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This doctor pioneered a way to treat stress in children, a startling source of future disease

Michael Alison Chandler

October 06, 2016 |

The Washington Post |

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Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

Dr. Nadine Burke Harris noticed an unusually high rate of illnesses in young patients frequenting her San Francisco clinic, and began to dig into the strong correlation between stress factors like poverty and abuse to the rising public health crises of what is known as "toxic stress" in children. Her work helped lead a growing, nationwide movement of treating physical health by addressing emotional trauma, in schools and law enforcement as well as clinics, offering children better support and evolving policies to address mental health.

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Doctors Get Creative To Soothe Tech-Savvy Kids Before Surgery

Jenny Gold

June 29, 2016 |

NPR |

Multi-Media |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Palo Alto, California

Undergoing surgery is a stress-inducing prospect for anyone, but children are especially vulnerable to anxiety prior to operations. To avoid using risky anti-anxiety medications on young patients, two anesthesiologists at the Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford have developed creative techniques to distract children from their forthcoming surgeries. They use toys and a unique low-cost video projection system called BERT-Bedside Entertainment Theater.

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Music therapists, once marginalized, come into the mainstream at children's hospitals

Melissa Bailey

June 27, 2016 |

STAT |

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Response Location: United States, Boston, Massachusetts

Hospitals can be stressful places for children and their families, but music therapy can help ease some of that stress. At Boston Children's Hospital, music therapists help children complete tasks such as using the restroom or having their blood drawn, and sometimes they even help families say goodbye to their children. Music therapy has been shown to help premature babies develop, normalize blood pressure and heart rate, and improve motor control.

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Treating the body and mind

Nathan Phelps Rory Linnane

March 17, 2016 |

The Post Crescent |

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Response Location: United States, Ashwaubenon, Wisconsin

Over 50 percent of Wisconsin counties lack mental health professionals to serve the populations, and the shortage directly affects children’s mental health. The Institute for Healthcare Improvement has submitted funds to a clinic in Ashwaubenon to integrate mental health counselors into primary care work. The effort is nationwide and has shown to be effective in identifying early signs of anxiety and depression beyond patients’ awareness so that counseling is accessible and treatment can be administered.

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Do no harm: There's an infection hospitals can nearly always prevent. Why don't they?

Sarah Kliff

July 09, 2015 |

Vox |

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Response Location: United States, Roseville, California

Even though most central line infections are preventable, they are a leading cause of death in the United States. The core of the problem resides in a hospital's approach, whether they put the effort into treating patients like they are in a car crash or a plane crash. Roseville Medical Center looked at the mistakes of other hospitals and have revolutionized how they treat central lines with a new checklist, a specialized vascular team tasked with the central lines, and annual competency tests for contract nurses.

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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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A Vermont-Made App That Could Save Kids' Lives

Ken Picard

March 04, 2015 |

Seven Days |

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Response Location: United States, Burlington, Vermont

Medical providers, tech experts and business professionals joined together to create in Vermont to create MEDSINC, a mobile app that helps people with no medical background to treat children with health risks. The "mobile intelligence software" provides a list of questions to help assess a child's health risks and, based on results, offers treatment suggestions. An early pilot shows, "the app's recommendations have corresponded to those of actual pediatricians 94 percent of the time."

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When Poverty Makes You Sick, a Lawyer Can Be the Cure

Tina Rosenberg

July 17, 2014 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States, Cincinnati, Ohio

Being poor can make you sick because of where you work, live and eat. Medical-legal partnerships, in hospitals U.S. cities, are attacking these social determinants through legal aid to the poor, often class-action lawsuits.

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Protecting Children From Toxic Stress

David Bornstein

October 30, 2013 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States, Connecticut

Child First is a program in Connecticut, where staff members deliver home-based parent guidance and child-parent psychotherapy to help prevent the detrimental physical and mental effects of toxic stress on children. The engagement is guided by an evidence-based methodology called Child-Parent Psychotherapy, which is grounded in collaborative problem solving.

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Easier Than Taking Vitamins

Sam Loewenberg

September 05, 2012 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: Canada, Toronto, Ontario

A nutrient powder can save anemic children, but the people who could benefit are distrustful. Having local mothers distribute the supplement was successful in Bangladesh.

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