018
    The Indian Health Service (IHS) works to ensure that Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning and Two Spirit (LGBTQ-2S) American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) individuals and their families receive equal access to health services in the communities where they live. IHS carries out this work by providing enhanced resources for...
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  6. De Madre a Madre: Empowering Hispanic Mothers-to-Be

    June 8, 2018
    With support from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD), the De Madre a Madre team developed a series of culturally relevant stories to empower Hispanic mothers-to-be. Pregnancy and caring for newborns can be daunting times of life for new mothers, with unanticipated challenges and obstacles. For the...
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  7. Juvenile Justice Diversion for American Indian Youth

    June 6, 2018
    The Juvenile Justice Diversion for Tribal Youth Initiative brought together teams of community leaders from eight tribal nations – Cheyenne River Sioux, Lower Brule Sioux, Red Lake Band of Chippewa, and Ute Mountain Ute in 2014-15, and Colorado River Indian Tribes, Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes, San Carlos Apache Tribe, and...
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  8. Asian Pacific Islanders and Domestic & Sexual Violence

    June 6, 2018
    The Asian Pacific Institute on Gender-Based Violence (API-GBV) recently released a couple of new fact sheets focusing on domestic violence in American Asian Pacific Islander (API) communities. The resources provide a compilation of statistics on domestic violence, sexual violence, trafficking, and help-seeking in ethnic-specific communities. Population of focus: Asian Pacific Islander Links...
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