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Transgender, Nonbinary, Intersex, and Gender Nonconforming Health and Well-Being | 2025 Learning Session | [Recording]

A recording of our live webinar on July 16, 2025, on advocacy and support for transgender, nonbinary, intersex, and gender nonconforming health and well-being, ...

Transgender, Nonbinary, Intersex, and Gender Nonconforming Health and Well-Being | 2025 Network Learning Session | [Slides]

These slides accompanied the July 16, 2025, Learning Session on Transgender, Nonbinary, Intersex, and Gender Nonconforming Health and Well-being

Power of Words Handbook: A Guide to Language about Japanese Americans in World War II

“Language is the archive of history” – Ralph Waldo Emerson. This resource, prepared by the National JACL Power of Words II Committee, explains...

Epigenetics and Intergenerational Trauma

Thesis paper by Sonya Joseph, studying the effects of intergenerational racial trauma of the offspring Holocaust survivors and Atlantic Slave Trade survivors.

Women of Journeys/Finding Our Medicine

Women Of Journeys highlights women speaking out about the tragic history of murdered and missing Indigenous women (MMIW) in Indian country.

My Gift From the Past

An episode of the Young & Indigenous Podcast, from Children of the Setting Sun Productions. Isabella gets deep with Jason LaClair, learning about his life c...

Attacks on Gender-Affirming and Transgender Health Care

This article, from American College of Physicians, discusses restrictions on health care for transgender individuals, who already face extreme barriers to acces...

New podcast series explores the legacy of Japanese American incarceration

Season eight of the Oral History Center’s Berkeley Remix podcast was created from 100 hours of interviews with 23 descendants of Japanese Americans incarc...

How Miss Navi Ho uses the power of drag to educate about Two Spirit identity

This article, from The Advocate (June 2, 2025), discusses Nádleehi (Two Spirit) identity within the Navajo, or Diné, community. Historically, Two Spirit peopl...

Washington State Just Made Stocking Up on Hormones Much Easier

This article discusses HB 1971 which requires insurance companies to cover up to a year’s supply of hormone replacement therapy, beginning January 2026.

Japanese American Who Fought for Prison Camp Survivors Now Fighting for Reparations for Black Community

This article discusses the impact of the Civil Rights Movement for the Japanese-American community and the connections between the redress movement for Japanese...

Tsuru for Solidarity [Website]

Our mission is to: Educate, advocate, and protest to close all U.S. concentration camps Build solidarity with other communities of color that have experienced...

Densho [Website]

Densho documents the testimonies of Japanese Americans who were unjustly incarcerated during World War II before their memories are extinguished. We offer these...

Refugee & Immigrant Services Northwest | RISNW [Website]

This is the website for Refugee & Immigrant Services Northwest (RISNW). For more than 40 years, Refugee & Immigrant Services Northwest has been helping ...

Bearing Witness: AANHPI Advocacy for Immigrant and Refugee Communities | 2025 Network Learning Session | [Slides]

These slides accompanied the May 21, 2025, learning session on AANHPI Advocacy for Immigrant & Refugee Communities

Bearing Witness: AANHPI Advocacy for Immigrant & Refugee Communities | 2025 Network Learning Session | [Recording]

This is the recording of the May 21, 2025, webinar on cross-racial, cross-ethnic advocacy for immigrant and refugee communities, with a special focus on the way...

Native Transformation Project

We heard from Barbara Juarez, Charene Alexander, and Bella James about the Native Transformation Project.

O.U.R. Journey

Featuring O.U.R. Journey.

Unbridled Spirit

Featuring Unbridled Spirit.

Native Transformations in the Pacific Northwest (film)

Native Transformations in the Pacific Northwest: Stories of Strength in a Public Health Crisis explores the legacy of the historical strengths and resilience of...

Reintegration Community of Practice

We heard from many of our partners about their work, at the January 2025 Partner Convening, and its only a small percentage of the amazing work being done in ou...

Trans-WA

We heard from many of our partners about their work, at the January 2025 Partner Convening, and its only a small percentage of the amazing work being done in ou...

Native Transformations in the Pacific Northwest report

The 2015 report, Native Transformations Project: Discovering Sources of Strength and Resilience from Drug Abuse in the Pacific Northwest. This project brings to...

Native Transformations in the Pacific Northwest slide deck

Review the slide deck about the Native Transformations project, at the January 2025 Partner Convening.

The Way Station – Luminary Award

The Way Station was awarded for Community Collaboration in 2022 by the Whatcom Housing Alliance. Watch this video about the folks behind The Way Station.

SLATE | Emma Sulkowicz Inspired Students Across the Country to Carry Their Mattresses. Now What?

This article traces how Emma Sulkowicz’s mattress-carrying performance art evolved into a nationwide movement against sexual assault.

Say This, Not That!

In this resource you will find 30 popular phrases and their shockingly racist historical meanings.

Webinar: State Medicaid Opportunities to Support Mental Health of Mothers and Babies During the 12-Month Postpartum Period

This resource recommends concrete steps state Medicaid agencies can take to address mental health among mothers and infants in the postpartum year to advance he...

Podcast | Shelterforce: Essential Reporting on Affordable Housing

“For effective and inclusive community planning, it’s important that community development groups and local governments work closely with residents who ...

Course: Fundamentals of Medical Interpreting online course at Skagit Valley College

“In an effort to bridge the gap in healthcare communication and ensure quality care for diverse patient populations, Skagit Valley College (SVC) proud to ...

Website: Roots of Empathy

An inclusive community building that supports children’s well being and breaks intergenerational cycles of violence and neglect. Roots of Empathy can be b...

ReThink Health Toolbox Webinar: Multisolving

In this webinar, presenters covered an overview of multisolving, discussed what multisolving looks like in practice, and explored how it can be applied to creat...

O.U.R Journey | Embracing The Heart and Soul of Our Youth

“Helping gang affected youth open their heart, mind and soul through self empowerment and healing to thrive with self respect and confidence back to lovin...

Chelan County Jail & Reentry Program

“The Chelan County Jail and Reentry Program is a holistic approach to reintegration of incarcerated adults into society. Designed to address the complex n...

Slide Deck | Beyond Integration: Recovery Coaching & Lived Experience | January 2024 Partner Convening

Slides from the session Beyond Integration: Recovery Coaching & Lived Experience during our January 2024 Partner Convening

Taanvi Arekapudi

Taanvi Arekapudi, a 14-year-old living in the North Sound, is the author of the international Best-Seller, “Uplift Teens Today: Coping Strategies for Ment...

Measuring Well being | Recording | Building Bridges for Collective Action: August 2023 Partner Convening

Swinomish Tribe Builds U.S.’s First Modern ‘Clam Garden,’ Reviving Ancient Practice

This article discusses what is believed to be the first clam garden, a traditional, Indigenous way of boosting shellfish production, built in the United States ...

Self-Care Practices

Self-Care Practices which were presented at the CHW Convening fall 2023

PROJECT LETS | Resource

“Project LETS is a national grassroots organization and movement led by and for folks with lived experience of mental illness/madness, Disability, trauma,...

Anti-racism: Support Resources for People of Color

“The mental, physical, and emotional tolls of living in a world that does not embrace your identity as a person of color are exhausting. There is no singl...

September Network Learning Session (Recording): Incarcerated and Justice Involved Equitable Solutions

Find Me A Therapist | Therapist program connects people to Black therapists

“The Find Me A Therapist program connects people to Black therapists by searching for Black mental health professionals.”

Whatcom County | Incarceration Prevention and Reduction Task Force

“The purpose of the Incarceration Prevention and Reduction Task Force is to continually review Whatcom County’s criminal justice and behavioral health p...

September Network Learning Session (Slides): Incarcerated and Justice Involved Equitable Solutions

Slides – Network Learning Session – Incarcerated and Justice Involved Equitable Solutions

First Step Act Annual Report

“The First Step Act (FSA or the Act), passed into law in December 2018, was heralded as the culmination of a bipartisan effort to improve criminal justice...

Frequent Users Services Enhancement ‘FUSE’ Initiative New York City FUSE II Evaluation Report

“Housing instability/homelessness increases risk for incarceration and, conversely, incarceration increases the risk for homelessness. To address these ri...

Best Practices for Engaging the Reentry Population in Health Care | Transition Clinic

“The Transitions Clinic Network (TCN) is a national organization committed to reversing the harms of mass incarceration by eliminating racial health and e...

CHART Showing Success in Everett

“CHART (CHronic-Utilizer Alternative Response Team) is a program where people who have been identified as chronic users of emergency services get intensiv...

Diversion & Treatment | Everett Community, Planning & Economic Development

“Everett alternative response programs offer policing and prosecution models proven to reduce recidivism for low-level offenders, as well as offer support...

Grace Program – Whatcom County

“The Whatcom Ground-Level Response and Coordinated Engagement (GRACE) program is a community-based effort to find solutions for individuals who are high u...

LEAD Program Evaluation: Recidivism Report

“This report describes findings from a quantitative analysis comparing outcomes for LEAD participants versus “system-as-usual” control participants on...

Evaluation of the Allegheny County Jail Collaborative Reentry Programs

In 2010 and 2011, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, launched local reentry programs under the auspices of the Bureau of Justice Assistance Second Chance Act Adult...

Guidelines for Successful Transition of People with Mental or Substance Use Disorders from Jail and Prison: Implementation Guide

The purpose of Guidelines for Successful Transition of People with Mental and Substance Use Disorders from Jail and Prison: Implementation Guide is to provide b...

Short-term Strategies to Improve Reentry of Jail Populations: Expanding and Implementing the APIC Model

“Almost all jail inmates will leave correctional settings and return to the community. Inadequate transition planning puts jail inmates, who entered the j...

Cass County/Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe Wellness Court Walker, MN | Process, Outcome, and Cost Evaluation Report

This is a report from the Cass County/Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe Wellness Court in Walker, MN about their program, CCDWI – Wellness Court.

Tulalip Tribal Court | Wellness Court

“Tulalip’s Healing to Wellness Court provides the support and resources necessary for our clients to begin living sober lives and reconnecting with thei...

Swinomish Indian Tribal Community didgʷálič Wellness Center

“The didgʷáličWellness Center, which is owned and operated by the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community, provides out-patient treatment services for trib...

Tribal Healing to Wellness Courts: The Key Components

“In 1996,a committee of practitioners and others involved with drug court program operations was established under the leadership of the National Associat...

Minnesota: Carceral Colonialism: Imprisonment in Indian Country | States of Incarceration.

“Settler colonialism has involved denying Native people sovereignty and access to land and resources. It has also produced high rates of incarceration of ...

Whatcom County Justice Project Needs Assessment

“For decades, Whatcom County has struggled to strike a balance between prevention and incarceration in its approach to public safety. From the early days ...

Suicide in Local Jails and State and Federal Prisons, 2000–2019 – Statistical Tables

These statistical tables present data from the Mortality in Correctional Institutions collection, through which the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) obtained ...

Kiro 7: First-ever body cavity search of Snohomish County inmate finds bag of fentanyl

This article talks about body cavity searches and Fentanyl issue in Snohomish county jail.

Incarceration Trends in Washington Fact Sheet

Since 1970, the rate of incarceration in America has expanded more than fourfold, and the United States leads the world in locking people up. Many places in Ame...

Washington State Juvenile Detention 2020 Annual Report

“This report was written in response to House Bill (HB) 2449, which was passed in 2016 and, among other things, requires an annual statewide juvenile dete...

Behavioral Health Needs of Jail Inmates in Washington State

This report describes the characteristics of 123,240 individuals booked into jail in 2013 who were recent or former clients of the Washington State Department ...

Protecting Immigrant Rights: Is Washington’s Law Working? | University of Washington Center for Human Rights

“2019’s Keep Washington Working (KWW) Act and 2020’s Courts Open to All Act (COTA) place Washington state at the forefront of national efforts to prot...

Report to Whatcom County Stakeholders on Jail Reduction Strategies

“With the county’s jail population surging, local government leaders, justice system practitioners, and community members have become increasingly conce...

Judge holds Washington state in contempt for not providing services to mentally ill people in jails (Article)

“A federal judge has found Washington state in contempt and ordered it to pay more than $100 million in fines for failing to provide timely psychiatric se...

County evaluates jail medical care (Article)

This article from GoSkagit, talks about how providing adequate medical care in a jail has proven to be a challenge for counties throughout the country. Two year...

Ear Hustle (Podcast)

“Ear Hustle launched in 2017 as the first podcast created and produced in prison, featuring stories of the daily realities of life inside California’s S...

Website – Whatcom Perinatal Mental Health Task Force

Connecting with parents, caregivers, and professionals to raise community awareness about the tender time of becoming a new parent, what perinatal mood and anxi...

Underground Ministries – Partner Presentation Slides

Underground Ministries’ partner presentation slides. For more information or to connect with Underground Ministries, reach out to Alex Sanchez, Director o...

The Dose Podcast: How Community Health Workers Put Patients in Charge of Their Health

On this episode of The Dose, we talk about one community health worker program, IMPaCT, that is helping some of the poorest and sickest Americans meet their hea...

MDPI: Promotoras de Salud in a Father-Focused Nutrition and Physical Activity Program for Border Communities: Approaches and Lessons Learned from Collaboration

This manuscript’s purpose is to describe how to engage and collaborate with promotoras in a father-focused, family-centered program for Latino families living...

CHW Networks in the North Sound Region

Whatcom Community Health Worker’s Network page, with resources on meetings and opportunities to connect with fellow CHWs.

Skagit County: North Star Project

This resource outlines the North Star Project which aims to better align resources and services to address the complex behavioral health and homelessness challe...

See Her Bloom — Understanding Black Girls’ Experiences with Drug Use

In 2022, PHI’s Center for Collaborative Planning commissioned the National Black Women’s Justice Institute to host conversations with Black girls throughout...

Effective Approaches to Addressing Substance Use Among Youth

PHI’s CA Bridge Youth Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) pilot project found how hospital emergency departments can help to reverse these trends.

‘Faces for the Future’ Students Learn How to Reduce Drug Overdoses

Youth with PHI’s Faces for the Future Public Health Youth Corps participated in a workshop at their local high school in Sacramento to learn about the detrime...

Case Studies & Best Practices: Strategies to Reduce Youth Overdoses

These case studies from PHI’s California Overdose Prevention Network contain concrete examples of data-driven strategies that address rising rates of overdose...

‘Listens’ team helps community recover

The North Sound Listens team, a partnership of North Sound ACH and the Health Care Authority, provides peer support and crisis counseling to our neighbors impac...

Gender-Affirming Pediatric Care Toolkit

Transgender and gender diverse (TGD) children, adolescents, and their families are increasingly seeking out pediatricians and mental health providers for educat...

Washington Environmental Health Disparities Map

The Washington Environmental Health Disparities Map is an interactive mapping tool that compares communities across our state for environmental health dispariti...

Six Building Blocks – A Team-Based Approach to Improving Opioid Management in Primary Care

This website provides an evidence-based quality improvement roadmap to help primary care teams implement effective, guideline-driven care for their chronic pain...

Guide to Equitable, Community-Driven Climate Preparedness Planning

This guide aims to assist local governments in designing and implementing a community-driven, equitable climate preparedness planning process. The guide takes a...

Mobile Integrated Health – learning session recording

Recording of the September learning session, Mobile Integrated Health, supported by the Care Coordination Cohort. Part of the Advancing a Just and Inclusive Cul...

Mobile Integrated Health – learning session slide deck

PDF of the slides from the September learning session, Mobile Integrated Health. This session was part of the Advancing a Just and Inclusive Culture series.

PACT (Program of Assertive Treatment)

This website describes PACT (Program of Assertive Treatment), located in Bellingham. PACT is a multidisciplinary team of medical professionals including ARNPs, ...

GRACE and LEAD Programs

Ground-Level Response and Coordinated Engagement (GRACE) program provides intensive support to people who are frequent users of emergency medical services (EM...

Behavioral Health Discharge Planner’s Toolkit

Washington State Health Care Authority resource. Housing specialists, community health workers, social workers, and behavioral health providers can benefit from...

Oral Health, Mental Health, and Substance Use Treatment

Report by National Council for Mental Wellbeing, Center of Excellence for Integrated Health Solutions – a framework for increased coordination and integra...

Holistic Health & Recovery – Tulalip Tribes

In 2022, Children of the Setting Sun Productions showcased a new documentary film series, Tribal Approaches to Wellness. Each of the eight Tribes in the North S...

Transport for the People – Swinomish Indian Tribal Community

In 2022, Children of the Setting Sun Productions showcased a new documentary film series, Tribal Approaches to Wellness. Each of the eight Tribes in the North S...

The Big Walk – Sauk-Suiattle Indian Nation

In 2022, Children of the Setting Sun Productions showcased a new documentary film series, Tribal Approaches to Wellness. Each of the eight Tribes in the North S...

North Sound Monkeypox virus resources

Compiled by North Sound ACH staff, a collection of Tribal, state, county, and other public health resources and anti-stigma literature. Updated weekly.

Mount Baker Presbyterian Ministry Update

Kevin Riley of Mount Baker Presbyterian Church describes community outreach efforts including addressing homelessness with a cold weather shelter, COVID vaccina...

Reducing Stigma: learning session recording

Recording of July learning session, Reducing Stigma: How can we work together to mitigate and eliminate stigma. With Robin Henderson, Providence Oregon; Kevin R...

#I Can Help

A digital resource to transform how current and future generations of students use social media and digital technology in everyday life to make a positive impac...

Shout Your Abortion

Shout Your Abortion is normalizing abortion and elevating safe paths to access, regardless of legality. SYA makes resources, campaigns, and media intended to ar...

Sex, Race, and Politics in the U.S.

This publication was conceptualized and written in collaboration between the Women of Color Sexual Health Network (WoCSHN) – an online-based, collective organ...

Centering Racial Justice in Sex Education

A resource from the Sex Education Collaborative. This practice paper – Centering Racial Justice in Sex Education: Strategies for Engaging Professionals and Yo...

Clergy couple share lived experience

This article describes the experience of a Sedro Wooley, Washington clergy couple overcoming addiction to help the local community. Featuring Kevin and Danielle...

Hiding in Plain Sight documentary

From Ken Burns, a documentary about the mental health crisis among youth in America. Watch on PBS.

Exploring Practice Transformation: Reducing Stigma

PDF of the slides from the July learning session, Exploring Practice Transformation: Reducing Stigma. This session was part of the Advancing a Just and Inclusiv...

Work2BeWell

Work2BeWell is a direct response to community requested resources after a rise in teen suicides in the Pacific Northwest. Answering the call, former Executive D...

Work2BeWell

Work2BeWell es una respuesta directa a los recursos solicitados por la comunidad tras el aumento de los suicidios de adolescentes en el noroeste del Pacífico. ...

Indigenous Knowledge Library

Indigenous knowledge—also known as traditional knowledge—refers to information, meanings, purposes, and values that Indigenous peoples have gathered, concep...

Mental Health & Well-Being (part 2)

North Sound ACH webinar on mental health and wellbeing, December 9, 2020. Part one here.

Mental Health & Well-Being (part 1)

North Sound ACH webinar on mental health and well-being, November 18, 2020. Part two here.

Creating Safe & Welcoming Spaces for LGBTQ+ Clients

North Sound ACH webinar with Genya Shimkin, founder and CEO of the Q Card Project, July 31, 2019.

Coronavirus is not the “great equalizer” many say it is

This article details vast inequities due to coronavirus, including who gets sick and has access to care. It argues that COVID-19 is not the great equalizer some...

Enjoying Nature During the Shutdown is Easy – But Only if You’re Rich

This article explores how accessing green space and nature is a privilege reserved largely for the rich and White, focusing specifically on Los Angeles.

What Experts Say About Narrowing COVID-19 Racial Disparities

This discussion addresses why the coronavirus has disproportionately struck communities of color and potential pathways to change.

What Experts Say About Narrowing COVID-19 Racial Disparities

This discussion addresses why the coronavirus has disproportionately struck communities of color and potential pathways to change.

Black Americans 2.6 Times More Likely to Die From COVID-19

This blog by the Sierra Club explores how a public health disparity, the disproportionate mortality of Black Americans due to COVID-19, is rooted in systemic ra...

Watch Doctors Explain Why COVID-19 May Be More Dangerous for African Americans

This video series by TIME features two doctors who explain how the African American community is facing systemic forces that make them particularly vulnerable t...

A Great Divide: LA Equity Index

This resource highlights equity (or the lack thereof) in Los Angeles and maps out important factors that contribute to this challenge, including socioeconomic, ...

COVID-Nomics Mapping

This interactive tool maps coronavirus socioeconomic disparities in LA. It offers exploration by COVID-19 cases, vulnerable renters, proportion of people uninsu...

The Four Parts of Accountability and How To Give A Genuine Apology

This write-up explores four parts of true accountability: self-reflection; apology; repair; and changed behavior. It focuses on addressing conflict, hurt, misun...

COVID-19: Investing in Black Lives and Livelihoods

This article explores how Black Americans will experience a disproportionate share of the disruption from COVID-19—from morbidity and mortality to unemploymen...

COVID-19: Using a Racial Justice Lens Now to Transform Our Future

This piece explores how applying a racial justice lens requires confronting power, shifting resource distribution, and moving towards system-wide transformation...

Pushing Back Against Habits of White Supremacy During A Crisis

This blog is part of a series that examines the habits of white supremacy culture. It provides examples of how these habits show up in virtual spaces during rem...

New Research Links Air Pollution to Higher Coronavirus Death Rates

In a summary of a new nationwide study, this article examines how coronavirus patients in areas that had high levels of air pollution before the pandemic are mo...

Make Racial Equity Central to California’s Public Health Response to COVID-19

This brief explores how we can center racial equity in the distribution and implementation of emergency response funds. It calls for a number of key strategies ...

Systemic Racism Can Leave Black People Suffering From Symptoms Similar to PTSD

This article explores how systemic racism can leave black people suffering from symptoms similar to PTSD. It offers suggestions for dismantling racism in the pr...

GirlTrek Uses Black Women’s History to Encourage Walking as a Healing tradition

This written and audio segment tells the story of GirlTrek, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the health and healing of Black women and girls. The organizat...

Racial Inquiry – A Question of Common Humanity and Unique Individuality

This audio and written segment explores the concept of racial inquiry (RI), which can be an approach to personal and organizational leadership development as we...

Families Sue California Over Inequalities in Online Education for Low-Income Black and Latino Students, Suit is First of its Kind

This article examines a lawsuit in which several California families allege the state isn’t providing adequate support and equipment necessary for children of...

LAUSD Board Votes to Cut School Police Force, Divert Funds to Black Student Achievement Plan

This article and video news segment tells the story of how the Los Angeles Unified School District voted to cut 133 positions from the L.A. School Police Depart...

Unarmed Civilians, Not Cops, to Respond to Mental Health Crises Calls in Oakland

This article highlights how unarmed civilians and outreach workers from the Oakland Fire Department are responding to mental health crises calls in Oakland, rat...

How Mental Health First Responders in an Oregon City “De-escalate” Conflict and Save Lives

This article tells the story of CAHOOTS — Crisis Assistance Helping Out on the Streets — a program run by a social services center in Eugene, Oregon...

Chickahominy Tribe reacquires ancestral lands

This news article describes how four years after the Chickahominy Tribe in Virginia received federal recognition, some of its traditional lands will be given ba...

Do salmon have rights?

This article describes a legal battle between Seattle and the Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe alleging that the city’s hydroelectric dams violate the native salmon...

Snoqualmie Tribe Acquires 12,000 Acres of Ancestral Forestland in King County

This news release details how the Snoqualmie Indian Tribe, a federally recognized Tribe headquartered in King County, has acquired roughly 12,000 acres of its a...

Tribal Public Health and the Law: Selected Resources

This publication by the CDC provides resources related to Tribal Public Health. The resources include general ones related to Indian health policy and tribal pu...

Priorities in Tribal Public Health

This report outlines a series of urgent priorities for strengthening tribal public health, including building community capacity, strengthening local economies,...

LGBTQ+ Health Equity Library

LGBTQ+ people belong everywhere. They deserve to live open, authentic lives without fear of discrimination, harassment, judgement, or violence. Despite decades ...

Multisolving 101: Co-Creating Vital Conditions for Thriving Together

As our society grapples with multiple systemic crises, including COVID-19, climate change, and racial injustice, an opportunity for multi-solving emerges. Multi...

Unleashing the Power of the People: Lessons on Public Engagement for Environmental and Climate Justice

This report is a collection of case briefs which profiles five NAACP units with significant achievements in environmental and climate justice advocacy.

What is the Relationship Between Pronouns and Health Equity?

This article explains that mental health disorders and self-destructive behaviors are not caused by being transgender, but by daily interactions trans people ha...

Beyond Inclusion: Pronoun Use for Health and Well-Being

This piece from Community Commons highlights the importance of pronoun use for well-being. The piece describes how the use of pronouns can improve both physical...

Pronouns Usage Among LGBTQ Youth

This brief uses data from the Trevor Project’s 2020 National Survey on LGBTQ+ Youth Mental Health to further explore pronoun usage among LGBTQ youth. The brie...

Using Chosen Names Reduces Odds of Depression and Suicide in Transgender Youths

This research brief summarizes a study by the Journal of Adolescent Health. The study compares mental health outcomes for transgender youth ages 15 to 21, based...

Environmental Health and COVID-19 Resource Library

This resource library contains curated resources on how to address the needs of environmental public health staff during the COVID-19 pandemic. It includes info...

CLOUD Opioid Library

This webpage features a searchable library of curated, evidence-based resources on opioids and the opioid crisis.

Beyond Inclusion: Pronoun Use for Health and Well-Being

Everyone is assigned a gender at birth. A doctor checks each baby over, and, primarily based on external features, selects one of two gender options that seems ...

Trends and Geographical Variation in Population Thriving, Struggling and Suffering Across the USA, 2008–2017: a Retrospective Repeated Cross-Sectional Study

The percentage of the US population thriving increased from 2008 to 2017 while the percentage suffering remained unchanged. Marked geographical variation exists...

Belonging & Civic Muscle as a Vital Condition

Belonging and Civic Muscle is about having fulfilling relationships and social support that people need to thrive. It’s about being part of a community and co...

Seven Vital Conditions for Health and Well-Being

This Community Commons collection introduces the Seven Vital Conditions for Well-Being.

Advancing Integrated Mental Health Solutions (AIMS) Resource Library

This searchable library contains various tools and materials on how to effectively implement collaborative care and other behavioral health integration models.

Depression During and After Pregnancy: A Resource for Women, Their Families, and Friends

This booklet is intended to help support people during and after their pregnancies with identifying and addressing mental health needs. It explains possible cau...

Opioid Prescriptions Dashboards – ACH

These dashboards contain overdose and prescription data for the state of Washington. They track indicators on opioid prescriptions, overdose deaths, and overdos...

Community and Environment: Opioids

This webpage provides opioid overdose prevention information, materials, and resources from Washington State Department of Health.

Substance Abuse Prevention and Mental Health Promotion

This document presents Washington’s five-year strategic plan for substance abuse prevention and mental health promotion. It includes a brief overview of t...

Opioid Safety – Veteran/Patient Education

This webpage provides resources and materials on opioid safety for veteran patients and their families. It includes overviews of chronic pain, how to safely and...

Take Back Your Meds

This website is dedicated to helping people dispose of their unwanted medications with the goal to decrease the number of accidental poisonings occurring in the...

WA Tribal Opioid Solutions

This campaign funded by the Washington State Health Care Authority and was designed to inform and educate Tribal communities about the dangers of prescription d...

WA Tribal Opioid Solutions

Esta campaña, financiada por la Autoridad Sanitaria del Estado de Washington, fue diseñada para informar y educar a las comunidades tribales sobre los peligro...

Heroin and Prescription Opiate Addiction Task Force Final Report and Recommendations

This report provides a summary of recommendations from King County’s Heroin and Prescription Opiate Addiction Task Force on how to both prevent opioid add...

Heroin and Prescription Opiate Addiction Task Force

This webpage provides information, materials, and resources from King County’s Heroin and Prescription Opiate Addiction Task Force to help prevent, reduce, an...

StopOverdose.org

This website is a project of the Center for Drug Safety and Services Education (CDSSE) at the University of Washington Addictions, Drug & Alcohol Institute ...

StopOverdose.org

Este sitio web es un proyecto del Center for Drug Safety and Services Education (CDSSE) de la University of Washington Addictions, Drug & Alcohol Institute ...

Weekly Webinar Series: Six Building Blocks

This webinar focuses on the Six Building Blocks program, which works with clinics and healthcare organizations to improve care for patients who use long-term op...

Weekly Webinar Series: Value-Based Payments

This two-part webinar focuses on value-based payments and how paying for healthier people and outcomes instead of services is helping transform community health...

Weekly Webinar Series: Trauma Informed Care

This webinar focuses on the topic of trauma-informed care and provides information and resources on implementing transformation strategies.

June 5 Webinar: Trauma Informed Care FAQ

This document provides answers to frequently asked questions about trauma-informed care, including how providers can cope with burnout, how to make the case for...

Six Building Blocks Model (Opioids)

This brief introduces the Six Building Blocks, a team-based intervention for improving opioid prescribing and management. It includes six key work areas that cl...

Collaborative Care Model Brief

This brief focuses on collaborative care, a patient-centered approach that builds on the existing relationship between healthcare providers and patients with me...

Care Transitions Interventions in Mental Health

This review focuses on transitions from inpatient to outpatient care, provides an overview of current care transition intervention frameworks and models, and id...

LGBTQ Youth Health Equity Data Brief

This report reviews data from 2018 surveys of 10th grade students in Washington on mental health, substance use, abuse, harassment, and bullying. It provides in...

The High Achieving Governmental Health Department in 2020 as the Community Chief Health Strategist

This paper is intended to help local and state health departments adapt to emerging health demands, minimize pitfalls, and take advantage of new opportunities. ...

Tribal Learning Series: Exploring Two-Spirit

This webinar features two guest speakers, Itai Jeffries and Morgan Thomas, who explore the concept of two-spirit, gender norms, and the barriers that exist in m...

didgwálič Wellness Center Treatment Model Fact Sheet

The didgwálič (deed-gwah-leech) Wellness Center – owned and operated by the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community – is a multi-specialty community health ...

didgʷálič Wellness Center

The didgʷálič Wellness Center is an organization that seeks to improve the health and wellness of all individuals suffering from substance use disorders and ...

Basic Needs: Freedom from Trauma, Violence, and Addiction

This “deep dive” from the Thriving Together: Springboard for Equitable Recovery and Resilience in Communities Across America explores freedom from t...

Trauma-Informed Approach and Trauma-Specific Interventions

This resource outlines the six key principles of a trauma-informed approach and trauma-specific interventions for addressing trauma’s consequences and facilit...

CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain – United States, 2016

This report provides recommendations for primary care clinicians who are prescribing opioids for chronic pain outside of active cancer treatment, palliative car...

Opioid Medication & Pain: What You Need to Know

This fact sheet presents key information about the risks, role, and use of opioid prescription medications.

Native Transformations in the Pacific Northwest: Exploring Coast Salish Strengths & Resilience Against Substance Abuse

This report presents the findings of the Native Transformations Project, which explored protective factors against substance abuse in three Coast Salish communi...

Medicaid Coverage For Residential Substance Use Disorder Treatment: Addressing The Institution For Mental Disease Exclusion Policy

This blog post focuses on how eliminating restrictions from the federal Institutions for Mental Diseases exclusion policy would affect Medicaid coverage for res...

Opioid Trends Across Washington State

This info brief provides insights into how and where changes in opioid use, morbidity, and mortality have occurred in Washington from 2002 to 2013.

Changing the Discourse About Community Violence: To Prevent It, We Have to Talk About It

This report presents findings of a systematic review conducted on media coverage of community violence and community safety in California. It also highlights ho...

Health Equity and COVID-19

How we will experience coronavirus was in large part shaped before the pandemic. The policies and systems we inherited have had significant influence on the env...

Healing the Nation: Advancing Mental Health and Addiction Policy

The Healing the Nation website provides policy briefs, fact sheets, and solutions for the various systems that are linked to mental health crisis in the United ...

How Does Our Sense of Belonging Shape our Mental Health?

Mental health is a multi-faceted component of well-being — and is part of all our lives. From the everyday joy of walking in nature to the grief of losing...

EJSCREEN: Environmental Justice Screening and Mapping Tool

This environmental justice mapping and screening tool is based on nationally consistent data and an approach that combines environmental and demographic indicat...

EPA’s Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem-Solving Model

This tool details an approach to address environmental and/or public health issues in local communities for environmental justice stakeholders, including commun...

Creating Equitable, Healthy, and Sustainable Communities: Strategies for Advancing Smart Growth, Environmental Justice, and Equitable Development

This informational publication discusses land use and community design strategies that community-based organizations, local and regional decision-makers, develo...

Belonging and Civic Muscle

Belonging and Civic Muscle is an indispensable vital condition that we all depend on for our health and well-being. Social support through friends, family, and ...

Social Determinants of Health

The Social Determinants of Health (SDoH) is a framework that acknowledges that non-medical factors greatly affect health outcomes. While this concept originated...

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