Supporting organizations engaged in local policy work and to build local organizational capacity to enable sustained, strategic engagement in policy processes that advance mental wellness and address non-medical drivers of health.
When we think about policy change, we often think about experts, statistics, and long hours at the Capitol. But some of the most powerful tools for change aren’t data points, they’re stories. Today’s conversation looks at how lived experience becomes a catalyst for advocacy. We’ll explore how young people, and really anyone, can use their personal story to shape systems, influence policy, and make their communities stronger.
Anna Holdiman, a doctoral candidate in the epidemiology department at the School of Public Health at the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston, has been selected to receive a Frances Fowler Wallace Memorial Award by the Hogg Foundation.
In today’s episode, we look at how partnerships can stretch across counties and communities to align resources and ensure that rural Texans don’t have to navigate care alone.
The differing self-interests among stakeholder groups form the crux of the grand challenge of managing historical mental health records.
This initiative’s goal is to produce and publish research findings of scholarly works investigating the interface of mental health, well-being, and the arts and humanities.