Hello Scholars,
Sharing some upcoming events and looking forward to connecting with many of you next week.
—Kate
Upcoming Live Events
Meet Your Fellow Scholars!
Thursday, October 29 (12:10–12:55 pm)
Welcome Session for Continuing and New Scholars. We will meet as a group for orientation to the program, and then break into small groups to get to know each other a bit.
Facilitators: NH AHEC faculty
Synchronous virtual: Zoom link
Health Care and Domestic Violence
Thursday, November 19 (12:10–12:55 pm)
This training will help health professions students better understand the foundations of gender based violence that lead to domestic and sexual violence, to identify the signs and symptoms of this in patients, and to learn how to respond effectively.
Facilitator:
Chelsea Williams, Prevention and Education Program Manager, WISE. WISE provides advocacy for survivors of gender-based violence, prevention education in schools throughout the region, and training for local service providers.
Synchronous virtual: Zoom link
Primary Care Summit
Friday, December 4 (3:00–5:30 pm or 5:00–7:30 pm)
For residents and health professions students. This virtual summit will connect NH AHEC Scholars with CT AHEC Scholars and residents in the UConn health professions training program. The summit will address clinical as well as COVID/public health topics, and will include a networking session for young professionals.
Facilitators:
Faculty from UConn Urban Service Track/AHEC Scholars Program
TDI Health Equity Speaker Series
Friday, October 23 (12:00–1:00 pm)
“Living on the Racial Margins in Rural New England”
Presenter:
Emily Walton, PhD, Associate Professor, Dartmouth College
Synchronous virtual: Zoom link
Recorded Live and in the Archive
Community/Neighborhood Health and Well-Being in Manchester
With Urban and Global Health Scholars from the Geisel School
Presenter:
Anna Thomas, Director, Manchester Health Department.
(recorded Saturday, October 3, 2020)
NH Refugee Health Program
With Urban and Global Health Scholars from the Geisel School
Presenter:
Laura McGlashan, Coordinator, NH State Refugee Health, Office of Health Equity.
(recorded Saturday, October 3, 2020)
Articles of Interest
In anticipation of our session on November 19 with Chelsea Williams of WISE’s Prevention Education Program, here are some insights into COVID’s impact on intimate partner violence and substance use disorders. The incidence of both have increased.
Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, instances of IPV were already extremely high. According to the CDC, 1 in 3 women in the United States have experienced IPV. The risks to victims are serious, with CDC data linking IPV to an increased risk of death. Unfortunately, one of the most striking findings to come out of research on IPV in the wake of disasters is that, in addition to the rate of abuse increasing, the severity of abuse can increase as well. With gun sales surging, many researchers are concerned that we will see an uptick in domestic homicides when the dust finally settles.
Why the Increase in Domestic Violence During COVID-19?
Psychology Today, May 09, 2020
Maclen Stanley, JD, EdM
COVID-19 presents opportunities to: adopt social protective policies; shift from fragmented health and addiction care systems to integrated care systems; mobilize community social capital; train healthcare and social care professionals on SUD and mental health disorder, and identify and integrate evidence-based information technology and digital tools into addiction care systems. Only then, will it be possible to provide equitable health and social care to people with SUDs and to have addiction care services which are resilient in the face of future systemic shocks.
Substance Use Disorders and COVID-19: Multi-Faceted Problems Which Require Multi-Pronged Solutions
Psychiatry, July 21, 2020
Log Reminder
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