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Community works to improve health care for farmworkers in rural Arizona

Sabine Galvis

October 02, 2019 |

Cronkite News - Arizona PBS |

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Response Location: United States, Wilcox, Arizona

Health care can be hard to access for those in rural communities, so for one Arizona community, the Southeast Arizona Area Health Education Center partnered with the University of Arizona to bring health education to those that needed it. Focusing specifically on education addressing potential health concerns specific to this mostly farmworker community, the community center also "trains some locals as health promoters, or 'promotoras de salud,' to work as health educators and advocates."

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Mumbai sees record low in the number of deaths from rabies

Anne Pinto-Rodrigues

October 01, 2019 |

The Telegraph |

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Response Location: India, Mumbai

Vaccinating and sterilizing canines proves more effective in curbing rabies than culling the stray animals. In Mumbai, India, city authorities have partnered with NGOs like In Defense of Animals India (IDA India) and Welfare for Stray Dogs (WSD) to vaccinate and sterilize the city’s stray dogs. The campaign has been effective in reducing human cases of rabies.

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Farmers of Color Find New Allies

Randy Mueller

October 01, 2019 |

The Innovator |

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Response Location: United States, Petersburg, New York

The online Reparations for Black-Indigenous Farmers map connects farmers across the United States in an effort to support those who have been historically oppressed. Those who participate voluntarily pay reparations to the over 50 Black and Indigenous farmers’ projects that have been listed as a way of (re)building centuries of discrimination.

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Iowa rural hospitals make tough choices to stay lean, provide needed care

Chelsea Keenan, Sara Konrad Baranowski , Natalie Krebs, Mark Mahoney, Michaela Ramm

October 01, 2019 |

IowaWatch |

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Response Location: United States, Iowa Falls, Iowa

Rural hospitals throughout the midwest are struggling to stay open, but in Iowa, small successes have been found through partnerships and resourcefulness. From converting the OB-GYN department to an department that provides mental health help to senior citizens to leasing space to larger hospitals for specialty practices, rural hospitals are finding creative ways to keep their doors open.

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Immersion Program Seeks Next Generation Of Rural Doctors

Sebastián Martínez Valdivia

September 30, 2019 |

Side Effects Public Media |

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Response Location: United States, Sedalia, Missouri

Rural areas are often underserved when it comes to medical access, but a town in Missouri is working on changing this by immersing medical students in rural life. Offering students a glimpse of small town life while working alongside local healthcare providers, the immersion program serves as a recruitment tool and is showing promise.

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How one small Wisconsin hospital was saved amid a statewide rural health crisis

Parker Schorr

September 30, 2019 |

Wisconsin Watch |

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Response Location: United States, Neillsville, Wisconsin

Rural hospitals often face a host of problems, especially when it comes to financial troubles; however, a small hospital in Wisconsin has been able to remain open by embracing a merger with a larger health care facility. This has lead to a handful of positive outcomes such as "significantly improved operating margins, higher quality and outcomes and better patient satisfaction"

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After a Mass Shooting, Who Cares for the Coroners?

Ann Givens

September 30, 2019 |

The Trace |

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Response Location: United States, Las Vegas, Nevada

Following the Las Vegas mass shooting in October 2017, employees at the Clark County coroner’s office found themselves grappling with the psychological effects. The head of the department recognized this struggle and took action: bringing in counselors, offering yoga, meditation, and massages, and having staff and family parties and get-togethers. With a work culture that often emphasizes working alone, this moment allowed for people to come together and create a sense of community.

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N'West Iowa hospitals invest in region

Mark Mahoney

September 30, 2019 |

N’West Iowa Review |

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Response Location: United States, Rock Rapids, Iowa

Despite rural hospitals often struggling to remain open due to lack of consistent demand which creates financial troubles, there are eight hospitals across four rural counties in Iowa that are proving this notion wrong. Through dedicated doctors that have committed to living where they work to a strong community presence providing support, this system of hospitals is performing better than many of the larger counterparts.

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As Iowa's rural hospitals grapple with challenges, larger health systems offer avenue for specialty care

Michaela Ramm

September 30, 2019 |

The Gazette |

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Response Location: United States, Iowa

After learning that 17 of Iowa's rural hospitals were facing closures due to a lack of finances, so these smaller hospitals partnered with larger ones in order to focus on specialized care. Although challenges still remain on the horizon, these mergers have provided a solution that allows community members better access to care and the ability to remain in the areas they want to live.

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Seeking a Cure: The Quest to Save Rural Hospitals

Jennifer Hemmingsen

September 30, 2019 |

IowaWatch |

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Response Location: United States, Rock Rapids, Iowa

Keeping hospitals open and operating in rural Iowa isn't an easy task, but short-term proposals, pilots, and demonstration projects are all helping to explore the possibilities. One particular example that is showing promise is the Avera Merrill Pioneer Health Campus which was "bankrolled through a combination of community donations, hospital association funding and a loan from the U.S. Department of Agriculture."

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