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Jan
31
0 comments Tags: high school students and addiction, high school students with substance use disorder, recovery, recovery schools, Rockdale Recovery High School, substance use disorder, SUD, Teens and Addiction, Worcester recovery high school
What’s a Recovery High School? Recovery is hard. Even harder is maintaining sobriety as a teenager when you are expected to return to the same school and friends you had while you were addicted. Recovery High Schools can help. These schools can be a safe haven for teens. Recovering students can resume their high… Read More »
Posted in: Blog, NLM Resources, Public Health, Trainings
Jan
28
0 comments Tags: business of healthcare, funding opportunities, health disparities, substance use disorder
Calling all innovators! If you have ideas for improving minority health and eliminating health disparities or a novel approach on how to possibly extend the reach of primary care for treating substance use disorders here is your chance! There are two NIH R43/R44 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Grants that may be of interest and… Read More »
Posted in: Blog
Jan
04
0 comments Tags: Addiction, Alternative Peer Group, high school students with substance use disorder, recovery, substance use disorder, treatment
The following blog post was written by Stephanie Briody, co-founder of Behavior Health Innovators, Inc. in South Chatham, Massachusetts. Behaviorial Health Innovators is a recent recipient of NNLM NER grant funding. Stephanie shares the work of her team, creating a program that provides in-school support and treatment for high school students with Substance Use Disorder…. Read More »
Posted in: Funded Project
Nov
12
0 comments Tags: Addiction, human trafficking, prostitution, sexual exploitation, substance use disorder
The following post is written by Nicole Bell, the founder and CEO of the non-profit organization LIFT (Living in Freedom Together). Nicole Bell and Dr. Marianne Sarkis from Clark University were recently awarded a Community Engagement grant from the New England region. The name of their project is “Trauma-Informed Training for Health Providers, Educators,… Read More »
Posted in: Blog, Funded Project, NLM Resources, Public Health
Nov
19
A Librarian Can Address Substance Use Disorder
Posted by NNLM Region 7 on November 19th, 2019 0 comments Tags: exhibit, NLM, resources, substance use disorder
This is conference session for my job at the National Network of Libraries of Medicine, New England Region. That means I get to attend lots of different conferences and meet and connect with a lot of different people. I was at NAHSL last week, and then I attended the symposium, Communities in Crisis: Libraries Respond to… Read More »
Posted in: Commentary, NLM Resources, Patient Engagement, Public Health