Volume 15│Issue 1│Spring/Summer 2024
Summer is here! Nowhere is that more evident than the current temperatures in the Roanoke Valley. I had the privilege to attend the Climate, Health and Heat Symposium here at Carilion on Saturday, June 22. During this symposium, we heard from various experts on problems related to heat and health, especially for those in special populations, as well as the threat of rising temperatures on our communities. For more information, I would encourage you to check out Heat Ready Roanoke at https://planroanoke.org/heat-ready-roanoke/. The biggest ‘take home’ for me from this symposium is that there is so much we can do to support our communities through education and advocacy to both impact heat vulnerable areas and to impact our patient outcomes during heat events.
In this, the Spring issue of Within REACH, we want to remind you that Within REACH submissions are accepted on a rolling basis and that we accept stories and articles related to article critiques, human interest stories, literature reviews, evidence analysis, research, quality improvement, and proposed state or national legislation. Essentially, any story that aligns with our REACH professional model of practice is appropriate for peer review and publication. We would especially like to hear your potential Magnet stories! By publishing in Within REACH, we have a recorded source of studies with outcomes and contact information and there is the potential to collect other stories for our next Magnet survey!
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