Texas Women’s Healthcare Coalition Symposium & Networking Event

Monday, August 20, 2018

Please join us for a conversation on the state of women’s healthcare in Texas on September 19th  from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., featuring speakers from the Texas Women’s Healthcare Coalition and the Texas Health and Human Services Commission.The goal of this event is to provide women’s healthcare providers in the Longview area with updates on issues currently impacting family planning services and family planning providers in Texas, as well as to facilitate a networking event for healthcare providers to meet with each other and discuss key challenges and opportunities... (Continue Reading)

Harrison County Community Coalition Partnership hosts Burritos over Booze

Wednesday, August 15, 2018

“There’s more ways to have fun than underage drinking” is the message the Harrison County Community Coalition Partnership is bringing to college students this week, as the anti-drug and alcohol group kicked off its inaugural “Burritos over Booze” campaign at Texas State Technical College-Marshall, Tuesday.“Our Harrison County coalition came up with this idea on their own,” said Nathaniel Olson, coalition program manager for East Texas Council on Alcoholism & Drug Abuse, also known as ETCADA.“We’re at TSTC today and then we’re going to be at Wiley College on Sunday,” said... (Continue Reading)

Secondhand smoke poses greater risks for teens: Study

Tuesday, August 07, 2018

More than 1.1 billion adults worldwide smoke cigarettes and, though laws that limit public and workplace smoking are lessening the amount of exposure to the public, an estimated 9.6 million U.S. adolescents are exposed to tobacco smoke, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention.Since the 1960s, researchers have been looking at the health effects of secondhand smoking and have linked this exposure with an increased likelihood of getting ear infections, lung infections and even contributing to poor lung development in small children.Additional research has demonstrated secondhand smoke exposure... (Continue Reading)

PRC4 2018 Regional Needs Assessment Available for Download

Monday, July 23, 2018

The Regional Needs Assessment (RNA) report is created by each Prevention Resource Center in the state of Texas, in conjunction with the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) every year.  Data compiled to produce this report is gathered to provide the state, agencies and organizations, and the community at large with a comprehensive view of information about the trends, outcomes, and consequences associated with alcohol, tobacco and other drug use in the region.  The methodology for this report was designed to enable PRC’s, DSHS, and community stakeholders to engage... (Continue Reading)

Panola County sues opioid manufacturers, joining growing list of East Texas plaintiffs

Friday, June 08, 2018

By: Meredith Shamburger - Longview News-Journal CARTHAGE — Panola County has joined a growing list of East Texas counties that are suing opioid manufacturers, claiming they misled doctors and created an ongoing public health and safety crisis.A federal lawsuit on behalf of the county, filed May 16, says opioid manufacturers “downplayed the serious risk of addiction; promoted and exaggerated the concept of ‘pseudoaddiction’ thereby advocating that the signs of addiction should be treated with more opioids; exaggerated the effectiveness of screening tools in preventing addiction; claimed that opioid dependence and withdrawal... (Continue Reading)