Month: March 2021

Socio-Ecological Model Grounding Exercise

by C Anything But Average, posted in Chronic Illness, Hepatitis C, Liver Cancer, Liver Disease, Lung Cancer

For a brief explainer on what the Socio-Ecological Model Grounding Exercise is, and how it transforms the model for personal use please check out our IGTV on it

We will be running workshops on an irregular basis through the HCVME Community Discord Server The first was at 5PM Pacific on March 19th, the next will be on May 7th! The Fillable PDF and a .Docx alternative are available in the HCVME Community Discord Server.

Another way to download the SEM Grounding Exercise for you in a fillable PDF format which is exclusively for your own personal use and should NOT be SUBMITTED Click here It will ask for an email address to download it, this is for HCVME to be able to see how many times people have downloaded it, and email addresses collected in this way will only be used to send updates when workshops around the SEM GE come about. Make sure to click download in the first PDF reader!

For those unfamiliar with the Socio-ecological model here are some visual examples of variations on the model from different organizations.

https://www.acha.org/HealthyCampus/HealthyCampus/Ecological_Model.aspx
https://sites.google.com/site/behaviorchangetheories/social-ecological-model
https://mchnutritiontrainees.com/2019/04/30/promoting-healthy-weight-colloquium-3-0-a-socio-ecological-perspective-policy-at-all-levels/

This last one is interesting in the way it incorporates culture as an additional layer, from a sociological standpoint that’s largely unnecessary as culture is a component within each layer, so separating it is likely for the particular application’s emphasis on the importance of culture’s impact at each level as well.

Let’s get connected!

by C Anything But Average, posted in Health, Healthcare, Hepatitis C, Liver Disease

Often have I searched the internet wondering, where can I find helpful Hep C resources now that HCV Advocate is gone? Well there’s HepMag, Help4Hep (if you need help with treatment give ’em a call!), IhelpC, and HepatitisC.net, but they’re really good tools for information or story sharing, or delicious liver friendly eats(IHelpC). To help provide a space where we can connect with others who have experienced Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) or those who seek treatment, advice, guidance, or want to do more in the community!

Join the server today!

This is the HCVME Community Discord It will prompt you to create a discord account. Due to the public nature of the discord, I have required a registered Discord account. Additionally I’ve set up a channel which features the latest from twitter regarding Viral Hep and Liver disease. featuring advocates like myself, but also liver organizations and medical experts. I’ll be on there posting HCV resource information and what not periodically. and come June, I’ll be on the discord regularly for chats! Please join us! make sure to agree to the rules and pick a role with fits you!

In May we’ll be launching the HepChat Hour on Monday evenings Pacific time 5:00pm-6:00pm on the HCVME Community Discord!