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• Prevention Progress: Helping Communities Talk, Even During a Pandemic
  By: Dona Dmitrovic, Director, Center for Substance Abuse Prevention In a world filled with a seemingly endless number of troubling headlines, it seems that everyone is looking for a bit of good news these days. And here it is: Underage drinking and substance misuse prevention is making an impact across the country! According to SAMHSA’s […]
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• Celebrate Women’s History Month by Prioritizing Your Mental Health
  By: SAMHSA's Office of Behavioral Health Equity As we celebrate Women’s History Month, we want to take time to celebrate the diverse, brilliant women across this nation who keep everything going at home and work, within community organizations and faith institutions, and in every aspect of life. We celebrate the women from our history who […]
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• New SAMHSA Guide Highlights HIV Prevention and Treatment for People with Substance Use and/or Mental Disorders
  By: HIV.gov. This blog was posted on HIV.gov on February 3, 2021. The HHS Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) has released Prevention and Treatment of HIV Among People Living with Substance Use and/or Mental Disorders, a guidebook that addresses the co-occurrence of HIV and mental illness and/or substance use disorder (SUD) and reviews effective programs […]
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• On World AIDS Day, SAMHSA renews commitment to end the HIV epidemic
  Kristin Roha, MS, MPH, Public Health Advisor for HIV, and Dr. Neeraj Gandotra, M.D., Chief Medical Officer Established in 1988, World AIDS Day allows the people of the world to show support for people living with and affected by HIV, and to commemorate people who have lost their lives to AIDS. In 2020, the COVID-19 […]
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• Confronted with Multiple Crises, Latinos Draw Upon Culture and Community (Enfrentando múltiples crisis, los latinos recurren a la cultura y a la comunidad)
  By: Roxana Hernandez, MPH; Shayla Anderson, MPH, CHES; Victoria Chau, Ph.D., MPH; Larke Huang, Ph.D., SAMHSA Office of Behavioral Health Equity
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• On World AIDS Day, SAMHSA reaffirms commitment to Ending HIV Epidemic with support from partners
  By: Neeraj Gandotra, M.D., Chief Medical Officer
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• Opioid and Illicit Drug Use Among the Hispanic/Latino Populations
  By: Roslyn Holliday Moore, Public Health Analyst, and Victoria Chau, Public Health Analyst, SAMHSA Office of Behavioral Health Equity
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• Back-to-School Season: An Opportunity to Help Parents and Caregivers Prevent Underage Drinking and Drug Use
  By: Johnnetta Davis-Joyce, M.A., Director, SAMHSA’s Center for Substance Abuse Prevention 
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• Alarming Suicide Trends in African American Children: An Urgent Issue
  By: Roslyn Holliday-Moore, Public Health Analyst, SAMHSA Office of Behavioral Health Equity The suicide rate among African American children aged 5 to 11 years has increased substantially since 1993 and is persisting, according to Dr. Jeffrey Bridge, a leading researcher at the Nationwide Children’s Hospital. In 1993 suicide ranked as the 14th leading cause of […]
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• Destigmatizing Mental Health in Asian American and Pacific Islander Communities
  By: Victoria Chau, Public Health Analyst, SAMHSA Office of Behavioral Health Equity and Roslyn Holliday-Moore, Public Health Analyst, SAMHSA Office of Behavioral Health Equity Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders are the fastest growing population in the United States, representing numerous cultures, histories, languages and socio-demographic characteristics. While recognizably diverse, Asian and Pacific Islanders are not […]
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