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  • Maternal deaths in the U.S. are staggeringly common. Personal nurses could help

    December 27, 2022 |

    NPR |

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    Response Location: United States, Upper Darby, Pennsylvania

    The Nurse-Family Partnership pairs low-income, first-time parents with a personal nurse from pregnancy through their child's second birthday. The Partnership serves 56,000 families each year, and works to help improve pregnancy outcomes for both parents and their babies through early education, access to care and helping to empower parents to get the care they need.

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  • Prof's slaying, other stressors spike U of A mental-health-care demand

    December 24, 2022 |

    Arizona Daily Star |

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    Response Location: United States, Tucson, Arizona

    As the number of students seeking mental health support increased, the University of Arizona’s Counseling and Psych Services increased the number of students it’s able to see — up to about 1,500 students a month — as well as the number of staff — from about 40 people in 2019 to 70. This staffing increase makes it easier for more students to access care. The center also provides options for students who struggle with the cost of mental health services.

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  • Hospital and a home: Uganda shelters offer a lifeline to cancer patients

    December 23, 2022 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: Uganda, Kampala

    The Uganda Cancer Institute placed a tent and mattresses outside of their Kampala hospital as a free shelter for cancer patients and their families. Before the shelter, patients who could not afford transportation to and from hospital visits were sleeping outside in the elements which reduced their chances of recovery.

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  • Rural patients struggle to access expert sexual assault exams. Telehealth services are closing that gap.

    December 22, 2022 |

    The 19th |

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    Response Location: United States, Eagle County, Colorado

    teleSANE services allow remote sexual assault nurse examiners to assist patients and guide nurses through exams via video chat. teleSANE services are expanding across the country, specifically in rural areas, expanding access for those in need of care.

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  • Building community against cancer: When it comes to terminal illnesses, mental health comes first

    December 22, 2022 |

    Social Voices |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Abuja

    Project Pink Blue provides psychological support, cancer awareness education, free cancer screenings, and fundraising for cancer patients and cancer research. The nonprofit has also trained healthcare workers through its Breast Cancer Navigation Program to ensure they know how to properly treat patients. So far they’ve trained 44 healthcare workers and they also run a support group of about 150 members to connect people impacted by cancer.

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  • CHP is trying to attract nurse practitioners to the Berkshires by offering them residencies

    December 21, 2022 |

    The Berkshire Eagle |

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    Response Location: United States, Berkshire County, Massachusetts

    The Community Health Program’s Great Barrington Health Center and the University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School in Worcester partnered together to provide a residency program to attract nurse practitioners to the area. The program helps train nurse practitioners to provide care and master concepts like insurance policies and medical computer systems in areas that are lacking these medical professionals.

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  • Telehealth offers boost to children with developmental needs

    December 19, 2022 |

    ICT News |

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    Response Location: Navajo Nation, United States, Anchorage, Alaska

    The Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium provides telehealth services to more than 100,000 Alaska Natives, primarily in small communities with limited access to travel. The organization, along with others like the Indian Health Service, also provide remote care to families with children with developmental needs, like those with autism.

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  • In North Carolina, more people are training to support patients through an abortion

    December 19, 2022 |

    NPR |

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    Response Location: United States, North Carolina

    Abortion doulas are like traditional birth doulas and provide advice and emotional support to people navigating an abortion. Every three months the Carolina Abortion Fund offers free online classes for aspiring abortion doulas. These sessions used to have 20 signups at most, but now — following the overturn of Roe v. Wade — have 40.

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  • Responding to a mental health crisis without badges or guns

    December 19, 2022 |

    The Kansas Leadership Center Journal (KLC Journal) |

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    Response Location: United States, Eugene, Oregon

    CAHOOTS offers counseling, conflict resolution, mediation and referral and transportation to social services and/or basic emergency medical care to people experiencing a mental health crisis. CAHOOTS is available 24/7 and sends out crisis workers and medics as an alternative to uniformed police officers. CAHOOTS has significantly lightened law enforcement’s load, allowing officers to focus more on other public safety issues while preventing unnecessarily sending people through the criminal justice system.

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  • Union Health Plan Provides Much-Needed Safety Net

    December 15, 2022 |

    Capital & Main |

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    Response Location: United States, Salinas, California

    The Robert F. Kennedy Farm Workers Medical Plan makes healthcare for union workers more affordable and accessible, providing workers with a much-needed safety net. The RFK plan covers about 3,000 members of the United Farm Workers — which consists of about 7,500 people, including spouses and children.

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