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  • The Best Way to Fight Meth Addiction? Gift Cards

    October 03, 2024 |

    Tradeoffs |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, California

    CalAIM’s contingency management program gives people gift cards for not using drugs. For every negative drug test, patients receive gift cards, and the payouts increase after each test. Patients who test negative every time over six months can earn up to $599. The treatment style is based on the concept of reinforcement as an effective motivator. Studies suggest the excitement of getting a gift card mimics the dopamine rush from using drugs.

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  • Maternal Deaths Keep Increasing in Nigeria. Healthcare Services Still Remain Underfunded.

    September 26, 2024 |

    The Xylom |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Nigeria, Ogun State

    Raise Foundation works to increase access to maternal healthcare by working with health centers that have ambulances donated for quick, easy use. The initiative has helped 230 expectant mothers since it started providing care to rural communities in 2017.

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  • These Alabama Workers Were Swamped by Medical Debt. Then Their Employer Stepped In.

    September 19, 2024 |

    KFF Health News |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Tuscaloosa, Alabama

    The PhiferCares Clinic and pharmacy offers its employees and their families free healthcare and prescriptions. Phifer, a global manufacturing company, opened the clinic five years ago as a way to prevent medical bills from driving coworkers into debt and keeping them from retirement. This no-cost access to healthcare has helped 90% of Phifer employees hit their retirement goals, up from about 75% five years ago.

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  • One community at a time; the ReachOut response to malnutrition in Lagos

    September 18, 2024 |

    The Solutions Paper |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Nigeria, Lagos

    Operated by The Neo Child Initiative, the ReachOut Project provides nutrional counseling and screening to parents and their children in underserved communities, free of charge. Since 2015, the ReachOut Project has supported 20,000 people across 10 communities in the state.

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  • A Community Health Model Is Helping Latinx Immigrants Understand Their Reproductive Rights

    September 17, 2024 |

    Next City |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, New Jersey

    Promotora de salud, or community health workers with the Abortion Justice Committee of New Jersey, help Latinx immigrants navigate and access reproductive healthcare. In a community survey, 42% of respondents said they struggled to access and understand reproductive health services, so the promotoras model helps share information with those who struggle to access it, advocates for expanding language access, and combats misinformation.

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  • London saw a surprising benefit to fining high-polluting cars: More active kids

    September 17, 2024 |

    Grist |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United Kingdom, London

    After a clean air zone was created in London, where vehicles have to pay a daily fee to enter unless they meet strict pollution standards, more young students in the area began walking and biking to school.

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  • All Aboard the Electric School Bus!

    September 16, 2024 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States

    The United States Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean School Bus Program is funding zero-emission, electric school buses and low-emission buses for schools looking to make the switch from diesel.

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  • This city is hailed as a vaccination success. Can it be sustained?

    September 15, 2024 |

    Associated Press |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Louisville, Kentucky

    The Louisville school system is working to fill the vaccination gap among youth by establishing vaccine clinics at nearly all 160 schools, particularly those where immigrant students who are behind on their vaccinations are starting school. Since implementing these clinics, the vaccination rate during the last school year increased by 4%.

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  • The Need for Period Products in Private Universities

    September 10, 2024 |

    Pepperdine University Graphic |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    Aunt Flow provides period product dispensers to colleges and universities so students can access free menstrual care. The company is currently partnered with over 800 universities.

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  • Louisville groups offer therapy in unexpected places to make it more accessible to youth of color

    September 09, 2024 |

    Louisville Public Media |

    Radio |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Louisville, Kentucky

    Several Louisville organizations are addressing mental health care accessibility for youth of color by offering therapy in community spaces like barbershops, libraries, and other familiar environments. This approach aims to reduce stigma and has also made mental health care more accessible by eliminating barriers such as cost and location. Many youths who had participated in the therapy programs reported feeling more open to discussing their mental health.

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