The Rhode Island Department of Health invites educators, school nurses, administrators, social workers, school physicians, and allied professionals supporting school health to the 2020 RI School Health Conference. The Conference attendees will learn from a public health team approach to address emerging priorities in sexual health, substance use, and vaping. For each of the priority […]

Join the American Lung Association at its Lung Force Expo! Professionals track is 8:30am-4pm (registration begins at 7:30am). Patients/caregivers track from 9:30am-3pm (registration begins at 8:30am). Sx ducation contact hours for nurses, respiratory therapists and community health education specialists and substance abuse prevention professionals. Learn more about the latest in treatments, medications, resources and research […]

The opioid epidemic that is crippling our country is taking a toll on the children, youth, and families: Children who have disruptions in their lives or inadequate care from an addicted parent, families who lose a child to addiction, grandparents who step in to provide substitute care, friends and classmates who experience addiction, and children […]

The Kent and South County Regional Prevention Coalitions will be holding a professional development training for SROs on August 27, 9am-12pm at the Crowne Plaza in Warwick. The morning will center around Creating Student Connections. There will be more information to follow but Save the Date for this important free training. Please contact Kathy Sullivan […]

On behalf of Governor Gina M. Raimondo's Overdose Prevention and Intervention Task Force, municipal leaders from across the State are invited to the 2019 Community Overdose Engagement (CODE) Summit on Tuesday, June 25 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, 801 Greenwich Ave., Warwick. Together, we will recognize the innovation and collaboration of […]