October 31, 2023
Last Friday, October 27th, the Public Health Division hosted a Breast Cancer Awareness Month Event.
City Hall employees and community members gathered to hear about statistics, diagnostic tests, tips to decrease risk and were given the opportunity to review printed information that we offered in our Community Health Resource Room.
We'd like to thank everyone involved who made this event possible and to our guests who joined us.
According to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation:
“Breast cancer is the most common cancer worldwide—surpassing lung cancer for the first time in 2020—and the most common cancer diagnosed in American women."
A lesser-known fact, about 2,800 men will be diagnosed with breast cancer this year according to the American Cancer Society.
For more information and resources on Breast Cancer, please visit:
Cancer.Gov/Breast Cancer
October 25, 2023
October is National Bullying Prevention Month, and every child has the right to feel safe and supported in and outside of school.
Bullying comes in many different forms: physical, verbal and cyberbullying. According to the National Crime Prevention Council:
- 43% of teens have reported that they have been victims of cyberbullying in the last year
- 13 million students will be bullied in the United States this year
- 1 in 4 students will be bullied, and 1 in 3 will be cyberbullied
Students who are bullied often do not want to go to school and may find it difficult to concentrate, showing a decline in grades, self-esteem, and their self-confidence.
Bullying prevention legislation has been placed in every state and most schools have bullying prevention policies.
Talk to your kids regularly about their online activities, and the activities of others they communicate with online.
If your child is the victim of any type of bullying by their school peers, report the bullying to your child's school immediately.
If you believe that your child's safety is in danger, immediately contact your local police department.
For more resources, please visit the links below:
Lynn Public Schools: Bullying Resources
NetSmartz: Cyberbullying
Stop Bullying
Thats Not Cool
October 13, 2023
The month of October raises awareness for many issues.
One of the many ongoing issues that the month of October brings awareness to is Domestic Violence.
Domestic violence is the willful intimidation, physical assault, battery, sexual assault, and/or other abusive behavior as part of a systematic pattern of power and control perpetrated by one intimate partner against another. It can include physical violence, sexual violence, threats, emotional, and financial abuse.
Nationally, 1 in 3 women and 1 in 4 men have experienced some form of physical violence by an intimate partner.
In Massachusetts 33.9% of women and 31.7% of men will experience intimate partner physical violence, sexual violence, and/or stalking in their lifetimes.
Domestic violence affects everyone regardless of age, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, or ethnicity.
If you or someone you know is experiencing domestic violence or intimate partner violence, there are resources available.
For anonymous, confidential help or support, call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at:
1-800-799-7233 (SAFE) or 1-800-787-3224
or you can call 1-866-331-9474 or TTY 1-866-331-8453
Visit the following links below for more local and national resources:
HAWC
The Hotline
National Coalition Against Domestic Violence
Domestic Violence Awareness