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This App Pays Young People Without Housing to Build Life Skills

Emily Nonko

November 24, 2020 |

Next City |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, New Haven, Connecticut

Youth experiencing unstable housing in New Haven, Connecticut can build life skills in exchange for gift cards through an app built by a nonprofit. DreamKit incentivizes positive change for disadvantaged young people who have competing priorities. The nonprofit is building a pipeline which will allow them to gauge which skills employers are looking for, provide those skills through the app, and then present a list of trained youth to employers.

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Finland and Norway Avoid Covid-19 Lockdowns but Keep the Virus At Bay

Bojan Pancevski

November 18, 2020 |

Wall Street Journal |

Multi-Media |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: Finland

Both Finland and Norway have successfully kept COVID-19 cases at a minimum without fully implementing lockdowns within their countries thanks to a united government, closed borders, and mandatory quarantines. The strategy has also helped keep the economy intact compared to other countries which implemented "draconian" restrictions.

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Hard-Knocks Restaurant Workers Are Embracing Mental Wellness

Hannah Wallace

November 13, 2020 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Sacramento, California

An initiative being piloted in the Sacramento hospitality industry aims to decrease the stigma restaurant workers face when talking about mental health concerns with their peers. This peer-to-peer mental health support program encourages workers to disclose how they are feeling to a fellow team member who has been trained in mental health counseling. Restaurant owners have reported that this program has positively changed the culture and 22 percent of those who work at a restaurant where the initiative has been piloted have reported that they have utilized the service.

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HIV/AIDS Clinical Trial Network builds Black Clevelanders' trust in COVID-19 studies

Brie Zeltner Rachel Dissell

November 04, 2020 |

FreshWater Cleveland |

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Response Location: United States, Cleveland, Ohio

The HIV/AIDS clinical trial network’s 30 sites have spent years building trust among historical marginalized communities so that more clinical trial participants come from communities of color. Educational outreach, awareness-raising efforts, and one-on-one conversations are among the strategies used to make the scientific process more transparent. The engagement model is upfront about abuses from the past and uses straightforward explanations with no medical jargon. Infectious disease experts are using the trust-building model to increase the racial diversity of participants in COVID-19 vaccine trials.

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The Sweet Fruits of the Chilean War on Sugar

Tomáš Nídr

November 03, 2020 |

Reportér |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Chile

To fight obesity concerns, a law in Chile is now requiring that foods high in sugar, have a high content of saturated fats, are high in sodium, or high in calories carry a label (or labels) to help inform consumers of their contents. Although the strategy has received pushback from some companies, others have redesigned recipes to avoid the label and consumers report that it has influenced their shopping habits.

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Music Against Covid-19 in Brasilândia

Priscila Pacheco Alexander de Maio Cecilia Marins Alessandra de Maio

October 28, 2020 |

Outriders |

Multi-Media |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: Brazil, Brasilandia, Sao Paulo

Once regarded as the region in Sao Paulo with the highest number of COVID-19 deaths, Brasilandia residents mobilized their community to create a volunteer solidarity network that encouraged people to stay at home. The effort started with just a handful of participants but grew to over 200 volunteers with each new addition joining an action plan team that utilized a different form of campaigning, such as music or art. Since the implementation of the network Brasilandia "went from 1st to 2nd highest number of COVID-19 related deaths in the city."

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This Addiction Treatment Works. Why Is It So Underused?

Abby Goodnough

October 27, 2020 |

The New York Times |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

A substance abuse program known as contingency management offers incentives to those who to stay in treatment and remain abstinent from the use of drugs. Although not all agree with the merits of the program and question the underlying morals of the concept, anecdotal accounts from participants and studies have shown that it can be "highly effective" in helping to treat substance abuse.

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They lost their brothers to addiction. Now they're tackling deadly stigmas head on, with humor

Tim Greiving

October 22, 2020 |

Los Angeles Times |

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Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

Two women who lost their brothers to heroin overdoses launched the podcast "Last Day" to address death – by drugs and, in season two, by suicide – with a mix of humor, unsettling candor, and conventional-wisdom-busting storytelling. At first a modest startup, their production company now employs 17, topped the podcast charts with almost 4 million downloads, and has rolled out other programs on such topics as body image, bullying, the pandemic, policing, and loneliness. Many of the topics were proposed by listeners to "Last Day," who wanted their problems or questions to get the same treatment.

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Wacky tube men could keep dingoes away from livestock in Australia

Max G. Levy

October 20, 2020 |

Science Magazine |

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Response Location: Australia, Melbourne

Those wacky waving inflatable tube men normally seen outside car dealerships may also have a dual purpose: stopping wild dingoes from killing livestock. Inspired by a similar attempt in Oregon, scientists tested the approach in Australia, where nine of the 12 dingoes ran away in fear after seeing the tube man compared with a control group. While some conservationists aren’t convinced that the tube men are a practical solution, it could be combined with other methods to protect livestock in the Outback.

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Firefighters work through PTSD with peer support, counseling

Sierra Poore

October 19, 2020 |

Cronkite News - Arizona PBS |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Glendale, Arizona

A counseling program introduced at Glendale Fire Department has now spread to a handful of other departments across the state after reporting that a significant percentage of firefighters were using the counseling services and had used fewer sick hours. The program offers individual counseling, group support, and training on peer counseling.

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