The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) announced the Moving Forward Together Grant Program, a new funding opportunity to support continued efforts to promote health equity in COVID-19 vaccination in Wisconsin. Eligible organizations can apply …
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Communities Confronting COVID-19 project to present at Wisconsin Public Health Association Conference
The Communities Confronting COVID-19 (C3) project is a collaboration between the University of Wisconsin Prevention Research Center and Southwestern Wisconsin Community Action Program, prompting vaccine confidence in rural communities. C3 will present some of their …
Podcast: Lindsey Bullinger On Evaluating Risk Of Child Maltreatment During The COVID-19 Pandemic
When the pandemic hit, many people who study child maltreatment, abuse, and neglect were worried that some children might be at greater risk due to more time at home and other factors that the pandemic …
Kids are feeling extra stressed during the pandemic. A new video program teaches them how to manage their emotions.
This story was taken from the Today Show website. By Kenzi Abou-Sabe and Cynthia McFadden A few months into the pandemic, 11-year-old Jaidyn Oloo was struggling. Attending school online and feeling isolated from his friends, he became increasingly …
AABN program participant featured on CBS58
UWPRC partner, the African American Breastfeeding Network (AABN), is proud to share that their program participant, Kelly Mitchell, was recently featured on CBS58 News and shared why she decided to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. AABN …
APA: Helping your patients overcome vaccine hesitancy
There are more effective strategies than shaming or scaring them into getting the shot. In her work as a clinical psychologist in Washington, D.C., Victoria Sylos-Labini, PsyD, encounters a lot of people—both patients and coworkers—who …
Vaccines, pregnancy, menstruation, lactation and fertility (WHO)
What is the guidance for vaccination of women with breastfeeding infants, women who are pregnant or planning to get pregnant and women who are menstruating? What about vaccines and fertility? WHO’s Dr Soumya Swaminathan explains …
COVID-19 Response Focus on Social and Emotional Health Grant Program
Children and adolescents are particularly vulnerable to the social and emotional health effects of the pandemic as they navigate school closures and the postponement of social activities, illness or death of loved ones, and stress …
Podcast from SWCAP: Life During the Pandemic
The podcast Life During the Pandemic: Stories from Around the State is a part of Project Recovery by UWPRC community partner, SWCAP (Southwestern Wisconsin Community Action Program). Project Recovery is a statewide effort to assist farmers …
DHS: Everyone Age 16 and Older Now Eligible for the COVID-19 Vaccine
The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) announces a major milestone in Wisconsin’s COVID-19 vaccination program in that everyone ages 16 and older are now eligible for the vaccine. After consistently ranking top in the …