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Kelli

Health and Hunger Public Health

Child hunger is nothing new for Southern West Virginians. The baby formula shortage making those struggles worse.

Last week, I received a text from a friend asking me to keep an eye out at stores for baby formula. I don’t have children, but their daughter – a 6-month-old whom I adore – is always in the front of my mind when I read news or hear stories Read more…

By Kelli, 5 daysMay 17, 2022 ago
When All Are counted

Everyone counts. Everyone should be counted.

Last week, we announced that Think Kids and the West Virginia Prevention Research Center (WVPRC) were awarded a two-year grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) in support of a research collaboration to assess how West Virginia compiles and reports health surveillance data in order to build a more inclusive Read more…

By Kelli, 4 weeksApril 23, 2022 ago
ACEs Drug Crisis

Telling the story of kids of the drug crisis

I was a talkative kid growing up. Teachers moved me a lot. They sent notes home in report cards. In middle school, I remember telling a long-winded story at the dinner table, and my dad impatiently gestured to get me to wrap it up. “Quality not quantity, kid,” he said.  Read more…

By Kelli, 3 monthsFebruary 23, 2022 ago

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