HHS roundup: overdose prevention; health exams Community Health News Top News by Damon Scott - June 27, 2023June 27, 2023 Narcan is used to treat known or suspected opioid overdoses. (Image via Facebook) The Seminole Tribe’s Health and Human Services Department (HHS) enters the summer months with an ongoing concern about opioid overdoses and with advice for tribal members to stay up-to-date with health exams. HHS executive director Dr. Vandhana Kiswani-Barley said
Supreme Court upholds ICWA Community Health News Top News by Damon Scott - June 19, 2023June 19, 2023 Legal challenges to ICWA have increased in recent years. (iStock) There was a collective sigh of relief across Indian Country on June 15 when the Supreme Court upheld the Indian Child Welfare Act after a series of legal challenges. Many had braced for the worst – either that key ICWA provisions
Q&A: Bullington, CBH tackle tribe’s fentanyl cases Community Health News Top News by Damon Scott - May 24, 2023May 24, 2023 HHS recently had a video produced about the fentanyl crisis. (Screenshot) The rate of fentanyl overdose deaths across Indian Country has skyrocketed in recent years. Health officials say the cheap and potent opioid has largely replaced heroin and oxycodone as the most significant addiction threat. The Center for Behavioral Health (CBH)
Photos: Tribe participates in Child Abuse Awareness Month Community Health News Top News by The Seminole Tribune - May 4, 2023November 13, 2023 From left to right are Big Cypress Advocacy & Guardianship employees Allicia Jordan (Spiderman), Felicia Duncan (Ironman), Tracey Collins (Hulk), Angela Hardwick (Black Panther) and Brittany Zulauf (Black Panther). (Courtesy Winstera Young) Tribal members and tribal employees participated in a number of events across the reservations to mark Child Abuse Awareness
Q&A: Child advocates support tribe’s vulnerable Community Health News by Damon Scott - April 28, 2023April 28, 2023 BRIGHTON – The Seminole Tribe’s Advocacy & Guardianship Department is responsible for several programs, but each one has an overarching goal: ensure that tribal members and families are supported – especially vulnerable children and adults. Joseph Hernandez Joseph Hernandez is a child advocate on the Brighton Reservation. He and two others work
Q&A: Fire safety expo comes to Hollywood Community Health News Top News by Damon Scott - April 23, 2023April 23, 2023 From left to right are battalion commander Stephen Zitnick, division chief Louis Valdes and battalion commander Joshua Eveleth. (Damon Scott) HOLLYWOOD – The Hollywood Council Office sponsored a fire safety expo April 22 at the Hollywood Fire Rescue Station 108, located at 3105 N State Road 7. The event hadn’t been
Rabies, microchip clinics return to tribe Community Events Health News Top News by Damon Scott - April 19, 2023April 19, 2023 The Seminole Tribe’s animal control program – part of the Health and Human Services Department – is scheduled to host a free rabies and microchip clinic on the Big Cypress Reservation on May 17. The event hasn’t been held since 2019 due to the pandemic. Jonathan Vasquez, the tribalwide animal control
Hard Rock spotlights female artists, boosts health initiatives Arts & Entertainment Hard Rock/Seminole Gaming Health News Top News by Damon Scott - March 14, 2023March 14, 2023 Jordin Sparks performs at the event. (Damon Scott) HOLLYWOOD – Hard Rock International (HRI) used Women’s History Month in March as a launching pad to celebrate women musicians and to raise awareness and funds for women’s health initiatives. A “Rock Women’s Health” kickoff event was held at the Hard Rock Cafe inside
‘Deaths of despair’ run high among Native Americans Health News Top News by Damon Scott - February 21, 2023February 21, 2023 A new analysis by UCLA researchers shows that Native Americans aged 45 to 54 have had the biggest increases in mortality in recent decades, and are dying at twice the rate of white people of the same age. (iStock/grandriver) A new study has found that national midlife mortality data typically focused
NIHB to hold health summit Health by From Press Release - February 9, 2023February 9, 2023 The National Indian Health Board’s 2023 National Tribal Health Conference and Public Health Summit will be held from May 1 to May 5 in Anchorage, Alaska. Programming topics include tribal listening and consultation sessions, hands-on training, and workshops covering topics such as funding for Indian health, the business of medicine,