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A Small West Virginia Town Rallies For Better Health

Ankita Rao

February 05, 2014 |

Kaiser Health News |

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Response Location: United States, Williamson, West Virginia

“Sustainable Williamson” combined ideas and initiatives from local officials, community members, nonprofit organizations to address both the economy and the well-being of a community where unemployment and drug use were climbing.

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How Community Health Workers Dramatically Improve Healthcare

Ankita Rao

February 04, 2014 |

The Atlantic |

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Response Location: Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, Oromia

Popular in some countries and catching on in the U.S., community health workers fill gaping holes in care. The workers help curb health care costs by preventing complicated disease and emergency room visits.

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A Court's All-Hands Approach Aids Girls Most at Risk

Patricia Leigh Brown

January 28, 2014 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

Girls Court brings an all-hands-on-deck approach to the lives of vulnerable girls, linking them to social service agencies, providing informal Saturday sessions on everything from body image to legal jargon, and offering a team of adults in whom they can develop trust.

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Health law outreach to Asian Americans lags

Ankita Rao

November 23, 2013 |

Kaiser Health News |

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Response Location: United States, Rockville, Maryland

In the United States approximately 15% Asian-Americans have no health insurance and have had a difficulty understanding the options available in the Affordable Care Act. Although the White House has reached out to Asian-Americans in video chats, the state and community forums for Asian Americans have proved to be the most successful. Interpreter teams help Asian-Americans with the paperwork and understanding the policies.

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Caring for mentally ill: 3 counties' success stories

Brian M. Rosenthal

October 06, 2013 |

The Seattle Times |

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Response Location: United States, Yakima, Washington

There is a mental-health capacity crisis gripping Washington state. The area’s response approach, crafted over two decades, centers on a set of intensive outpatient and early-intervention programs aimed at preventing hospitalizations.

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Dying Not Under a Bridge, Nor Living in an E.R.

Ankita Rao

September 10, 2013 |

The Atlantic |

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Response Location: United States, Washington, District of Columbia

Housing First programs enable homeless people to attain health care services and a place to live– which, advocates say, ultimately saves taxpayers money. One woman's story is a revival of dignity, if not health.

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Jamaica Fights to Break Grip of Violent Past

Damien Cave

August 17, 2013 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: Jamaica

Marking a departure from other countries in the Caribbean and Central and South America, Jamaica has seen its crime rate fall after many years of lawlessness. A combination of factors helped bring this about, including putting resources toward combatting corruption, fostering community policing and also seeking help from outsiders to strengthen institutions. Progress may be tenuous if drug trafficking is pushed out elsewhere and lands in Jamaica, however many are optimistic permanent change has taken root.

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Talking Female Circumcision Out of Existence

Tina Rosenberg

July 17, 2013 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: Ethiopia, Kembata Alaba and Tembaro, Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People's Region

There is nothing more difficult than changing entrenched cultural practices, especially those as shrouded in taboos as female genital cutting. A grassroots approach in Ethiopia, however, has nearly completely eradicated this practice in villages that use it.

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What Does It Take to Stop Crips and Bloods From Killing Each Other?

John Buntin

July 10, 2013 |

The New York Times Magazine |

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Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

In the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles,the Crips and Blood gangs have violently fought each other for decades. By 2013, the LAPD has enforced new measures including community policing with an emphasis on fairness rather than deterrence. The Community Safety Partnership has significantly reduced crimes in Watts and has built trust between residents and the police.

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If this was a pill, you'd do anything to get it

Ezra Klein

April 28, 2013 |

The Washington Post |

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Response Location: United States, Doylestown, Pennsylvania

*Medical research has done wonders to rid populations of diseases; however, the U.S. health care system has failed to appropriate the right resources to Medicare patients with one or more chronic conditions. Health Quality Partners in Doylstown, PA enrolls Medicare patients with at least one chronic illness and hospitalization and sends a trained nurse to see them on a routine basis, whether they are healthy or sick. As a result, the HQP program has reduced hospitalizations and cut Medicare costs.

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