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Community works to improve health care for farmworkers in rural Arizona

Sabine Galvis

October 02, 2019 |

Cronkite News - Arizona PBS |

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Response Location: United States, Wilcox, Arizona

Health care can be hard to access for those in rural communities, so for one Arizona community, the Southeast Arizona Area Health Education Center partnered with the University of Arizona to bring health education to those that needed it. Focusing specifically on education addressing potential health concerns specific to this mostly farmworker community, the community center also "trains some locals as health promoters, or 'promotoras de salud,' to work as health educators and advocates."

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Iowa rural hospitals make tough choices to stay lean, provide needed care

Chelsea Keenan Sara Konrad Baranowski Natalie Krebs Mark Mahoney Michaela Ramm

October 01, 2019 |

IowaWatch |

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Response Location: United States, Iowa Falls, Iowa

Rural hospitals throughout the midwest are struggling to stay open, but in Iowa, small successes have been found through partnerships and resourcefulness. From converting the OB-GYN department to an department that provides mental health help to senior citizens to leasing space to larger hospitals for specialty practices, rural hospitals are finding creative ways to keep their doors open.

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N'West Iowa hospitals invest in region

Mark Mahoney

September 30, 2019 |

N’West Iowa Review |

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Response Location: United States, Rock Rapids, Iowa

Despite rural hospitals often struggling to remain open due to lack of consistent demand which creates financial troubles, there are eight hospitals across four rural counties in Iowa that are proving this notion wrong. Through dedicated doctors that have committed to living where they work to a strong community presence providing support, this system of hospitals is performing better than many of the larger counterparts.

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As Iowa's rural hospitals grapple with challenges, larger health systems offer avenue for specialty care

Michaela Ramm

September 30, 2019 |

The Gazette |

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Response Location: United States, Iowa

After learning that 17 of Iowa's rural hospitals were facing closures due to a lack of finances, so these smaller hospitals partnered with larger ones in order to focus on specialized care. Although challenges still remain on the horizon, these mergers have provided a solution that allows community members better access to care and the ability to remain in the areas they want to live.

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Street Medicine Brings Health Care To Atlanta's Homeless

Sam Whitehead

September 19, 2019 |

WABE |

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Response Location: United States, Atlanta, Georgia

Street medicine eliminates barriers to health care and reduces emergency room costs. In Atlanta, Mercy Care’s Street Medicine program works to meet individuals where they are at. The program has been working since 2013 to build trust and provide basic healthcare services to homeless populations before their problems become severe enough to require emergency room treatment.

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HIV advocacy group pioneers telehealth model in rural Alabama

Melissa Brown

September 18, 2019 |

The Montgomery Advertiser |

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Response Location: United States, Selma, Alabama

What started out as a private phone line in a person's house to talk to people suffering from HIV/AIDS has now turned into a mobile e-health clinic that provides both education and medical support. The Medical Advocacy and Outreach Selma clinic aims to eliminate barriers, such as geographical location and stigma, for those with HIV/AIDS while also acting as a touchpoint for those with other primary and mental health care needs.

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Pregnant Women Struggling with Addiction Say Doctors Turned Them Away. This Appalachian Clinic Is Changing That.

Jess Mador

September 17, 2019 |

100 Days in Appalachia |

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Response Location: United States, Knoxville, Tennessee

The University of Tennessee Medical Center clinic has engaged a specific set of experts to form the High Risk Obstetrical Consultants team that focuses on treating opioid-addicted pregnant women as well as the infant after childbirth. The goal of the program is to stabilize the mother and then offer a choice for the rest of the pregnancy of either completely detoxing or remaining on medically assisted treatment.

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This Dental Technique Saving Teeth And Money In Sudan Could Be Used Worldwide

Christine Ro

September 16, 2019 |

Forbes |

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Response Location: Sudan

Dental work can be a less than fond experience for many, but a procedure developed in Sudan is helping to address the anxiety that often comes with treating cavities. The practice which caps a cavity rather than remove it, not only reduces the length of the procedure but is also much less invasive.

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Access to medical care is difficult for the rural uninsured. This clinic comes to them.

Wyatt Massey

September 16, 2019 |

Chattanooga Times Free Press |

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Response Location: United States, Knoxville, Tennessee

The St. Mary’s Legacy Clinic is a mobile health clinic bringing care to uninsured, rural residents in Tennessee. The initiative has reached nearly 250 people since it started, providing care to six different towns once per month. With the costs of health care without insurance being enough to turn people away from seeking it, this clinic provides medical evaluations, medicine, and lab work – all with the hope of rebuilding trust between communities and the healthcare system.

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Fleeing Bombs to Battle Cancer

Abby Sewell

September 05, 2019 |

U.S. News & World Report |

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Response Location: Lebanon, Beirut

The King Hussein Cancer Center in Amman, Jordan and the Children's Cancer Center of Lebanon were both established in order to help children from all different regions battle cancer, but since war broke out, they have been helping many more patients. In order to keep up with demand, the centers expanded and launched fundraising campaigns, which allowed the centers to continue to see a significant increase in survival ratings amongst patients.

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