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Beyond the Stigma: Optimism on NH's opioid front line

Shawne K. Wickham

July 18, 2018 |

New Hampshire Union Leader |

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Response Location: United States, Manchester, New Hampshire

In New Hampshire, many actors are participating to coordinate solutions to the opioid crisis. Among the most effective solutions are training physicians to help patients manage pain without opiates, helping patients wean off opiates, and maintaining rapid response teams to respond to potential overdoses.

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Halting Violence In The Heartland

Gaby Galvin

July 14, 2018 |

U.S. News & World Report |

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Response Location: United States, Omaha, Nebraska

A nonprofit in Omaha focuses on hospitals for its gang intervention work, making contact with gang members or potential gang members who have been injured through violence and may be ready to make a change in their lives. YouTurn connects them to services like housing, education and job programs and acts as a bridge between families, police and doctors. It also works to prevent violence that might occur in hospitals through revenge or retaliation by rival gangs.

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A Simple Emergency Room Intervention Can Help Cut Future Suicide Risk

Rhitu Chatterjee

July 11, 2018 |

NPR |

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Response Location: United States, New York, New York

When a person is brought to the emergency room after a suicide attempt, they are at risk for attempting suicide again for the next three months. These patients often slip through the cracks after being discharged from the hospital, and never receive the follow-up care they need. A program called Safety Planning Intervention trains doctors, nurses, and social workers to make a safety plan with high risk patients before they leave the hospital, to help reduce their risk of a second attempt.

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New intervention plan linked to lower risk of veteran suicides

Chloe Reichel

July 11, 2018 |

Journalist's Resource |

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Response Location: United States, New York, New York

A program called the Safety Planning Intervention is reducing the occurrence of repeat suicide attempts among veterans. The program helps veterans establish a safety plan and identify a support network that they can rely on during times of crisis.

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Saving lives in Senegal through Hope

Idrissa Sane

June 16, 2018 |

AzerNews |

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Response Location: Senegal

A digital platform, called Hope, allows medical clinics in Senegal to track the amount of blood in their blood banks in real time and reaches out to donors via SMS to encourage them to donate every few months. When a rare blood type is needed, an emergency message goes out to all users in the same geographic area, asking them if they are available for an emergency blood donation. This platform has increased the number of blood donations in Senegal and improved patients' chances of receiving life-saving transfusions.

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Training pivotal as cuts to mental-health services take hold

Adrian Horton

June 10, 2018 |

Daily Inter Lake |

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Response Location: United States, Kalispell, Montana

Law enforcement agencies in Montana are undergoing Crisis Intervention Training so they are better equipped to respond to mental health emergencies. After budget cuts resulting social worker layoff, the region anticipates an uptick in emergency mental health calls, so they are planning ahead to train police officers to respond.

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‘The Police Aren't Just Getting You In Trouble. They Actually Care.'

Erick Trickey

June 02, 2018 |

Politico |

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Response Location: United States, Gloucester, Massachusetts

Police departments across eastern Massachusetts frustrated by the rising opioid epidemic decided to make themselves avenues to treatment rather than instruments of punishment. “It was pretty evident that we weren’t arresting our way out of anything.” The idea evolved into a national program called the Police-Assisted Addiction and Recovery Initiative with nearly 400 police departments helping thousands of people access drug treatment services across the country.

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India slashes heatwave death toll with series of low-cost measures

Michael Safi

June 02, 2018 |

The Guardian |

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Response Location: India, New Delhi

Extreme heat waves in India that have previously caused thousands of deaths every year are being combatted with simple public health initiatives. These impactful actions include opening up the gates to city parks so that street workers are able to seek shade, and training medical personnel to recognize early signs of heat stroke and transport patients to designated cool rooms.

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With compassionate outreach, a city cuts its drug overdose rate in half

Christa Case Bryant

May 21, 2018 |

The Christian Science Monitor |

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Response Location: United States, Huntington, West Virginia

In Huntington, West Virginia, an team modeled off the highly successful Quick Response Team outside of Cincinnati is showing similar results in cutting down deaths caused by addiction. The Quick Response Team ensures that every overdose survivor receives a follow-up visit within 72 hours, a strategy that is also helping to build personal relationships and help them find more services.

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Chicago's South Side Finally Has an Adult Trauma Center Again

Daniel A. Gross

May 01, 2018 |

The New Yorker |

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Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

In 2018, years of community activism resulted in the opening of the first advanced emergency trauma care center on Chicago’s South Side since the 1990s. One study showed gun assaults taking place more than five miles from a trauma center disproportionately affected Black victims and caused higher death rates because of delays in reaching adequate care. One such fatal incident prompted protests and community organizing around demands for a Level 1 adult trauma center at University of Chicago Medical Center, which finally were successful eight years later.

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