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  • Can You Cure a Domestic Abuser?

    January 17, 2020 |

    The Atlantic |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Duluth, Iowa

    Duluth’s Domestic Abuse Intervention Project has served for decades as a model for men’s counseling groups that courts often mandate in lieu of incarceration after abuse leads to criminal charges. But a deep look at its methods, which are rooted in challenging men’s patriarchal views and pushing them to take responsibility for their behavior, shows that its rejection of other behavioral influences calls into question its entire approach to truly solving the problem. A solid body of research finds the approach minimally effective, at best, and that other forms of group therapy can be more effective.

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  • The Netherlands has universal health insurance — and it's all private

    January 17, 2020 |

    Vox |

    Multi-Media |

    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: Netherlands

    Health care in the Netherlands relies heavily on the collaboration, cooperation, and shared responsibility between private markets and government regulations to achieve affordable, consistent, and quality care for patients. Although the system is not without its limitations, this process has helped the country avoid preventable deaths while also guaranting nearly all residents insurance.

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  • Taiwan's single-payer success story — and its lessons for America

    January 13, 2020 |

    Vox |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: Taiwan

    Taiwan's single-payer health care model has helped to guarantee health care access to everyone in the country, no matter their socioeconomic status, geographical location or pre-exisitng conditions. Although the model evolved from a once-broken system, the idea of "one national health insurance plan, run by the government, covering everybody" quickly grew in popularity due to its simplicity, comprehensive benefit structure, and relatively low and consistent premiums.

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  • Minneapolis Activists Ask Local Leaders to Invest in Communities, Not Cops

    January 09, 2020 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Minneapolis, Minnesota

    In Minneapolis, Minnesota, a coalition of organizers and community members called Reclaim the Block advocates for divestment from the city's police force and into more community-based initiatives and services. Advocates for the group argue that rather than solving issues like homelessness, opioid addiction, and mental health crises, policing can actually make the situation worse off. The broad coalition successfully petitioned the city to move funds out of the police force and into the newly created Office of Violence Prevention.

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  • In Reversal, Counties and States Help Inmates Keep Medicaid

    January 08, 2020 |

    Stateline |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States

    If incarcerated, low-income individuals who are reliant on Medicaid typically lose access to their benefits which accelerates the difficulty of reentry. To help close the gap, the National Association of Counties and the National Sheriffs’ Association have joined together to implement stopgap measures to help inmates either retain their benefits or have them only suspended instead of terminated.

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  • How Philadelphia Flipped: Second Chances for Youth

    January 08, 2020 |

    YR Media |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia has made a concerted effort toward reducing the number of youth being arrested in schools. Leadership, including the school police commissioner and district attorney, changed procedures so that youth, instead of getting arrested, are enrolled in diversion programs. While there’s been pushback from some law enforcement, early studies have pointed to a decline in arrests without a decline in safety.

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  • Reduce Health Costs By Nurturing The Sickest? A Much-Touted Idea Disappoints

    January 08, 2020 |

    NPR |

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    Response Location: United States, Camden, New Jersey

    Researchers in New Jersey have been testing the idea that an increased specialized care model directed towards the sickest and most expensive patients would help reduce costs and improve health, but the trials have been less than promising. However, it was in the failures of the approach, that researchers learned that creating broader partnerships and addressing underlying issues for the patients may have been the missing key.

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  • From Sri Lanka to China: What India can learn from the world about combating dengue, malaria

    January 07, 2020 |

    Earth Journalism Network |

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    Response Location: Sri Lanka

    India is facing a significant uptick in cases of dengue and malaria, but Sri Lanka and China are providing models to combat the increase. Although both countries used different approaches, the main takeaways include creating an early warning system, collaborating across sectors, and determining which cases originate locally or are from migration.

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  • The inside story of how scientists produced an Ebola vaccine

    January 07, 2020 |

    STAT |

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    Response Location: Canada

    It was a "trial that almost hadn’t happened" that only happened due to collective action and a piloting effort, that lead to the creation of the world's first Ebola vaccine. Between community commitment and researcher's skills to react quickly, a clinical trial was successfully implemented in the midst of an outbreak and deemed a success.

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  • Cities Struggle to Boost Ridership With ‘Uber for Transit' Schemes

    January 02, 2020 |

    Wired |

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    Response Location: China, Shanghai

    Data-driven transport can improve access and efficiency if properly implemented. In Shanghai, China, users benefit from customized bus routes designed by artificial intelligence software. Other countries, however, have discontinued pilots of programs similar to the one implemented in China. Elsewhere, in Innisfil, Ontario, a different kind of program helps to fill the gap in public transport--namely, subsidized Uber rides.

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