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Health Connections: Providers

Mental healthcare providers are not immune from depression and anxiety during the time of COVID. Making sure to connect with others, finding outlets for creativity and staying fit are just important f...

Health Connections: Get Help

Local mental health providers encourage everyone to seek out counseling services and emotional support during the time of COVID. Local county websites are a great place to start.

Community Organizing - Spanish

(Short Educational Video) In this presentation, learn the importance of communities and individuals coming together to affect change, thus improving health and quality of life. Spanish version. 1 min...

Affordable Housing

(Short Educational Video) Affordable and secure housing options are critical issues in creating stability within our community. Barbara Nelson, Planning and Building Director for the City of Healdsbur...

Are Our Kids Disposable

(Short Educational Video) Each year in California, more than 400,000 students are thrown out of school, often just for being late. Or, acting up and talking back. That's six kids every minute! Is that...

Extreme Heat: Neighborhoods

Find out how climate change affects your local neighborhood with Extreme Heat: Neighborhoods. Environmental engineer Justin Witt explains how extreme heat is not just a daytime concern, but is also a...

Housing and Health

KRCB North Bay Public Media and the Sonoma County Department of Health Services have partnered to raise awareness about the ways in which the social determinants of health affect our community. This H...

Early Childhood Education - Short

Health Connections explores the importance of Early Childhood Education.

Access to Quality Early Childhood Education

KRCB North Bay Public Media and First 5 Sonoma County explore the dynamic between access to high quality early childhood education and a lifetime of better economic stability and health outcomes.

Sustainable Sonoma

SPANISH LANGUAGE VERSION. Sustainable Sonoma is a platform for organizations and community stakeholders to come to the table for the benefit of Sonoma Valley. Our core partners are working together to...

Health and Climate Change Adaptation

The North Bay Climate Adaptation Initiative (NBCAI) formed to raise awareness of the impact of climate change on our region. Rainfall patterns are changing, temperatures are rising and critical infras...

The Opioid Epidemic

The opioid epidemic is devastating communities throughout the country. Sonoma County's Department of Health Services and KRCB North Bay Public Media have partnered to raise awareness. Learn more about...

Hearts of Sonoma

Hearts of Sonoma County is a cardiovascular disease risk reduction initiative, that seeks to achieve access to high-value, well-coordinated, patient-centered care for all Sonoma County residents. The...

Sustainable Sonoma

Sustainable Sonoma is a platform for organizations and community stakeholders to come to the table for the benefit of Sonoma Valley. Our core partners are working together to build a common agenda, sh...

Extreme Heat: Tree Planting

Learn how trees are helping reverse climate change in your local area with Extreme Heat: Tree Planting. Caitlin Cornwall, Research Program Manager, Sonoma Ecology Center, helps us understand how extre...

First 5 Sonoma County

Amy G (San Francisco Giants Reporter -Comcast SportsNet Bay Area) talks about the importance of providing early childhood education to kids throughout Sonoma County and California so they get the best...

Sober Circle: Finding Solutions to Addiction

In Sonoma County, substance abuse and addiction have a negative impact on community health. Some forms of addiction are on the rise. Other forms of addiction like alcoholism, when paired with homeless...

Early Literacy Builds Life Long Learning

Children are born ready and able to learn. It is never too early to start reading together. Not only is reading fun, research shows young children who spend time reading with their families enter kind...

The Importance of Parental Involvement

KRCB North Bay Public Media and First 5 Sonoma County explain the importance of parental involvement in the cognitive development of children. Strong directed and educationally-focused parental involv...

Cloverdale: Recreational Spaces (Neighborhood Series)

In Cloverdale, community members have come together and are working with city leaders to develop safe places for families and children to gather and play. Safe spaces are important for recreatiion, en...

Rohnert Park: Childhood Hunger (Neighborhood Series)

In Rohnert Park, city leaders understand that childhood hunger is a problem. Working from data collected for the health data report: A Portrait of Sonoma County, people from the non-profit, government...

Healdsburg: Housing Prices (My Neighborhood)

(Short Educational Video) Affordable housing is a big issue in the Bay Area. In the North Bay, people are finding that they can no longer afford to live in the communities in which they work. How do w...

Windsor: Home Care (My Neighborhood)

(Short Educational Video) Windsor is like many places in Sonoma County. Older residents who suffer from health issues often find themselves far from healthcare facilities and they are unable to drive....

Sonoma Valley Springs: Bilingual Education (My Neighborhood)

(Short Educational Video) Sonoma Valley Springs has some unique issues. Children from Spanish-speaking families often fall behind in their educational journey early in their school experience. Parent,...

SW Santa Rosa: Safe Places (My Neighborhood)

(Short Educational Video) Children need safe places to grow up healthy. Some communities face challenges in providing these safe places. Where there are no parks or organized activities, young people...

Economic Wellness - Building a Better Society

[Short Educational Video] More and more American wage earners cannot meet the demands of a rapidly increasing cost of living. While housing, food, fuel, education and healthcare costs accelerate upwar...

Community Organizing - English

(Short Educational Video) Four community leaders share their experiences about how to successfully organize within communities and why it matters. 1 minute.

CHIPA

(Short Educational Video) CHIPA stands for: Community Health Initiative of the Petaluma Area. The organization's mission is to improve the health and well-being of our community through leadership, ad...

Vamos Afuera - Family Outdoor Activity

(Short Educational Video - Spanish Language) Omar Gallardo of the LandPaths organization is the Vamos Afuera Outreach and Diversity Director, a program that promotes taking care of the Earth. Vamos Af...

Vamos Afuera - Get Outside & Explore

(Short Educational Video - Spanish Language) Vamos Afuera is a program of the LandPaths organization that promotes taking care of the Earth. Outreach and Diversity Director, Omar Gallardo, tells an in...

Graton Day Labor Center

(Short Educational Video - Spanish Language) Centro Laboral de Graton is a worker-led day labor center that organizes domestic workers and day laborers in West Sonoma County, CA for the advancement of...

Safe Routes to School

(Short Educational Video) The Family Bike Rodeo is a community event that teaches kids the basics of bicycle safety. City streets, even in quiet neighborhoods, can be dangerous for young people as the...

The Health Center

(Short Educational Video) The Health Center was built entirely by volunteers under the direction of Stan Wahl, a local contractor, with materials donated by community businesses. Mr. Wahl was able to...

Transform - The Social Determinants of Health

(Short Educational Video) Health Happens Here! In our neighborhoods, in our schools, in our grocery stores and our parks—every moment of the day the places where we spend our lives affect how long, an...

Understanding Food Systems

(Short Educational Video) This segment from Community Health Connections focuses on defining our local food system. It explains what a food system is and why it is an important part of how a community...

Lets Make Health Happen Here

(Short Educational Video) We all know that members of our community, especially children in poverty, suffer health consequences because they do not have access to quality health care, healthy food ite...

What is a Food System?

(Short Educational Video) A Food System is a complex web of relationships between farmers and retailers, community members and policy makers. In our region, many people are being priced out of the loc...

The North South Project - Korea

(Short Educational Video) North-South: Art as a Tool to Mediate Political and Social Conflict is a joint effort between the Sonoma County Museum and the Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art (GMoMA) in Gyeong...

The North South Project - Friendships

What is Community Health

(Short Educational Video) Katrina Thurman of West County Community Services describes what she believes makes a healthy community. 45 sec

Healthy Living and the Sonoma Wine Country Senior Games

(Short Educational Video) Sonoma Wine Country Senior Games swimmers talk to KRCB about leading active lives and what a healthy lifestyle means to them. 1 min

Earn It! Keep It! Save It!

(Short Educational Video) A United Way coalition of non-profit agencies and private companies that offer free tax assistance and financial education to low-income individuals and families. 1 min 30 se...

Collective Impact

(Short Educational Video) Every day organizations and people in and around Sonoma County are working together to improve our community. Collective impact makes a difference. Find out more in this vide...

The North South Project - Gangs

Place Matters

(Short Educational Video) When it comes to your health, place matters! As a community, we can change public policies and priorities by acting together to address unhealthy factors such as unsafe housi...

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