We’re in the midst of the season for giving. There’s something we can all give away and it’s free: kindness. When we are kind to someone else, we might just be setting off a chain reaction, as one act of kindness can be the inspiration that becomes a gift that keeps on giving. Sometimes it […]
The Mental Health America of Licking County (MHA) celebrated its 65th Annual Meeting and Dinner on Thursday, Nov. 8 at The DoubleTree by Hilton in downtown Newark with MHA’s Board of Trustees, staff, consumers and friends of MHA. Doable Fitness Goals That Are Worth Pursuing Taking on a fitness journey is a lifestyle change that quickly improves your physical […]
The Advocate has awarded three grants to Licking County organizations aimed at helping local children prosper. The grants will hopefully help kids grow physically, mentally and socially, said Editor Benjamin Lanka. “There is nothing more important we can do as a society than ensure our next generation has the support to grow into healthy, prosperous […]
Health disparities are preventable differences in the burden of disease, injury, violence, or opportunities to achieve optimal health, that are experienced by socially disadvantaged populations. Updated data released from the U.S. Small-Area Life Expectancy Estimates Project (USALEEP) illustrates health disparities in Licking County, where there is up to a 14.9-year difference in life expectancy for […]
The new school year is upon us! Remember the drama of school and how hard it could be? And that was before the internet! Raising a child today is hard, it doesn’t come with a manual and often, we feel like we are winging it. We know children today are dealing with some heavy stuff […]
Stigma can be defined as a mark of disgrace or shame associated with a particular circumstance or person. For addicted people and those in recovery, and more generally, those with any type of substance abuse or mental health disorder, stereotyping leads to prejudice, discrimination, fear, shame, distrust, and creates additional barriers to treatment and recovery. […]
In the week before the June 10 Tony Awards, which celebrated excellence in Broadway theater, our world lost two well-known people, Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain, to suicide. Both were public figures, each a shining star in their respective worlds of fashion and cooking, travel and television. Much was said on social media and in […]
Found in the Newark Advocate on July 20, 2018 Reporter: Kate Dengg The YES club, an after school and summer program for local kids, has added a beautiful new addition to their building in downtown Newark. Over the week, about 20 kids from the YES club came together to paint a mural on the side of their building, highlighting […]
By Kate Dengg, Reporter Found in The Newark Advocate on July 18, 2018 Mental illness touches every community and people from all walks of life. Approximately one in five adults in the United States — 43.8 million people — experiences mental illness in a given year, according to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, yet 60 percent of those […]
The U.S. Surgeon General released its first report of the Advisory Committee on Smoking in Health in 1964, which identified smoking as a cause of lung cancer and chronic bronchitis. Despite significant progress since that first Surgeon General’s report, issued over 50 years ago, smoking remains the single largest cause of preventable disease and death […]
