Using Data to Inform the Maternal and Infant Health Crisis

Posted By Libby McGraw | 2/29/2024

Addressing social determinants of health and providing equitable, high-quality healthcare and community-based interventions are important to reducing maternal and infant deaths, and healthyneo.org can be a helpful resource. Data available on healthyneo.org provides a starting point for understanding the current state of this crisis in the Northeast Ohio region and can help to inform solutions.

The Critical Role of Harm Reduction in Preventing Overdoses and Saving-Lives

Posted By The Center for Health Affairs | 11/30/2023

Empowering people who use drugs with the choice to live healthier lives, harm reduction is a transformative approach that includes prevention, risk reduction and health promotion. Harm reduction faces stigma head on, acknowledging substance use disorder (SUD) as a medical diagnosis and recognizing the complexity of SUD treatment and recovery. With the integration of a harm reduction approach into policies, programs and practices, communities can mitigate some of the dangers of drug use and – the ultimate goal of harm reduction work – save lives.

Behavioral Health Experts Share Solutions to Pressing Behavioral Health Needs

Posted By The Center for Health Affairs | 9/28/2023

Ohio, like virtually the entire nation, is facing a significant crisis when it comes to behavioral healthcare. A report by the Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services found that nearly 2.4 million Ohioans live in communities that do not have enough behavioral health professionals.