It’s June. Time for your whole self to come out of hiding. If you are like most Americans, you have noticed that it’s Pride Month. Did you know that National HIV Testing Day (#NHTD) is also coming up? Not-so-coincidentally, NHTD 2023 is on June 27th – the day prior to the anniversary of the Stonewall...
On June 6, Health Impact Ohio hosted its annual CHW (community health worker) Day at the Vern Riffe Center for Government and the Arts in Columbus, OH. It was a call for CHWs to advocate funding for both the Ohio Commission on Minority Health and the Ohio Center for Community Health Worker Excellence (as described...
Throughout the past year, there has been a steady rise in interest in artificial intelligence (AI). The overall onset of AI technology has provided remarkable innovations in computation, completing a large variety of tasks at speeds that were once deemed impossible. With the recent explosion of AI technologies revolutionizing so many different industries at once,...
May 18th marks National HIV Vaccine Awareness Day annually. This is a day to revisit the milestones in HIV vaccine development, to honor volunteers, to think about recent research results, and to create a pathway for success. It is also a call to action! For more than 40 years, some of the most brilliant minds...
The budget is moving quickly through the Senate process, and we wanted to offer an update on where things stand. The budget bill, now formally Amended Substitute House Bill 33 (hereafter referred to as HB33) was officially referred to the Senate Finance committee on May 3. Now the informal hearings that have already been occurring...
The Center for Community Solutions recently partnered with the Community Counseling Center of Ashtabula County to examine the behavioral health needs in Ashtabula County. One thing that came up in nearly every conversation we had with community members and stakeholders was the difficulty of finding behavioral health providers who accepted private insurance. Our community survey...
It’s been a busy few weeks (months…years….?) in the Ohio legislature. Last we checked in, the Governor’s version of the state budget—House Bill (HB) 33—was making its way through the House of Representatives. The House Finance Subcommittee on Health and Human Services, along with the other issue area subcommittees, heard testimony from a diverse set...
During the height of the pandemic, the Cuyahoga County Board of Health (CCBH) played a pivotal role in community information, education, and vaccine distribution. At the time, it was led by Terry Allan, who recently retired as the Health Commissioner for the Cuyahoga County Board of Health. Allan’s successor is Dr. Roderick Harris, who previously...
We live in a highly stressed society in the United States. According to a survey conducted by The Harris Poll, adults mainly cited violence and crime (75 percent), inflation (83 percent) and the political climate (66 percent) as major sources of stress. Another significant source of stress is the current racial climate (62 percent). This...
