Preparing to Reopen: Prioritizing Prevention

Type:
  Video
Duration:
15 minutes
Presented by:
DMH + UCLA Prevention Center of Excellence
Featuring:
Jonathan E. Sherin, MD, PhD and Tyrone Howard, PhD
Series:
Educators Overcoming Under Stress
Relevant categories:
Education Resilience Systemic Racism
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Overview

The last few weeks have shifted our experience of the world, the work we do, and how we affect real change in the communities we serve. As soon as we were beginning to adjust to the stressors of the pandemic, our community was devastated by the murders of Black men and women in media. Dr. Jon Sherin joins Dr. Tyrone Howard to discuss specific considerations concerning the COVID-19 pandemic, racial realities of our community, and the role of prevention in supporting wellbeing and combating stigma. Dr; Sherin, MD, PhD is the Director of the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health and Dr. Howard is a Professor of Education, Director of the Pritzker Center for Strengthening Children and Families and Director of the Black Male Institute at UCLA.

Recorded on: 6/11/2020

  Keywords: COVID-19, health, prevention, racism, support, teaching
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Learning objectives

  • Discuss the impact of racial stress, trauma, and anxiety on people of color
  • List examples of the impact of the environmental trauma of the pandemic and systemic racism
  • Describe the concept of embedding providers into the ecosystem as a way to combat stigma

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