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  • Japan's care sector protects quality of life for the country's elderly population

    May 25, 2020 |

    Equal Times |

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    Response Location: Japan, Matsudo

    Japan's model of prioritizing societal care for their elderly has helped the country achieve the highest life expectancy and be named the healthiest population in the world. Now amid the coronavirus pandemic, the country's senior citizen-focused policies and health care system are showing success in keeping the number of cases and deaths low in aging populations.

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  • Tribe aims to improve dental health by bringing smiles to the dental visit

    May 25, 2020 |

    Cronkite News - Arizona PBS |

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    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, San Carlos, Arizona

    The San Carlos Apache tribe in Arizona has been able to increase dental healthcare access for children through targeted outreach and an educational marketing campaign. The goal of the multifaceted approach is to address fears, both on the part of the child and parents, through education about going to the dentist. The result has been a significant uptick in the number of children's dentistry appointments and caregivers reporting that their children are no longer afraid.

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  • Sweden's male-only supper clubs...for feminists

    May 04, 2020 |

    BBC |

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    Response Location: Sweden

    Private dinners for only men to discuss notions of feminism and toxic masculinity have been picking up in interest across Sweden. What started in earnest following a string of assaults against women in 2016 has now become more commonplace after the #MeToo movement. Male participants testify to how comforting it is to be able to talk these issues out amongst men and figure out the best ways to act with people that they don't know as well as their own group of friends. The program now has served thousands of men across Sweden and is also publishing online guides for anyone to set up similar conversations.

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  • Kearns aims to reverse troubling trends affecting its teens

    May 03, 2020 |

    The Salt Lake Tribune |

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    Response Location: United States, Kearns, Utah

    The Kearns Community Coalition in Utah is a collective community effort that aims to "help adults improve their parenting skills, help teens understand the harmful effects of substance use, and increase opportunities to connect youths to their schools and communities." Taking a data-driven approach to assessing community problems, the cross-sector team that forms the coalition implements evidence-based programs that address the gap between residents and resources.

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  • Some Countries Are Squashing the Coronavirus Curve. Vietnam Is One.

    April 27, 2020 |

    Wall Street Journal |

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    Response Location: Vietnam, Hanoi

    Vietnam implemented rigid protocols around contact tracing and quarantine methodologies in order to contain the coronavirus outbreak, and so far, it has paid off with no deaths and a manageable caseload. Although a large population of citizens are still in government quarantine facilities, signs of reopening parts of the economy are underway and the overall response to the pandemic may help gain credibility from "global manufacturers looking to diversify out of China."

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  • UnCommon Law Helps Inmates Serving Life Sentences Earn Back Their Freedom

    April 26, 2020 |

    NowThis News |

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    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, California

    The California law firm UnCommon Law is helping people in prison make parole through group counseling and training. The firm facilitates conversations around insight, helping participants understand and explain their own personal journey and reckon with the impact of their actions, so that they can convey this to their parole board. Since 2006, UnCommon law has helped 248 men and women receive parole, a 60% success rate.

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  • The farmers bringing their fields indoors

    April 23, 2020 |

    BBC |

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    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: France, Paris

    To "ease the strain" on the food supply chain, some restaurants in large cities, such as Berlin and Paris, are turning to their own crop production using in-house vertical farm systems. Although these farms have not yet yielded a profit, consumers have expressed that the produce grow in-house tastes better and investors have given billions in funding betting, "urbanites wanting this kind of food."

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  • How San Francisco's Chinatown Got Ahead of the Coronavirus

    April 17, 2020 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    An informal awareness campaign led by Chinese Hospital in San Francisco's Chinatown has played a prominent role in helping to keep the spread of COVID-19 cases to a minimal in the community. Working with local health officials and using the city’s Chinese-language media, the hospital and community leaders implemented proactive protocols that included widespread mask-wearing and business closures. Although tourism and business revenue has significantly decreased, the community has been able to avoid outbreaks.

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  • Making the world a quieter place

    April 14, 2020 |

    BBC |

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    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United Kingdom

    Noise pollution can have negative impacts on health, but researchers in different parts of the world are working on projects that all aim to address this concern. Some solutions – such as concrete structures surrounding railway tracks – have been in use for quite some time, but now newer projects from the United Kingdom to Mumbai aim to use similar design thinking for both short-term and consistent noise events.

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  • 'Ghosts' scare Indonesians indoors and away from coronavirus

    April 13, 2020 |

    Reuters |

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    Response Location: Indonesia, Sukoharjo, Java

    Kepuh village in Indonesia is relying on superstition to scare residents into quarantining in defense against the coronavirus. Volunteers are wrapped up in sheets and powdered with white makeup, strolling the streets and scaring people who are still lingering. They are meant to represent “pocong,” the trapped souls of the dead as told in Indonesian folklore. When the first roll-out of the program backfired, they changed tactics and now local residents say that parents and children are following the social distancing guidelines.

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