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  • How can cities engage their citizens? Museums can show the way

    January 16, 2019 |

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    Response Location: Denmark, Aarhus

    Taking its cue from digital engagement strategies of cultural institutions across Sweden, the Danish city of Aarhus, Denmark is making the redevelopment of an area called South Harbour more equitable and inclusive. Using "lab sessions," or structured discussion groups with actionable topics, the local entrepreneur heading up the project tests the ideas that come from the sessions on a small scale.

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  • How Tackling Loneliness Offers Hope for Britain's Struggling NHS

    January 16, 2019 |

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    Response Location: United Kingdom, Halifax, West Yorkshire

    Cross collaboration efforts in Britain are targeting a loneliness problem in order to prevent and mitigate larger health issues. From peer support to interventions, programs across the country are focusing on increasing early-on access to mental health resources, which benefits community members and helps lower health care costs overall.

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  • For the first time, Massachusetts cellphone users can text 911

    January 16, 2019 |

    The Boston Globe |

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    Response Location: United States, Massachusetts

    After a successful test run, Massachusetts residents can now text 911 in the event of an emergency where it's too dangerous to call. Although there are limitations to this approach, known as the Next Generation 911 system, it greatly expands access for marginalized communities.

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  • Durham County Dismisses Hundreds of Traffic Fines as Part of a License Restoration Effort

    January 15, 2019 |

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    Response Location: United States, Durham, North Carolina

    Durham County relieved hundreds of outstanding traffic fines in an effort to restore suspended driver's licenses. The program, called Durham Expungement and Restoration (DEAR), "identified more than 11,000 people eligible to have outstanding fines dropped" from charges resulting from court absence or inability to pay a traffic ticket.

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  • Rutgers makes a push for competent Spanish-speaking health professionals in Camden

    January 15, 2019 |

    The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia Media Network) |

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    Response Location: United States, Camden, New Jersey

    In Camden, New Jersey, 40 percent of the population 5 years or older speaks Spanish at home. However, only 5 percent of graduates from medical schools in the state identify as Hispanic or Latino. In an effort to shift these statistics and provide better care to the city's Spanish-speaking residents, Rutgers University requires undergraduates interested in health professions to take language classes and practice Spanish in a medical context.

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  • Fighting malaria in the remote reaches of Cambodia

    January 11, 2019 |

    PBS NewsHour |

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    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: Cambodia, Pailin

    A pilot program in western Cambodia is taking a coordinated, localized approach to decreasing cases of malaria in remote, hard to reach areas. The U.S.-funded program called the President’s Malaria Initiative operates on two levels: rapid detection and reporting as well as training and paying local residents to detect, treat, and educate their communities about the parasite. The hyper-local approach helps receive buy-in and trust from residents, who are often fearful of officials coming into their towns.

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  • This Detroit farm is helping former inmates stay out of prison

    January 11, 2019 |

    NBC News |

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    Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

    When people are released from prison, they often have a hard time finding work due to time lapsed and prison records. RecoveryPark Farms in Detroit, Michigan aims to change this by providing job training in urban farming which benefits both the individuals and the community.

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  • Sharps Kits, Syringes and Solidarity

    January 10, 2019 |

    Eugene Weekly |

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    Response Location: United States, Eugene, Oregon

    Many health care facilities that supply needles don't have the proper training or experience to work with trans-identified people that are undergoing hormone therapy. To help address this gap in care, an education and advocacy nonprofit in Eugene, Oregon acts as a hub for the community's clean needle exchange needs.

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  • Everyone's a victim

    January 10, 2019 |

    Boulder Weekly |

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    Response Location: United States, Boulder

    Having your identity stolen, especially a social security number, is frightening and can have far reaching consequences for everyone involved; while some of the people who commit identity theft have malicious intents, some are undocumented people who are seeking work to make a living. A new program in Boulder, Colorado is using restorative justice practices to help mediate between and humanize the two parties and, hopefully, minimize long-term consequences for those in a tight spot.

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  • With search for Alzheimer's drugs failing, tech firms try to offer solutions

    January 10, 2019 |

    STAT |

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    Response Location: United States, Las Vegas, Nevada

    With little progress made on a successful treatment for Alzheimer's and prices for monitored care and medications rising, several technology companies are focusing on better ways to manage care. Through tactics such as virtual reality, robotic animals and facial analyzation, these companies are trying to both better serve the patient as well as support the families.

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