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  • Durango, Bayfield Schools Start New Program to Prevent Suicide

    October 05, 2018 |

    Durango Herald |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Durango, Colorado

    To address the wellbeing of students, schools must foster healthy relationships and trust. Schools in Durango, Colorado, have implemented Sources of Strength, a national program aimed at reducing the risk of suicide, bullying, substance abuse, and other issues in schools. The program works to create a positive school culture through youth mentorship training that emphasizes a student’s strengths, positivity, and builds connections to trusted adults.

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  • Philly Program Teaches Defendants How To Help Themselves

    October 05, 2018 |

    WESA |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    In Philadelphia, the participatory defense program helps people learn how to present themselves in a criminal case in a way that gives a more complete picture of who they are. They write a biography, get letters of support and bring supporters to court in a system the chief public defender brought from Montgomery County and which originated in Silicon Valley. The program helps public defenders present their cases more effectively and judges may be more likely to impose less harsh sentences.

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  • Teaching to the student, not the test

    October 04, 2018 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    Response Location: United States, Revere, Massachusetts

    Although Massachusetts has been slow to join the personalized learning movement, when Revere High School, a predominantly immigrant and low income population, decided to adopt the approach, it quickly gained national attention. Teachers consult students on curriculum decisions and senior leadership frequently visit teachers classes to create a culture of accountability.

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  • Creating connections: Solutions to youth suicide in La Plata County

    September 28, 2018 |

    Durango Herald |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Colorado

    Creating and strengthening relationships within a community is crucial in suicide prevention efforts. In Colorado, community and non-profit organizations have come together to address the problem of youth suicide. An approach that enrolls institutions such as schools, medical centers, and social spaces can increase youth access to healthy relationships as well as resources and mental health care support.

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  • Can a Bible college in this NC prison make a difference?

    September 27, 2018 |

    The News & Observer |

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    Response Location: United States, Wake Forest, North Carolina

    The Field Minister Program by the College at Southeastern Baptist Seminary offers inmates inside Nash Correctional the opportunity to study ministry and ultimately be used as a tool to reduce recidivism. Inmates with long terms lead the cultural change within the prisons by helping departing inmates find jobs, mentors and communities, running their own religious services, and becoming juvenile mentors, GED tutors, hospice care workers, chaplain support, and more. Studies done on similar programs show that Bible college reduces participant misconduct by 65-80%, and many inmates share stories of success.

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  • Alabama may have solutions to the nation's Black maternal health crisis

    September 24, 2018 |

    Scalawag |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Alabama

    In one of the worst states to have a pregnancy, midwives might be the answer. In Alabama, activists pushed for the re-legalization of professional midwifery. Now, midwifes in the state are providing care for mothers, and are hoping “to prevent many of the conditions that lead to unfavorable outcomes in the first place.” “The families who participate in this model are more satisfied, feel more empowered, feel more prepared for birth, initiate breastfeeding at higher rates and have fewer low-birth weight babies.”

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  • Wastewater and public health in the rural South

    September 24, 2018 |

    The Montgomery Advertiser |

    Multi-Media |

    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Hayneville, Alabama

    A wastewater infrastructure crisis in the southern United States is much like those found in far less-developed countries. Now researchers and nonprofits are looking to successes in Africa, in an effort to eradicate obscure diseases and improve quality of life.

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  • Initiative recruits barbers and beauticians in community health efforts

    September 19, 2018 |

    Niagara Gazette |

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    Response Location: United States, Niagara Falls, New York

    Barbers in Niagara are using the casual intimacy of their client relationships to offer needed healthcare. They now recommend clients to clinics and provide educational materials.

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  • Identify and Report: How grassroots informants accelerated the end of polio in Niger state

    September 11, 2018 |

    Nigeria Health Watch |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Nigeria, Bida, Niger

    The state of Niger has the most land mass in all of Nigeria, and as a result people are widespread and difficult to reach with important medical information. Polio in children is a serious issue in Niger, but a steady intervention using a combination of identification and reporting to combat it. Using community leaders, bone setters, spiritual healers, birth attendants, and more, symptoms of polio are identified early on and residents are educated on the disease and treatment. Another strategy gets vaccinations and other health services to over 800 hard-to-reach areas across the state.

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  • How two men and a WhatsApp group rescued scores of Afghan heroes

    September 07, 2018 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: Afghanistan

    A British military officer and his Afghanistan translator created a network of interpreters to help push policy changes in the United Kingdom to allow more translators to move to the country with their families. Out of the 2,000 interpreters employed by the British military, fewer than 400 have been able to relocate legally even though most face deadly reprisals for their work. The effort has brought promises of change from top officials, but much remains to be done.

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