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Coronavirus/COVID-19 Facts You Can Use
April 1, 2020 Coronavirus/COVID-19 Facts You Can Use Content adapted from the CDC, Johns Hopkins University, and Mayo Clinic. COVID-19 is a new disease and we are still learning how it spreads, its severity, and to what extent it may spread in the [...]
Monitoring Mental Health during a Stay at Home Order
March 26, 2020 Monitoring Mental Health during a Stay at Home Order The outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) may be stressful for people. Fear and anxiety about a disease can be overwhelming and cause strong emotions in adults and children. Coping [...]
Make a Mask & Support a Whole Community
March 25, 2020 Make a Mask & Support a Whole Community As you know, many healthcare workers are faced with shortages of PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) – including facemasks -- and people across the country are pitching in to fill this void [...]
Coronavirus & Stigma: Viruses Don’t Discriminate, and Neither Should We
March 24, 2020 Coronavirus & Stigma: Viruses Don't Discriminate, and Neither Should We Download and share this message with your community: Covid19_EquityPoster
Keeping Our Community Safe through Social Distancing
March 19, 2020 Keeping Our Community Safe through Social Distancing Amid the current outbreak of COVID-19, all levels of government and health organizations are urging communities to practice social distancing. Social distancing is a way to keep people from interacting closely or frequently [...]
Managing Stress during a Public Health Crisis
March 16, 2020 Managing Stress during a Public Health Crisis The coronavirus (which causes the disease officially named COVID-19) has been declared a Pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO), which brings feelings of uncertainty, fear and worry to many of us and [...]
Whole Community Tip #11: Give When You Can
March 16, 2020 Whole Community Tip #11: Give When You Can
Preparing Vulnerable Populations for the Spread of COVID-19
March 11, 2020 Preparing Vulnerable Populations for the Spread of COVID-19 With growing concerns of COVID-19/Coronavirus throughout our community, it’s important for us to remember our community members who are experiencing homelessness, and ensure they have access to information and resources to [...]
Whole Community Tip #10: Volunteer
Whole Community Tip #10: Volunteer with a community organization March 9, 2020
Talking with Your Children About Highly Stressful Events
March 6, 2020 Talking to Children About Highly Stressful Events Our friends at Riverside Trauma Center put this information together on managing reactions to the coronavirus (COVID-19). Highly stressful events make us feel like we’ve lost control, so engaging in constructive [...]