Project THANKS, (Turning HIV/AIDS into Knowledge for Sisters), is an evidence-based intervention that utilizes a community-based participatory and empowerment building approach for African American female substance abusers living with HIV and other chronic diseases. Receiving input from African American women living with HIV related comorbidities was essential in improving the intervention to include a behavioral and […]
Archives for November 2019
The Power of Parenting: How to Help Your Child After a Parent or Caregiver Dies
This fact sheet from the National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN), co-sponsored by New York Life, draws from the experiences of bereaved caregivers, researchers, and mental health professionals. It offers guidance on how to talk to your child after a parent or caregiver dies including, how to face new fears, how to take care of […]
Addressing a Crisis: Cross-Sector Strategies to Prevent Adolescent Substance Use and Suicide
Focused on the health and well-being of adolescents, this report continues a series, Pain in the Nation: The Drug, Alcohol and Suicide Crises by Trust for America’s Health (TFAH) and Well Being Trust. The Pain in the Nation series informs national policy to advance a comprehensive National Resilience Strategy. This report is focused on adolescents […]