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Wow! How? Peer Warmline

May 9, 2024 By Susannah Fox Leave a Comment

Wow! How? Health

This essay is part of my LinkedIn newsletter series: Wow! How? Health. About two million people in North Carolina experience a mental health or substance use disorder crisis each year. Historically, about half did not receive treatment because of cost, leading to repercussions for families, communities, and individuals. A new Peer Warmline, staffed by counselors […]

Filed Under: Champions, Networkers, peer-to-peer health care, policy issues, Solvers Tagged With: Kody Kinsley, mental health, North Carolina, peer counseling, peer-to-peer healthcare, Promise Resource Network, Wow! How? Health

Wow! How? Community as therapy

March 28, 2024 By Susannah Fox Leave a Comment

Wow! How? Health

Social isolation prevents people from getting help. The effect is amplified among people living with serious mental illness. They are the most in need of community support, yet are the least likely to get it in a health care system that is primarily focused on clinical interventions like medication. A recent report by M. Usman, […]

Filed Under: Champions, Networkers, peer-to-peer health care Tagged With: Fountain House, Joshua Seidman, M. Usman, mental health, Wow! How? Health

Peer health playbooks

August 6, 2021 By Susannah Fox 18 Comments

Sunflowers with a bee

I’m collecting examples of peer health playbooks: the how-to guides that patients and caregivers write so that people following their path won’t stumble into the same pitfalls. If you know of one that is not listed below, please tell me about it in the comments. I AM ALS put together a step-by-step playbook of how […]

Filed Under: peer-to-peer health care Tagged With: ALS, Brain Tumor, Caregiver Action Network, Carmen Bombeke, Dana Lewis, food allergy, Genetic Alliance, I AM ALS, IBD, ImproveCareNow, Katherine Onk, Lianne Mandelbaum, Meghan Marsac, Melissa Hogan, mental health

Data-driven support for vulnerable populations

April 8, 2021 By Susannah Fox 6 Comments

Safety net against a blue sky

How might we reduce the stigma associated mental health, which underpins global health and trauma recovery? How might we use technology to personalize services to support people, whether they are veterans, foster-care kids, returning citizens, or an elder living alone? These are two of the questions that I recently discussed with Paul Dommel, IBM’s Global […]

Filed Under: health data Tagged With: IBM, mental health, safety net, veterans

LGBTQ+ youth are reaching out for help

March 24, 2021 By Susannah Fox 1 Comment

98% of LGBTQ+ youth have used digital tools for health purposes

In partnership with Vicky Rideout and I, Common Sense Media created fact sheets about multiple groups included in our national study (Latinx, Black, female, LGBTQ+ youth, to name a few) and I thought I’d share each slice of data in a series of posts. The complete survey findings, methodology, quotes from participants, fact sheets, and questionnaire […]

Filed Under: demographics, research issues, social media, trends & principles Tagged With: california healthcare foundation, Common Sense Media, COVID19, HopeLab Foundation, LGBTQ, mental health, Vicky Rideout

Depression, social media use, and digital health

March 22, 2021 By Susannah Fox 9 Comments

Half of those with moderate to severe symptoms of depression have looked online for people with similar health concerns and 75% have used health apps

In partnership with Vicky Rideout and I, Common Sense Media created fact sheets based on our national study and I thought I’d share slices of data in a series of posts. The complete survey findings, methodology, quotes from participants, fact sheets, and questionnaire are available here. Here’s the 10-second summary for this featured group,  young people […]

Filed Under: demographics, research issues, social media, trends & principles Tagged With: california healthcare foundation, Common Sense Media, COVID19, HopeLab Foundation, mental health, Vicky Rideout

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