Recent Work
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Life on the Edge: Alameda County Mobile Therapists Treat Low-Income Moms Suffering Postpartum Depression
Alameda County Blue Skies therapists often have to get creative, holding sessions in vehicles, at libraries, public parks, fast-food restaurants, and community centers, with their patients.
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For Many Latinos, Modern Politics is Unhealthy
Pre-term births; toxic stress; a 6-year-old with PTSD — mental health experts say such woes are at epidemic levels. The Center for Health Reporting partnered with The Orange County Register on this deep dive on politics’ negative impacts on the Latinx community.
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Losing Summer: 10 Months. Nearly 30 Visits to San Francisco’s Psychiatric ER. And a Suicide
Summer’s story reveals the weaknesses in San Francisco’s mental illness and addiction treatment system, according to a Center for Health Reporting-sponsored story.
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To Steer Her Child Away From Obesity, A Mother Turns Her Life Upside Down
Obese children are likely to remain obese as adults, increasing their risk of heart attack, stroke, cancer and premature death. Change needs to start with parents taking childhood obesity seriously, educating themselves about nutrition, and controlling what their kids eat.
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How Can Latina Mothers Overcome Health Factors That Put Their Babies at Risk?
Los Angeles County’s Nurse-Family Partnership links low-income at-risk mothers with a public health nurse who makes free at-home visits, early in pregnancy.
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