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How Communities Around the World Are Connecting Social Isolation and Health

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Weak social connections represent an equivalent health risk to smoking and obesity. Here are several tenets of public health and how they are playing out addressing social isolation and loneliness across the globe. Help Health Care Professionals Diagnose Loneliness Diagnosis is the first step to treatment.

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The State of Mental Health Support in Climate Emergencies

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: DOERS on istockphoto.com Studies of climate change impacts “have largely focused on physical health,” according to a policy brief issued in summer 2022 by the World Health Organization (WHO). And as the climate crisis continues, whose mental health is most at risk?

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Legislative Tracker - Health & Human Services

Momentum Nonprofit Partners

Monitor Legislation that Impacts Your Nonprofit and the Communities you serve Nonprofits must be legislative watchdogs for three key reasons: Impact awareness: New laws affect funding, operations, and beneficiary eligibility. Nonprofits bring unique perspectives to lawmakers. Staying informed prevents blindsided disruptions.

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Climate Anxiety and Eco-Grief: How Climate Change Hurts Global Mental Health

NonProfit Quarterly

Image Credit: Wesley Davi on pexels.com How interlinked are climate change and mental health? The Overlapping Impacts of Climate Health and Mental Health Mental health is a global crisis; in 2020, almost a billion people were reported as living with a mental health condition.

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Innovating to Address the Systemic Drivers of Health

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Unfortunately, there are not many health clinics nearby where Elisa can get easy access to primary care with her Medicaid insurance. Life expectancy can differ up to 30 years in the US between different zip codes in the same state, indicating the significance of socioeconomic, environmental, and social factors in driving health outcomes.

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Report Finds a “Crisis” of Nonprofit Workforce Shortages

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: cottonbro studio on pexels.com Nonprofits faced significant workforce shortages last year, continuing a years-long trend that has left the nonprofit sector in a “crisis” that is hurting the individuals and communities they serve. When nonprofits cannot hire enough employees to provide vital services, the public suffers.

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The Jackson Water Crisis, the Complexity of Environmental Racism

NonProfit Quarterly

Image credit: Jacob Wackerhausen on istock.com The ongoing water crisis in Jackson, MS, is about the lack of access to clean water and the way a community’s health and wellbeing are impacted when this vital resource is unavailable, but there are other crucial factors at play.