Our Story
Integrative Healers Action Network (IHAN) was established in October 2017 during the Sonoma County Complex Wildfires, which at the time was the most destructive wildfire in California history.
Dr. Jen Riegle, ND and Jenny Harrow-Keeler, MA, colleagues at the Santa Rosa based clinic Flourish Integrative Health, began setting up clinics and organizing integrative health practitioners from Sonoma County and the greater Bay Area within a few days of the fires starting in order to provide support to evacuees and first responders.
Dr. Jen Riegle, ND and Jenny Harrow-Keeler, MA, colleagues at the Santa Rosa based clinic Flourish Integrative Health, began setting up clinics and organizing integrative health practitioners from Sonoma County and the greater Bay Area within a few days of the fires starting in order to provide support to evacuees and first responders.
IHAN is a proud community partner of the American Red Cross. We work to transform trauma into resilience for communities impacted by disasters.
Climate change is one of the biggest threats facing our world today. Between 2016 and 2019, we saw the highest rate of billion dollar climate-related disasters ever in US history. As the frequency and severity of these disasters continues to increase, the need to care for the health of communities is perhaps greater than it has ever been.
Integrative medicine is the future of medicine. It is critical, especially at this time, that our health practices address the whole person–the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual health of not only individuals, but entire communities. Doing so will increase community resilience, and resilience is how we can survive and thrive during these challenging times.
Climate change is one of the biggest threats facing our world today. Between 2016 and 2019, we saw the highest rate of billion dollar climate-related disasters ever in US history. As the frequency and severity of these disasters continues to increase, the need to care for the health of communities is perhaps greater than it has ever been.
Integrative medicine is the future of medicine. It is critical, especially at this time, that our health practices address the whole person–the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual health of not only individuals, but entire communities. Doing so will increase community resilience, and resilience is how we can survive and thrive during these challenging times.
Mission
Our mission is to transform trauma into resilience for communities impacted by climate disasters.
Vision
Resilient communities supported by trauma-informed integrative health care for first responders and survivors impacted by climate disasters.
Integrative Healers Action Network (IHAN) provides the structure and support needed for integrative medicine and health practitioners to offer safe, effective, and vital trauma-informed care to evacuees and first responders during and after major climate related disasters in California and beyond.
IHAN-trained site coordinators establish integrative medicine clinics in evacuation shelters and first-responder base camps during an active disaster. We work with a variety of community-based organizations in several regions across Northern California to offer free long-term recovery clinics for fire survivors, first responders, and Latinx farmworkers. We collaborate with and organize local practitioners to volunteer their integrative medicine services and ensure the practitioner and patients safety by providing systems for oversight such as verifying licenses, malpractice insurance, and providing trauma-informed care training.
Examples of the types of modalities offered in our emergency integrative medicine clinics include but are not limited to: massage therapy, naturopathic medicine, chiropractic care, acupuncture, homeopathy, osteopathy, functional medicine, and mind-body medicine therapies.
Integrative medicine is uniquely able to address the multiple layers of trauma that occur during disasters because it addresses the whole person, the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual components of health and wellbeing. Integrative medicine, practiced both immediately and over the long-term, can help individual survivors, first responders, and entire communities build resilience. Resilience is the capacity to survive and thrive during times of challenge and stress.
Integrative Healers Action Network (IHAN) provides the structure and support needed for integrative medicine and health practitioners to offer safe, effective, and vital trauma-informed care to evacuees and first responders during and after major climate related disasters in California and beyond.
IHAN-trained site coordinators establish integrative medicine clinics in evacuation shelters and first-responder base camps during an active disaster. We work with a variety of community-based organizations in several regions across Northern California to offer free long-term recovery clinics for fire survivors, first responders, and Latinx farmworkers. We collaborate with and organize local practitioners to volunteer their integrative medicine services and ensure the practitioner and patients safety by providing systems for oversight such as verifying licenses, malpractice insurance, and providing trauma-informed care training.
Examples of the types of modalities offered in our emergency integrative medicine clinics include but are not limited to: massage therapy, naturopathic medicine, chiropractic care, acupuncture, homeopathy, osteopathy, functional medicine, and mind-body medicine therapies.
Integrative medicine is uniquely able to address the multiple layers of trauma that occur during disasters because it addresses the whole person, the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual components of health and wellbeing. Integrative medicine, practiced both immediately and over the long-term, can help individual survivors, first responders, and entire communities build resilience. Resilience is the capacity to survive and thrive during times of challenge and stress.
Values
Compassion
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Equity
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Collaboration
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Empowerment
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