In America, healthcare is primarily conventionally based, meaning surgical procedures and pharmacology are used to treat symptoms of diseases. However, these practices are not adequate for the many Americans facing chronic illnesses like diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, cancer, and many more.
Children in military families face unique challenges not often experienced by children in the civilian world. With constant moves, changing schools and friends, deployed parents, and parental transitions back into the home, just these challenges alone are enough to increase stress and anxiety for military-connected children. That is why finding resources that military families can use in real-time are super important.
Written by: Mary Brintnall-Peterson, Ph.D., MBP Consulting, LLC, Professor Emeritus, UW-Extension & Caregiver. (Fourth article in a four-part series on staying positive as a caregiver.) Since there were so many strategies to help us maintain a positive attitude two articles were needed and I’ve probably missed many others. If your…
On October 1st and 7th 2020, OneOp hosted two recent webinars called “Healthy Moms, Happy Babies I: Supporting Staff to Help Families Remotely” and “Healthy Moms, Happy Babies II: Virtually Supporting Parents Experiencing Domestic Abuse.” These webinars were, in part, to showcase some of the work being done at Futures Without Violence, a national non-profit organization that has been, for the past 30 years, providing groundbreaking programs, policies, and campaigns that empower individuals and organizations working to end violence against women and children around the world.
Author: Christian Maino Vieytes, Doctoral Student, Division of Nutritional Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Optimal health derives from a complicated equation. The determinants of health are numerous, and many of them tie into the social factors that define our lives. These variables include the conditions we are born…
As students across the country are learning new rules and expectations related to COVID-19, early childhood educators are tasked with providing the support needed for young children to succeed and stay healthy. This post focuses on three strategies educators can use to set up their classrooms to support the needs of their young students during the pandemic.
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