Social Sciences

Rural Hospitals Find Ways to Survive, Expand

http://www.usnews.com/news/healthiest-communities/articles/2019-07-17/rural-hospitals-find-ways-to-survive-expand?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker

Katelyn Newman

U.S. News & World Report

17 July 2019

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Close collaboration between stakeholders in a community allows rural health centers to remain in operation. With the failure of many rural hospitals across the United States, medical providers, nonprofit organizations, and even city governments are coming together to invest and save institutions crucial to their communities. From placing faltering hospitals under municipal control, to expanding services through nonprofit donations, many rural communities are finding solutions that fit.

Residents turn detective to fight crime

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p07fp90n?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker

Tom Colls

BBC

2 July 2019

Podcast / Over 15 Minutes

A U.S. company, Flock Safety, has developed a security and surveillance system that allows residents to monitor the color, model, and license plate of every car entering their neighborhood. The system uses car license plate cameras that aren’t monitored by the local police or governments, rather, by residents themselves, to help deter crime. While the system has shown success to the tune of an average of two crimes solved every day, it also raises questions around the problematic nature of surveillance culture, privacy, and profiting off of safety and fear.

Preaching Faith in Democracy

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/02/opinion/preaching-faith-in-democracy.html?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker

Courtney E. Martin

The New York Times

2 July 2019

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Shared expressions of community and fellowship are fostering a non-partisan approach to civic engagement. The nonprofit Citizen University, based in Seattle, Washington, provides small grants to trained community leaders who host Civic Saturdays. The meetings take place across the country in libraries, town centers, and at small businesses. Groups gather to share song, poetry, and to discuss political concepts as ideas on a spectrum, rather than in opposition to one another.

How a small Turkish city successfully absorbed half a million migrants

https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2019/jun/19/gaziantep-turkish-city-successfully-absorbed-half-a-million-migrants-from-syria?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker

Stephen Burgen

The Guardian

19 June 2019

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A small Turkish city named Gaziantep, only 60 miles from war-torn Aleppo, is a role model when it comes to taking in and integrating migrants fleeing violence in Syria. Gaziantep has already taken in 500,00 refugees (growing their population by 30%), piped in extra water from 80 miles away, built 50,000 new homes, and started integrating Syrian and Turkish children in schools. Government officials say that there has not been any significant crises yet and the Turkish people are welcoming newcomers with open arms.

Finally, an Intervention That Might Have Helped Keep High-Risk Teens Alive

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2019/06/preventing-teen-suicide-clinical-trial-reduces-deaths/591793?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker

Jill U. Adams

The Atlantic

16 June 2019

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To prevent suicide amongst youth, research has shown that there's a simple strategy to get people the supports they need: training the adults in their lives on how to recognize warning signs and provide help. While the research is still preliminary, it highlights one more intervention technique to prevent teen suicide by helping youth in recovery stick to their treatment plans.

Can You Reshape Your Brain's Response To Pain?

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/06/10/727682322/can-you-reshape-your-brains-response-to-pain?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker

Patti Neighmond

NPR

10 June 2019

Radio / 5-15 Minutes

People who experience trauma in their early childhood are at a higher likelihood of experiencing chronic pain in later years, which often goes untreated. However, emotional awareness and expression therapy, which combines talk therapy with cognitive behavioral therapy, has shown significant success in treating those suffering from this health issue.