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Coping With Traumatic Events

After experiencing a traumatic event, like the subway attack in Brooklyn, stress may affect how you feel, think and act. Here are some tips to help you cope. If you feel overwhelmed, NYC Well can help: 💜 Talk: 888-NYC-Well 💜 Text “WELL” to 65173 💜 Chat: nyc.gov/nycwell

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Just over a century ago, New York City tackled the “greatest pandemic in history” also known as the Spanish Flu, that infected a third of the world’s population killing nearly 500 million people and forcing New Yorkers to self-quarantine and wear masks in public. The City’s response, similar to the measures currently being undertaken today with COVID-19, is credited with slowing the spread of the Great Influenza of 1918. From fights over keeping schools open to temporary hospital construction and home-quarantining, the battle to curb the spread of influenza in 1918 is suddenly very familiar to New Yorkers in 2020. COVID-19 has impacted our lives in a way this generation has never experienced. But while exploring the Great Influenza, we see that New York City has an established public health history known for successfully slowing the spread of infectious pandemics, from yellow fever to cholera, typhoid, and polio. Visit our website to read more about New York City during the Great Pandemic of 1918. #nychistory #nyhistory #brooklyn #nychealth #nychealth #covid #rona #covid19 #coronavirus #urbanhistory #publichealth #manhattan #queensny #thebronx #statenisland #midtown #nyc #urban #urbanhistory #urbanism #brooklynhistory #nycurbanism #MapMondays (at Stuyvesant Square) https://www.instagram.com/p/B-pamQcnqhQ/?igshid=1pglspw5ljxc7

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NYC: Stop the spread of the coronavirus

New Yorkers: You can help slow the spread of the #coronavirus and its disease, #COVID19, in NYC. Protect yourself and others: ☑️ Wash your hands with soap and water often. ☑️ Cover your nose and mouth with a tissue or sleeve when sneezing or coughing. ☑️ Do not touch your face with unwashed hands. ☑️ Do not shake hands. Instead wave or elbow bump. ☑️ Monitor your health more closely than usual for cold or flu symptoms. Stay home if you feel sick: ☑️ Stay home and call your doctor if you have symptoms like coughing, shortness of breath, fever or sore throat. ☑️ If you do not feel better in 24-48 hours, seek care from your doctor. ☑️ If you need help getting medical care, call 311. ☑️ NYC will provide care regardless of immigration status or ability to pay. Help protect the most vulnerable: ☑️ If you have chronic conditions like lung disease, heart disease, diabetes, cancer or a weakened immune system, avoid unnecessary gatherings and events. ☑️ If you have family or friends who have one of these conditions, do not visit them if you feel sick. Help reduce overcrowding: ☑️Consider telecommuting. ☑️ Stagger your work hours by starting earlier or later. ☑️ Walk or bike to work, if possible. ☑️ If the train is too packed, wait for the next one. For real-time updates about the coronavirus in NYC, text "COVID" to 692-692 or visit nyc.gov/coronavirus.

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#NeighborhoodVoicesNYC: Shop Healthy NYC! Recap

We recently shared the stories of New York City shop owners and community advocates who support Shop Healthy NYC!

The program works with bodega community partners to increase the healthy options they sell, such as low-sodium canned goods, whole-wheat bread, fruits, vegetables and water.

You can encourage local businesses to provide healthier offerings. The How to Adopt a Shop Guide offers tips for working with retailers to have them offer more nutritious foods.

For the full series: #NeighborhoodVoicesNYC

Additional Resources

Accelerated Sales Tax Exemption Program  

NYC Food Metrics Report 2017 (PDF)

Nutrition Services

Good Choice Nutrition Initiative for Food Service Providers

NYC Food Standards

Nutritional Education for Children

Deliver these postcards to your local store for healthier items

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#NeighborhoodVoicesNYC: Lameane Isaac

The Brooklyn Public Library’s Macon branch offers Shop Healthy NYC! workshops for parents and caregivers to help their young children develop healthy eating habits. All attendees get Health Bucks to buy fresh fruits and vegetables at NYC farmers markets.

“We wanted to offer a quality program that teaches parents and caregivers how to advocate for and how to shop for healthy and nutritious foods in their communities,” says Lameane Isaac, the branch’s neighborhood library supervisor.

Ms. Isaac requested the Shop Healthy NYC! workshops for her library to educate residents on what they can do to get healthier food options in their neighborhoods, for themselves and for their families.

Shop Healthy NYC! works with local food retailers to increase the healthy options they sell.

Follow along with #NeighborhoodVoicesNYC.

Additional Resources

Accelerated Sales Tax Exemption Program  

NYC Food Metrics Report 2017 (PDF)

Nutrition Services

Good Choice Nutrition Initiative for Food Service Providers

NYC Food Standards

Nutritional Education for Children

Deliver these postcards to your local store for healthier items  

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It’s International Overdose Awareness Day

Every seven hours, someone dies of a drug overdose in New York City, and more New Yorkers die from drug overdoses than from homicides, suicides and car crashes combined. These deaths are preventable.

The medication naloxone can reverse the effects of an opioid overdose. All New Yorkers can receive free training to carry and use naloxone. 

Together we can #EndOverdose.

More resources

How to prevent drug overdose

How to find and use naloxone

NYC drug and alcohol data

Help to stop using drugs

Talk, text or chat using NYC Well

Download the Stop OD NYC app for iOS or Android

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In New York City, it is illegal to discriminate on the basis of a person’s sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression in public accommodations, including in health care settings.

The City’s LGBTQ Health Care Bill of Rights is a list of current legal rights that LGBTQ New Yorkers can use to assert their health care rights.

LGBTQ New Yorkers have the right to:

1. Be treated with dignity, respect and professionalism by all providers and all staff.

2. Receive compassionate, judgement-free and comprehensive care that is mindful of your sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression.

3. Respectful discussions with providers about your health and health care needs, including your sexual history and current sex life.

4. Have your gender identity and gender expression recognized, affirmed, documented and accommodated.

5. Clear explanations of requests for your health information.

6. Clear explanations of all medical procedures and risks, and the right to choose or refuse any treatment.

7. Access health insurance coverage and benefits without discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression.

8. Choose who will make medical decisions for you if you are unable. If you are a minor, you have the right to have your voice heard and best interests included in these decisions.

9. Decide who may and may not visit you if you are admitted to a health care facility.

10. Privacy and confidentiality.

For more information on these rights, see our LGBTQ Health Care Bill of Rights.

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Come check out the Block Party at our Neighborhood Health Action Center in Brownsville, Brooklyn! The day of fun-filled festivities is set for Wednesday, June 28 from 1-5 p.m. at 259 Bristol St., between Blake and Dumont Avenues.

Activities include:

Community roller skating

Youth ID card enrollment

Fire safety classes

Fitness classes

Health screenings

Giveaways

Face painting

Live DJ

For more information, call 718-495-8212 or email [email protected].

The Brownsville location is part of our action center model in which community residents are connected to neighborhood-based social services including:

Primary, mental health and, in some cases, dental care

Referrals to a network of neighborhood services

Health/wellness classes, workshops and activities

Learn more about our action centers by visiting on.nyc.gov/actioncenter.