HANOVER — Dartmouth-Hitchcock and the New Hampshire and Vermont public health associations will host their fourth annual “Team Up, Take Action” conference on Wednesday.
The daylong event brings together public health and health care professionals, community activists and health advocates with the aim of improving health and health equity, according to a news release. It focuses on the role that partnerships play in addressing social factors that can affect health such as housing, transportation, food, education, exercise, employment, social relationships and health care.
The event, happening at the Hanover Inn, will feature workshops and a keynote address by Dr. Jose Montero, the director of the Center for State, Tribal, Local and Territorial Support at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. To register, call the N.H. Public Health Association at 603-228-2983 or visit https://tinyurl.com/y5wwmoeo.
LYME — The parish nurses will host an event exploring the topics of grief and loss at 6:30 p.m on Tuesday, Oct. 8, in the cafeteria at the Lyme School.
The event, “A Community Gathering: Hope and Healing After Suicide and Traumatic Loss,” will be moderated by Lyme School Principal Jeff Valence and the program will feature a panel discussion, followed by open dialogue with the audience.
Organized by the Lyme parish nurses Kari Allen and Sharon Morgan, the event will address questions that arise following tragic deaths, such as “Is this grief longer than what follows a death from natural causes?” and “How can we help a survivor who has lost someone close?”
LEBANON — Dartmouth-Hitchcock is offering a four-session online course to help employers support workers who may be struggling with addiction.
The course, “Win-Win Strategies to Address Employee Substance Use,” will use a program called Project ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) to bring together health care providers, employers and state officials virtually, according to a flyer provided to the Public Health Council of the Upper Valley. Topics include understanding substance use stigma and recovery; workplace policies and practices; legal considerations; and resources including the state’s help line 211.
The course, which was developed in conjunction with the New Hampshire Recovery Friendly Workplace Initiative, will take place every other Thursday from noon to 1 p.m. beginning Oct. 10.
For more information or to register, email ECHO@hitchcock.org or visit go.d-h.org/project-echo.
— Compiled by Nora Doyle-Burr