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		<title>Promoting Mental Health in Community (IF Discussion Report)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Feb 2018 14:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 18-page discussion report,&#160;Promoting Mental Health in Community,&#160;was published by&#160;Interactivity Foundation&#160;in October 2015 and edited by Nneka Edwards and Suzanne Goodney Lea. This is the initial draft of the discussion report; IF is planning to create a full discussion guide that communities can use when gun violence occurs in order to take mental health concerns into consideration when developing public policy. Below is an excerpt of the guide, which can be downloaded as a PDF for free from IF&#8217;s site&#160;here. From IF&#8230; This is a [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/rc/item/12083">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>What Should We Do About The Opioid Epidemic? (NIFI Issue Advisory)</title>
		<link>http://ncdd.org/rc/item/11965</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Dec 2017 14:30:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Keiva Hummel]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The National Issues Forum Institute released the six-page Issue Advisory,&#160;What Should We Do About The Opioid Epidemic?, published October 2017. The issue advisory presents three options to use during deliberation on how society can address the rising opioid epidemic that has swept the U.S. The issue advisory is available for free download on NIFI&#8217;s site here, as well as, a post-forum questionnaire. From NIFI&#8230; Drug abuse, a problem the United States has faced for decades, has taken a sharp and lethal turn with the rise [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/rc/item/11965">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>How Should We Reduce Obesity in America? (NIFI Issue Guide)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Mar 2017 13:30:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Keiva Hummel]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The issue guide, How Should We Reduce Obesity in America?, was published on&#160;National Issues Forums Institute&#160;site in Spring 2017. This issue guide gives three options for participants to deliberate around the issue of obesity in the US. In addition to the issue guide, there is a moderator&#8217;s guide and a post-forum questionnaire, all available to download on NIFI&#8217;s site here. From the guide&#8230; Obesity is a health problem that is growing rapidly in the United States and other parts of the world. In this country, [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/rc/item/11656">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>End of Life: What Should We Do for Those Who Are Dying? (NIFI Issue Guide)</title>
		<link>http://ncdd.org/rc/item/11604</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2017 14:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Keiva Hummel]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 23-page issue guide, End of Life: What Should We Do for Those Who Are Dying?,&#160;written by National Issues Forums Institute&#160;and published on their site on November&#160;2016. This issue guide provides three options for deliberation for participants to explore end-of-life decisions, as people are able to live longer and options for &#8220;right to die&#8221; become possibilities; what is best for those who are dying? In addition to the issue guide, there is a moderator&#8217;s guide and a post-forum questionnaire, all available to download on NIFI&#8217;s [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/rc/item/11604">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Promoting Inclusion, Equity and Deliberation in a National Dialogue on Mental Health</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2017 14:30:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Keiva Hummel]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 15-page article, Promoting Inclusion, Equity and Deliberation in a National Dialogue on Mental Health, was written by Tom Campbell, Raquel Goodrich, Carolyn Lukensmeyer, and Daniel Schugurensky, and&#160;published in the&#160;Journal of Public Deliberation: Vol. 12: Iss. 2. In the article, the authors share their experiences with the project, &#8220;Creating Community Solutions&#8221; (CCS), in which six organizations partnered to better understand how the public is engaged around mental health. By implementing three engagement strategies, CCS sought to shift the social norms around mental health and work [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/rc/item/11531">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Community Conversations About Mental Health</title>
		<link>http://ncdd.org/rc/item/11363</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2016 14:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Keiva Hummel]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 20-page discussion guide, Community Conversations About Mental Health (2013),&#160;was sponsored&#160;by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration&#160;(SAMHSA), an agency of the&#160;U.S. Dept of Health and Human Services. This guide was prepared for SAMHSA by Abt Associates and its subcontractors, the Deliberative Democracy Consortium and Everyday Democracy. In the guide are instructions for hosting and facilitating community dialogues around mental health issues today and especially for young people; how to identify challenges and what ways to support youth mental health. The beginning of the [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/rc/item/11363">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Why and When Should We Use Public Deliberation?</title>
		<link>http://ncdd.org/rc/item/11205</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2016 16:42:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Keiva Hummel]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The five-page article, Why and When Should We Use Public Deliberation?,&#160;written by Stephanie Solomon and Julia Abelson, was published 2012 in the Hastings Center Report. In the article, Solomon and Abelson discuss the role of public deliberation in public policy decision-making. Public deliberation is an alternative process to determine public policy and can be a more effective method of creating policy than other familiar methods;&#160;depending on the circumstances of the issues, the level of engagement desired, and the needs of the community. Public deliberation can [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/rc/item/11205">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Citizens at Work: An Interim Report [KF A Public Voice 2016]</title>
		<link>http://ncdd.org/rc/item/11034</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2016 13:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Keiva Hummel]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 24-page interim report, Citizens at Work, was released by Kettering Foundation at their annual event, A Public Voice 2016 in May 2016. The interim report describes Kettering&#8217;s two series of deliberative forums held between 2015-2016. The two series revolved around the issue guides,&#160;Health Care: How Can We Reduce Costs and Still Get the Care We Need?&#160;and&#160;Making Ends Meet: How Should We Spread Prosperity and Improve Opportunity?, which were&#160;prepared by Kettering and used for National Issues Forums. Below is more info from Kettering on the [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/rc/item/11034">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Mental Illness in America: How Do We Address a Growing Problem? (NIFI Issue Guide)</title>
		<link>http://ncdd.org/rc/item/10278</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2015 13:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Keiva Hummel]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 13-page issue guide from National Issues Forums, Mental Illness in America: How Do We Address a Growing Problem?, was&#160;published November 2014. The issue guide gives three options for discussion on how mental illness can better be addressed in the US. Below is an excerpt from the guide and it can be downloaded from NIFI&#8217;s site&#160;here. From the guide&#8230; Many Americans share a sense that something is wrong when it comes to treatment of mental illness. More and more of us are taking medications for [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/rc/item/10278">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Access Through Action Discussion Guide</title>
		<link>http://ncdd.org/rc/item/10091</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2015 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Keiva Hummel]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This 22-page discussion guide,&#160;Access Through Action Dialogues, describes a five-meeting&#160;series of dialogues in Miami Dade County for the Health Care Access Summit Series #1 via the Human Services Coalition of Dade County. This dialogue series was adapted from the discussion guide, Thriving Communities, which was developed by Everyday Democracy (formally the Study Circles Resource Center) and the Northwest Area Foundation. From the Intro People in communities in Miami Dade County want to live in a place where they have access to quality affordable health care. [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/rc/item/10091">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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