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Erasing Gang Memories, One Laser Prick At A Time

Armando Trull

May 04, 2017 |

American University Radio (WAMU) |

Radio |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Virginia

Many immigrants come into the United States with visual representation of former gang involvement, preventing them from shedding their past mistakes. A group in Northern Virginia is helping these immigrants make life changes and prevent gang violence in their area.

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Addiction doc says: It's not the drugs. It's the ACEs – adverse childhood experiences.

Jane Ellen Stevens

May 02, 2017 |

ACES Too High |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States

ACEs quantifies the adverse event in an individual's childhood, as a means to treat addiction. Understanding addiction as resulting from past events helps to treat these individuals through medication and developing a plan to help each patient live a sober life without medications while de-shaming and de-blaming them.

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To Reduce Shootings, Hospitals Vow to Treat the Wounds Doctors Can't Fix

Elizabeth Van Brocklin

May 01, 2017 |

The Trace |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Cleveland, Ohio

Gunshot victims are often treated at hospitals only to be sent back into the community, where 1/3 will end up back in the hospital again. With a new emphasis on prevention and addressing the underlying issues, Ohio is now using federal assistance to create a Trauma Recovery Network that helps with crisis intervention, counseling, and even providing safe emergency housing for gunshot victims.

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Sometimes the Birds and the Bees Get Short Shrift in School

Anna North

May 01, 2017 |

The New York Times |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, New York, New York

Due to school education pressures and time constraints, sex education is often limited or left out. Some schools have started using the 'Carrera Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Program' which combines sex education, mental & physical health care, career training etc. and has shown success in decreasing teenage pregnancy and poor sexual health practices.

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Spreading Plan C to End Pregnancy

Patrick Adams

April 27, 2017 |

The New York Times |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States

Access to safe abortions and pregnancy termination medications has been of intense debate and restriction. This article looks at campaigns to increase access to an under-recognized form of medication that can serve as a "plan-c" for women.

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Dismissed: Tenants lose, landlords win in Baltimore's rent court

Doug Donovan Jean Marbella

April 26, 2017 |

The Baltimore Sun |

Multi-Media |

Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Baltimore, Maryland

Baltimore is home to the nation’s first housing court. Established 70 years ago, the court was supposed to hold landlords accountable for code violations, such as failing to provide heat, remove lead paint, or respond to pest infestations. But today, even if city inspectors deem properties so endangering to health and safety that they are uninhabitable, judges routinely require tenants to pay withheld rent before cases are even heard.

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Why We Need to Trust Teens to Teach Each Other Sex Ed

Steph Auteri

April 26, 2017 |

Broadly |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States

In response to outdated and ineffective sex ed curricula, programs are training students to lead sex ed classes for their peers. These student experts complement what is or is not learned in the classroom. Several studies have shown promising results, with increasing condom use and decreasing sexual activity. "The teens performing onstage [in skits] provide students with educators they can actually relate to," author Steph Auteri writes.

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Health workers create support network to north central Ohio mothers

Brittany Schock

April 25, 2017 |

Richland Source |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Mansfield, Ohio

Community Health Workers in Richmond County work to reduce barriers - including employment, education, smoking, food security or housing - that may contribute to the likelihood of infant mortality. Using the Community HUB Pathways Model to minimize significant sources of stress in a woman’s life, they are helping drive down infant mortality rates in Ohio, particularly for women and babies of color.

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Innovating Emergency Medical Response: The View From Reno And Portland

Allison Frost

April 25, 2017 |

Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB) |

Radio |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Portland, Oregon

Emergency medical response systems are facing challenges in meeting the needs of clients and financial limits. This has left the system unable to effectively serve their communities. Now, responders in Portland, Oregon, and Reno, Nevada, are creating new solutions to make this system more efficient.

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Some States Are Making It Easier To Get Birth Control

Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux

April 24, 2017 |

FiveThirtyEight |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Loma Linda, California

With the dismantling of the Affordable Care Act, the issues of birth control access and reproductive rights have become increasingly polarized and volatile. Some states are taking it upon themselves to improve access to birth control, without the federal mandate, through policies such as allowing pharmacists to re-prescribe certain types of birth control, and to distribute up to 12 months of birth control at a time, which has been proven in some cases to increase a woman's likelihood to use birth control, as it reduces costs and time for the patient.

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