Efforts, Events Seek To Improve Health Of Pacific Islanders

The following summarizes coverage of events and initiatives that seek to reduce racial and ethnic health disparities.
* Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma: The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration has awarded the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma American Indian tribe a three-year, $1.5 million grant to go toward residential substance use treatments [...]

Fewer school nurses face growing array of duties

Melissa Barber isn’t a nurse, but she often performs the duties of one. Barber, a teaching assistant in a special-needs class at Bush Elementary School in Salem, is one of a number of teacher aides, secretaries and school office workers who find themselves dispensing prescription medications, such as Ritalin, to children and helping with medical [...]

The programs prepare students to be registered nurses

The Pardee Hospital Medical Detoxification Unit will present “Is My Loved One in Trouble with Drugs or Alcohol?” at noon Friday at the Pardee Health Education Center.
During the free seminar, medical experts in the field of addiction will discuss the disease process, assist attendees in recognizing the signs and symptoms of addiction and present possible [...]