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Paying People to Be Healthy Usually Works, if the Public Can Stomach It

Aaron E. Carroll

July 06, 2015 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States

Many Americans have unhealthy habits which increase their likelihood of getting sick at the cost of taxpayer dollars. Paying people to drop their unhealthy habits has been proven to be an effective way to keep people healthy and save taxpayer dollars.

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Colorado's Effort Against Teenage Pregnancies Is a Startling Success

Sabrina Tavernise

July 05, 2015 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States, Walsenburg, Colorado

Colorado causes a large decline in teen pregnancy and abortions by implementing free, long-term birth control to prevent pregnancy. While demonstrating massive success, its continuity is in the air considering the ongoing fight over health insurance at the federal level.

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Everything you think you know about disciplining kids is wrong

Katherine Reynolds Lewis

July 01, 2015 |

Mother Jones |

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Response Location: United States, South Berwick, Maine

Disciplining schoolchildren has led many students down the “school-to-prison-pipeline” because teachers have focused on controlling students rather than instilling problem solving skills. Ross Greene has developed Collaborative Proactive Solutions (CPS), which is a method that trains staff at schools to develop relationships with disruptive kids and help them problem solve. With the CPS method in practice in 2012, Central School has reported fewer students sent to the principal’s office and no suspensions.

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Annoyed by Robocalls? This One Can Save Lives

M. Sophia Newman

July 01, 2015 |

Next City |

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Response Location: Kenya, Nairobi

Non-profit organization Reliefwatch is addressing supply chain breakdowns for developing world health clinics by sending them robocalls asking about procurement needs. The information updates a database in real time, allowing suppliers to get the drugs in the hands of the clinics in need and avoiding expiration of excess stock. “The whole idea in terms of the system is that the data goes up into a cloud system that can then be accessed by a manager, the supplier, whoever is relevant,” Yu says.

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Prison Born

Sarah Yager

July 01, 2015 |

The Atlantic |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Bedford Hills, New York

More women are being incarcerated around the United States and that has spurred more institutions to create prison nurseries, which allow women to be with their newborns. It's not a new idea, but it's finding support among prison advocates as well as budget hawks because research shows nurseries can lower recidivism rates among mothers. The idea of children in prison remains controversial however.

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Now Blood Donors Can Get a Text When They Save Lives

Tanya Basu

July 01, 2015 |

Time Magazine |

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Response Location: Sweden, Gothenburg

When Swedish blood blanks were faced with a blood shortage, one hospital turned to text messaging in order to reach potential donors. Relying on the value of personal connection, the campaign texts donors when their blood has been used and also reminds individuals to regularly donate.

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Amazon tribe creates 500-page traditional medicine encyclopedia

Jeremy Hance

June 24, 2015 |

Mongabay |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: Brazil

The Matsés, an indigenous population in Brazil in Peru, teamed up with Acaté, a conservation group, to create a medicinal knowledge encyclopedia. The encyclopedia was compiled by five shamans, took two years, is 500 pages long, and “details every plant used by Matsés to cure a massive variety of ailments.” It not only preserves ancestral knowledge, but is seen as a way to improve the health of Matsés and future generations. “Until their encyclopedia, the Matsés entire traditional health system was on the unchecked verge of disappearance.”

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Detroit Team Shrinks Breastfeeding Disparities

Molly Ginty

June 22, 2015 |

Women's eNews |

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Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

At St. John Hospital in Detroit, the principles of cultural sensitivity and collaboration—as well as lots of fundraising—have boosted previously low breastfeeding rates by black mothers.

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Cost-effective way to prevent chronic asthma in kids has Cleveland roots

Brie Zeltner

June 21, 2015 |

Cleveland.com (The Plain Dealer) |

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Response Location: United States, Cleveland, Ohio

Low income children in Cleveland with severe, chronic asthma are given quality treatment but often live in substandard housing with mold, dust, lead or secondhand smoke and continue suffering potentially lethal attacks. The Cleveland's asthma home visit program, has cut hospitalisations in half by helping families eliminate asthma triggers at home.

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Virtual Assistant: a 3-D avatar, the best classmate for deaf students

Yanivis Izaguirre

June 20, 2015 |

The Irish Times |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: Honduras

In Honduras, tens of thousands of people have hearing disabilities. The National Autonomous University of Honduras has developed software that converts spoken language into an avatar on the computer who signs for the hearing impaired. Teachers in classrooms can teach hearing impaired students with this new software.

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