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Lacking Sexual Assault Nurses, Some Ky. Hospitals Illegally Turn Victims Away

Eleanor Klibanoff

September 03, 2019 |

Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting |

Multi-Media |

1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Louisville, Kentucky

In Kentucky, sexual assault nurse examiners (SANE) are often the frontline responders for survivors of a sexual assault, but have yet to be available in every hospital. Too often, women are turned away because of an absence of SANE nurses, which tend to be in more metro areas. Communities that do have access to the specialized services see an increase in rape prosecutions and a decrease in long term health concerns for these women, but making sure such services are statewide has proved economically challenging.

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Meet the Young Activists Fighting Chicago's Gun Violence, With Lobbying and Group Hugs

Kim Bellware

September 03, 2019 |

The Trace |

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Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

GoodKids MadCity, an anti-gun violence group that is led by black and brown youth in Chicago is working to create a safer community. Members, most of whom have been directly impacted by gun violence, work together to address the systemic drivers of gun violence in their city, including poverty, trauma, and lack of safe spaces. They do so by creating a community for themselves and by engaging politically – pushing local lawmakers to address the systemic drivers they’ve identified.

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Healthy communities: What is 'social prescribing'?

Emma Sisk

September 03, 2019 |

Apolitical |

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Response Location: United Kingdom

Social prescribing, where medical practitioners encourage patients to look beyond medicine to remedy their issues, can lessen the demand for medical services and medications. In the UK, Denmark, and Canada, doctors are piloting programs in which healthcare providers can recommend community and social activities to patients. In Canada, for example, the Alliance for Healthier Communities is integrating activities like knitting at its community centers. In Denmark, doctors can present cultural activities to patients suffering from moderate depression.

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DHMC's recovery-friendly pediatrics program supports parents struggling with addiction

Nora Doyle-Burr

September 02, 2019 |

Valley News |

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Response Location: United States, Lebanon, New Hampshire

For parents recovering from addictions, maintaining care for children can be a challenge, so a hospital in New Hampshire changed how they practice primary care in order to help. Dubbed “recovery-friendly pediatrics," the program helps to connect parents with resources on a regular basis.

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Interventions to Prevent Psychosis

Jane E. Brody

September 02, 2019 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States, Portland, Maine

The Portland Identification and Early Referral (PIER) program serves to train health officials how to identify early signs of mental illness in young adults, and it's working. The program, which saw a "35 percent decline in new hospital admissions for psychotic symptoms" is now being implemented throughout the country and the principles are being taught to families, friends, physicians and college personnel.

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Colorado emergency rooms are trying something new to stem the opioid crisis: addiction treatment

Jesse Paul

August 28, 2019 |

The Colorado Sun |

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Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

Hospitals in Colorado are changing their approach to opioid crisis by treating patients that come in as emergent cases and rushing them into medication-assisted addiction treatment. The model has proved so successful that doctors are now looking to expand this approach to methamphetamine users as well.

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The Power of Housing

Katherine Lewin

August 27, 2019 |

Santa Fe Reporter |

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Response Location: United States, Santa Fe, New Mexico

Housing options for patients dealing with mental illness are bleak in New Mexico. Casa Milagro provides an alternative to the infamous board-and-care homes and offers a sense of community as well as medically trained staff. Residents pay a third of their monthly income in rent and can live there for as long as they want despite a waiting list to secure a spot. The safe and stable housing is supported by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development and is a model that experts believe would mitigate the housing crisis, which is especially tough for those battling mental illness.

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In South Africa, a Call to Punish Rapists

Joseph Darius Jaafari

August 27, 2019 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: South Africa, Diepsloot, Johannesburg

In Diepsloot, South Africa, a small office called Lawyers Against Abuse offers legal support for sexual assault cases in a violent city that traditionally does little to address the issue. The organization offers lawyers, victim advocates, legal counseling, and therapy as they go through the process. Since 2015, they have helped more than 800 women and secured 28 convictions.

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CU Anschutz unveils out-of-home gun storage map to help improve safety, prevent suicide

Stephanie Butzer

August 26, 2019 |

KMGH-TV |

Multi-Media |

Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, Aurora, Colorado

For individuals wanting to store their guns outside of their homes, they can now find a space using the Colorado Gun Storage Map. The interactive tool was developed in collaboration between the Colorado School of Public Health, the University of Colorado School of Medicine, and the Colorado Safety Coalition, with the goal of helping those in crisis situations find spaces like law enforcement agencies and special storage facilities to store their firearms.

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Portugal's Wildly Successful Decriminalization Experiment

Carlyn Zwarenstein

August 24, 2019 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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Response Location: Portugal, Porto

Since introducing both the decriminalization of a range of substances like heroin and cocaine and new harm-reduction strategies in 2001, Portugal has seen success in driving down HIV cases, overdoses, and needle sharing. The country attributes their progress to treating the issue of drug use as a human rights issue rather than a criminal one, because they consider external factors that contribute to addiction like gender, class, or race.

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