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Portage Public Schools get proactive, invest in mental health

Natasha Robinson

April 10, 2023 |

Second Wave Michigan |

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Response Location: United States, Portage, Michigan

Some districts, like Portage Public Schools, are offering school-based mental health care to improve students’ overall well-being, school performance and greatly increase access to care. The use of school-based healthcare is on the rise, as more than 22,000 students received services from a school-based mental health services provider during the 2021-2022 school year, compared to just 8,885 from 2019-2020.

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India's social health activists are tackling cancer in rural communities

Meenakshi J

April 10, 2023 |

Nature |

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Response Location: India, East Khasi Hills, Meghalaya

Social health activists provide health care services to local communities, serving as a liaison between the community and public health system. Social health activists provide maternal care, polio immunizations, communicable disease prevention and promote and educate locals on nutrition, sanitation, and healthy living practices. Every village has a social health activist who is from that village and speaks the local language, allowing them to build trust and connect with locals in need of care.

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School-based clinic offers convenient mental-health care for Battle Creek Central students

Nicole Morehouse

April 10, 2023 |

Second Wave Michigan |

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Response Location: United States, Battle Creek, Michigan

Grace Health is a public health agency that has clinics in 200 schools throughout the state that offer mental health services to students, among other care like immunizations and sports physicals. This on-site mental healthcare option helps increase access among students as there’s no need to travel to a facility and the at-school care is free or significantly low-cost. In 2022 alone, Grace Health served 600 patients in 1,300 visits.

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Academic coaches help students finish community college

Rebecca Griesbach

April 10, 2023 |

Associated Press |

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Response Location: United States, Phenix City, Alabama

Chattahoochee Valley Community College has academic coaches who reach out to students who are struggling in their classes or are facing barriers that make it difficult to keep up with their studies. They can help students develop study plans, navigate financial aid issues, or connect with resources such as transportation.

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The blind women detecting early stage breast cancer in India

Priti Salian

April 10, 2023 |

BBC |

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Response Location: India, Vapi, Gujarat

A medical tactile examiner (MTE) is a new, emerging profession for blind and visually impaired women in India and Europe that trains women to give tactile breast examinations to detect signs of breast cancer. The MTE profession originated in Germany but since 2017, 18 MTEs have been trained in India, and have since screened thousands of women and participated in several breast cancer awareness campaigns.

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Battling addiction and stigmas in the East African community

Sheila Mulrooney Eldred

April 10, 2023 |

Sahan Journal |

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Response Location: United States, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Daryeel Youth helps East African youth on the streets, particularly those struggling with drug abuse, by providing free pizza and a chance to connect with others. At the plaza — now known as Daryeel Corner — parents can also receive education on addiction issues and how to best help their children and how to destigmatize addiction and treatment in the East African culture.

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Grand Rapids' major effort to fundamentally reform behavioral health services becoming a model for others

Julie Mack

April 09, 2023 |

MLive.com |

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Response Location: United States, Grand Rapids, Michigan

Organizations like Network 180 are working to pair social workers with law enforcement to answer 911 calls to redirect those in need of care away from jail or emergency rooms, where people experiencing a mental health crisis are often sent. The group has also helped establish a peer respite center and a separate space for psychiatric patients at an area emergency room. These efforts are all done to establish a continuum of care in local behavioral health services, providing alternatives to incarceration and inpatient treatment.

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Confronting Your Fears in Virtual Reality Therapy

Brianna Abbott

April 08, 2023 |

Wall Street Journal |

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Response Location: United States, Florida

Virtual reality is being used to facilitate exposure therapy to help people with post-traumatic stress disorder and phobias by immersing them in virtual simulations to confront the problem at hand. Given its effectiveness, researchers and developers like XRHealth Inc. and BehaVR are working to make virtual-reality therapy more accessible by providing at-home treatment options.

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How Young Voters Helped Make Brandon Johnson Chicago's Next Mayor

Mack Liederman

April 07, 2023 |

Block Club Chicago |

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Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson's campaign strategically targeted young voters by leveraging social media, collaborating with artists and musicians, hosting rallies and events on college campuses, and recruiting young progressive officials to support his candidacy. In the citywide election, turnout among the youngest voters jumped roughly 30 percent compared to the primary, helping Johnson narrowly defeat his opponent.

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After 50 years, this Vancouver immigrant services agency is busier than ever

Lori Culbert

April 07, 2023 |

Vancouver Sun |

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Response Location: Canada, Toronto, Ontario

S.U.C.C.E.S.S. is an immigrant services agency that connects immigrants with the resources they need to adjust to life in Canada. The group helps an average of 73,000 people each year from more than 150 countries and provides assistance in finding affordable housing, English language training, career and social services and accessing care for seniors.

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