Rep. Rodriguez discusses his prefiled health bills
Soraya Marashi | Nov 23, 2021 | Arizona
Q&A: Native health leader discusses the pandemic’s impact on Native communities
Soraya Marashi | Nov 23, 2021 | Arizona
Q&A: Kaiser Permanente nurse discusses canceled strike and new agreement reached with employer
Soraya Marashi | Nov 17, 2021 | California
Experts gather to discuss opportunities and challenges of California health data exchange
Soraya Marashi | Nov 17, 2021 | California
On Friday, the Connecting for Better Health coalition convened several representatives from various health care organizations for a discussion on the need to accelerate the adoption of a statewide health data exchange in California. The focus of this conversation was to gain input from these representatives on the
Q&A: Kaiser psychologist talks about upcoming strike and scarcity of mental health resources in California
Soraya Marashi | Nov 12, 2021 | California
Kenneth Rogers is a psychologist for Kaiser Permanente in Sacramento. He is one of the nearly 2,000 mental health clinicians that will be staging pickets outside Kaiser hospitals across Northern California on Nov. 19. They are represented by the National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW). In this Q&A, Rogers discusses
Advocates for youth mental health urge California to strengthen services for youth in distress
Soraya Marashi | Nov 11, 2021 | California
The pandemic’s impact on youth mental health is compounding California’s preexisting youth mental health crisis, and behavioral health services for young people in the state are struggling to meet the extremely high demand. In a webinar hosted by the Little Hoover Commission on Monday, representatives from Children Now
Leader of program to support aging IDD individuals details its success and plans to extend it
Soraya Marashi | Nov 10, 2021 | Texas
At the Aging Texas Well Advisory Committee (ATWAC) meeting on Wednesday, health and wellness coordinator for Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities (IDD) Services at the Alamo Area Council of Governments (AACOG) Antonio Martinez, Jr., gave a special topic presentation about the recently implemented “Support & Empowerment Program for Older Adults with
Arizona addresses student and educator mental health needs with school-based programs
Soraya Marashi | Nov 5, 2021 | Arizona
In the Arizona Telemedicine Program’s webinar on Friday about school-based mental health education for rural youth last week, Jean Ajamie of the School Safety & Social Wellness team at the Arizona Department of Education (ADE) presented a comprehensive overview of Arizona’s recent statewide initiatives for student mental health.
Youth behavioral health services drastically strained in Texas
Soraya Marashi | Nov 5, 2021 | Texas
Behavioral health services in Texas, particularly for young people, have tremendously struggled to keep up with demand since long before the pandemic, according to Dr. Christopher Taylor, founder of Taylor Counseling Group. He says the origin of this mental health crisis for youth and young adults can be traced back
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