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

    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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  • Beer and business: the unexpected benefits of water access in Cameroon

    July 07, 2015 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: Cameroon

    Cameroon was plagued by droughts, water-related illnesses, and an influx of refugees--all of which required a surplus of clean water. The government devised solar panel water distribution systems, which brought fresh water for irrigation. The surplus also inspired citizens of Cameroon to start small businesses that used the water, including brewing beer.

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  • Colorado's Effort Against Teenage Pregnancies Is a Startling Success

    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

    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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  • 7 solutions that could help stop rape on the night shift

    June 30, 2015 |

    Reveal |

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    Response Location: United States, Minneapolis, Minnesota

    The night shift janitor is an easy target. Working in isolation, cleaners across the country say they have been harassed, assaulted and raped by supervisors and co-workers while tidying office buildings, shopping malls and universities, as our investigation exposed.

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  • How Berlin is helping immigrants and trying to get residents to think differently about national identity

    June 29, 2015 |

    WHYY |

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    Response Location: Germany, Berlin, Berlin

    28% of Berlin's population is foreign-born, with residents from more than 180 countries. Berlin is making efforts to incorporate these immigrants by providing them with legal support and employing them in city government.

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  • Amazon tribe creates 500-page traditional medicine encyclopedia

    June 24, 2015 |

    Mongabay |

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    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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  • Texas study may aid juvenile justice reforms

    June 22, 2015 |

    Dallas Morning News |

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    Response Location: United States, Dallas, Texas

    An in-depth study of Texas youth crime records helped them find a path forward on juvenile criminal justice reform, but they still struggle with limited resources and a culture stuck on incarceration.

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  • The Case Against Isolating English Learners

    June 22, 2015 |

    Voice of San Diego |

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    Response Location: United States, San Diego, California

    School districts across the country struggle with helping their “English-learner” students learn English and academic content at the same time. Kearny High School in San Diego does not isolate these special students, instead using the school-within-a-school model to help place their non-English speakers in content areas that interest them. This model has shown to put the English learners at Kearny in the top API scores in the San Diego district.

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  • Depressed? Try Therapy Without the Therapist

    June 19, 2015 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Australia

    MoodGYM is an online program targeted to help those suffering from depression for whom it is a challenge to access therapy because of location or the stigma it carries. Essentially a therapy session in your pocket, the program allows users to access help at little to no cost, regardless of where they are or what time of day it is.

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