HCI Gaining Momentum...
On Monday, March 28th, the Healthy Cleveland Initiative presented before the Cleveland City Council Health and Human Services Committee to provide updates on the Initiative and the work it has accomplished. Read more here.
We're AMPing up our programming for seniors to encourage healthy aging.
Benjamin Rose Institute on Aging has partnered with the Cleveland Department of Aging and the National Council on Aging to launch Cleveland’s first ever Aging Mastery Program!
The Aging Mastery Program (AMP) is a nationwide program that has been offered in over 100 locations throughout the country. AMP is a free 10-week course that is offered to seniors to encourage healthy aging. In 2016, AMP will be offered to seniors throughout the city of Cleveland. Read more here.
Not the kind of ‘Spice’ you want to add to your life…
The Behavioral Health Committee of Healthy Cleveland has been delving into the scope of the K2-Spice issue in our city. K2 is a dangerous drug also known as 'spice' or 'synthetic weed'. It's typically marketed as a ‘safe’ alternative to marijuana.
It's anything but safe. Read the full article here.
Cleveland City Council Health and Human Services finds flavored tobacco restrictions in good taste...
On Monday, January 25, 2016, the Health and Human Services committee voted in favor of Ordinance 607.21, which would restrict the sales of flavored tobacco to retail tobacco outlets within Cleveland city limits.
Within our city, we see very high rates of youth flavored tobacco use. Read the full article here.
"Little Cigar Study" could yield major insights.
Case Western Reserve University is looking for volunteers to participate in a research study on little cigars. Its Department of Family Medicine is conducting the study.
CWRU is particularly interested in reaching out to young people between the ages of 14-17 who smoke little cigars, such as Black & Milds (or other similar products). Read the full article here.
The City of Cleveland's Project Dawn - an opioid overdose education and naloxone distribution (OEND) program - just might save your life.
If you or a loved one are at-risk of opioid overdose, this program could be the difference between life and death. Overdosing on the common opioids of heroin, OxyContin, methadone, Percocet, and Vicodin can sometimes be reversed with the proper recognition of overdose and administration of Naloxone.
To learn more about this program and where it is offered, click here.
Community partners come together to address infant mortality.
You may have heard that First Year Cleveland has officially launched! If you're not familiar, this initiative seeks to collectively address infant mortality in Cuyahoga County. And some of our Healthy Cleveland committees are jumping on board to help the cause...
Read the full article here.
Cleveland City Council finds it in good taste to hold a hearing on Flavored Tobacco legislation.
Following the successful passage of both the Tobacco 21 Ordinance and the Tobacco Free Workplace Ordinance, Cleveland City Council will be holding a Health and Human Services hearing to continue discussing instituting a ban on selling flavored tobacco within city limits...
Read the full article here.
Will you help us normalize this concept?!
Did you know that, for many individuals, it can be scary or overwhelming to discuss their own behavioral health? Some cultures are not as open to acknowledging behavioral health as real or something that needs to be cared for...
Read the full article here.
