by Hawa Shir, Program Coordinator, Westbrook Partners for Prevention During the past few years, people have been facing a variety of adverse challenges in their individual lives. Collectively, those individual challenges have impacted communities as a whole. Communities experience adverse situations together. However, connectedness can be lost when bombarded with various disasters and tragedies. Having […]
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Needle-collection boxes to be located at four sites in Westbrook
The boxes will be the first in the city for the safe disposal of syringes and sharp medical waste. By Chance Viles, published in the American Journal, 9/7/21 Westbrook Partners for Prevention will install four community “sharps boxes” around the city this month for the proper disposal of syringes and other types of sharp medical […]
The Prevention Puzzle
There are a number of ways parents and caregivers can help their child make healthy choices and stay substance-free. Being informed about the data is one piece of the prevention puzzle. Survey data of Westbrook parents compared with Westbrook youth responses compiled in the Maine Integrated Youth Health Survey (MIYHS) help us understand the differences […]
