Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) completed the 2022 Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA), part of the hospital’s continual commitment to better understand the health of its primary “neighborhood” – Los Angeles County – and the people who live there. The CHNA takes a deep dive into the community’s health and social needs enabling the hospital to implement strategies to address the key areas of the report’s findings.
Tag: Covid 19 and mental health
Mount Sinai Researchers Report Troubling Increase in Homebound Older Adults, Especially Blacks and Hispanics, During Pandemic
In a study to be published this coming Monday, August 23, at 11 am Eastern (please note embargo) in JAMA Internal Medicine, Mount Sinai researchers discuss a troubling rise in homebound older adults that underlines the inequality of the pandemic.
Dip your toe – or dive right in: WVU psychologists spill advice on reentering the world post-COVID
A high percentage of the population may experience “re-entry anxiety” as more people get vaccinated, guidelines are loosened and the masks come off, according to WVU psychologists.
Health and Academic Professionals With Dependents at Greatest Risk of Quitting After COVID-19
Up to one in five employees at an academic medical institution are considering leaving their professions due to the strains of coping with the pandemic in their own lives, according to a new University of Utah Health study.
One Year Later: UAlbany Experts Available to Reflect on COVID-19
ALBANY, N.Y. (March 17, 2021) – Last March, the worst pandemic in a century arrived in the United States, changing virtually every aspect of our daily lives in the best interest of health and safety. The COVID-19 virus has since…
Studies highlight ‘unprecedented and unique dangers’ for children during COVID-19
Two new studies investigating child maltreatment during the COVID-19 pandemic reveal “concerning results” that confirm warning signs seen early in the pandemic, according to researchers at UAB and the University of Michigan.
Screen Time, Emotional Health Among Parents’ Top Concerns for Kids During the Pandemic
A new national poll gives a glimpse into parents’ greatest concerns about their kids in the pandemic-era. High on the top 10 list: overuse of social media and screen time, internet safety, unhealthy eating, depression and suicide and lack of physical activity.