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  • Adjusting Jobs to Protect Workers’ Mental Health is Both Easier and Harder Than You Might Think

    The Conversation Jun 19, 2023

    Changing workplace culture and the way jobs are designed can stave off depression, anxiety and burnout.

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  • Older Adults Need to Make Preventive Care a Top Priority

    The Conversation Jun 19, 2023

    Older people have borne a higher burden of illness and death from COVID-19, with people 65 and older experiencing higher rates of hospitalization and death. That’s only part of the…

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  • LGBTQ and Gender-diverse College Students and Eating Disorders

    Futurity Jun 18, 2023

    Some transgender and gender-diverse college students are at a heightened risk of developing an eating disorder, research shows. Just before swimmer Schuyler Bailar made history as the first openly transgender…

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  • Underpaid Nursing Home Workers Quit in Droves

    The Rural Blog Jun 18, 2023

    “Frustration is surging among the low-wage workers who make up the backbone of the nursing-home industry, as tens of thousands of their colleagues call out sick with Covid-19, inflaming shortages…

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  • Intentionally Supporting Nonprofit Overhead

    Fund the People Jun 18, 2023

    READ THE TRANSCRIPT This episode features Rodney Christopher from BDO FMA, and is the first installment of our special series, Smashing the Overhead Myth – Once and For All!With 30 years of consulting and grantmaking experience in the nonprofit and philanthropic community, Rodney was instrumental…

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  • Why We Need to Upgrade Postsecondary Education and Job Training

    Stanford Social Innovation Review Jun 18, 2023

    A staggering misalignment of postsecondary education and training programs in the United States is leaving millions of critical jobs unfilled and millions of Americans missing opportunities for meaningful economic mobility.

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  • Servicemembers Who Have Childhood Trauma Are At Risk of PTSD

    Futurity Jun 18, 2023

    Physical, emotional, or sexual abuse in childhood may increase military service members’ risk of developing PTSD.

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  • How to Mitigate the Effects of Poverty on Children’s Brain Development

    The Hechinger Report Jun 18, 2023

    A new study adds to a growing body of evidence that certain anti-poverty policies can have long-lasting effects…

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  • Community-Driven Science Can Help Aid Sustainable Development

    Food Tank Jun 18, 2023

    A new study underscores how community-driven research can meet local needs and advance the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

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  • How Peer Nominations Model Can Diversify Funding Pipelines

    Stanford Social Innovation Review Jun 18, 2023

    Instead of exacerbating biases with the standard playbook, peer nominations help funders build a more efficient, equitable, and impactful pipeline.

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  • Public Policy Can Help Bridge the Healthcare Gap

    RAND Corporation Jun 17, 2023

    A pandemic is a terrible time to lose health insurance coverage. Yet, for a segment of the 23 million workers who suddenly lost jobs in spring of 2020, that was a fear-inducing possibility.…

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  • Study Shows Effectiveness of Telemedicine

    Futurity Jun 17, 2023

    Common concerns about telemedicine don’t hold up to scrutiny, according to a new study that highlights telemedicine’s effectiveness. The paper is one of two studies on telemedicine published in NEJM Catalyst.…

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