COVID-19, remote learning left Miami high school seniors stressed, strained and struggling to catch
By Justin Fernandez, Ajmaanie Andre, Kymani Hughes, Krystal Li and Angely Peña-Agramonte Urban Health Media Project Hannah Corcoran had...
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- Feb 16, 2022
- 5 min
Systemic racism spurs COVID-19 to hit Florida communities of color harder
Lack of access to services, fresh foods, vaccination sites increased vulnerability, experts say By Julianne Hill, Justin Fernandez,...
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- Jan 28, 2022
- 5 min
Early screening for learning disabilities ‘would make a huge difference’
By Aileen Delgado, Courtney Curtis and Rick Hampson Urban Health Media Project WASHINGTON -- Frank Pinckney wonders what his life could...
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- Jan 27, 2022
- 4 min
Virtual learning harbors its own gifts
By Tamar Coon Urban Health Media Project Before March of 2020, everything was normal: I was in 8th grade at Columbia Heights Educational...
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- Jan 26, 2022
- 5 min
‘I thought I was the only one’: Peer support groups help teens fight loneliness, isolati
By Olivia Fendrich and Radiah Jamil On a fall day outside Francis Scott Key High School in Carroll County, Md., a circle of chairs was...
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- Jan 11, 2022
- 4 min
Correctional facilities: The Band-Aid to mental health
Correctional Facilities: The Band-Aid to Mental Health By Yesenia Barrios Shawanna Vaughn had no choice. She was born in a prison...
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ycastmediagroup
- Jan 10, 2022
- 3 min
Social media: A complex challenge for youth and parents to protect mental health
By Yesenia Barrios Using social media– specifically apps like Instagram and Snapchat--requires tricky negotiation for young people to...
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- Dec 23, 2021
- 3 min
‘Enough is enough — I am going to die’
Therapy Thursday panelists talk about the multiple obstacles victims face to leave an abusive relationship By Yesenia Barrios Roblyn...
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- Dec 17, 2021
- 5 min
Is back to school better or worse than pandemic eating, couch surfing at home?
Virtual schooling led to increased obesity in students, but cafeteria food offerings often not healthy By Julianne Hill and Gabriella...
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- Dec 16, 2021
- 7 min
Health disparities hit survival rates for cancer, COVID
By Jayne O’Donnell, Julianne Hill, and Enijah Brennon Leana Wen knew her mother, who got winded walking to her car, wasn’t simply anxious...
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- Dec 16, 2021
- 1 min
Meet Justin Fernandez: UHMP student journalist and mental health advocate
By Aileen Delgado Justin Fernandez says he got two big things out of the UHMP boot camp on community health storytelling for high school...
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- Dec 15, 2021
- 1 min
Meet Krystal Li: UHMP student journalist and workshop participant
By Aileen Delgado Krystal Li, a senior at Coral Reef High School in Miami, was one of more than 20 students who participated in UHMP’s...
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- Jun 22, 2021
- 5 min
Queer youth found creative approaches to self-care during pandemic
By Adrian Gibbons Isolation, whether because of the pandemic, physical or mental health issues, or a combination of those, has affected...
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- Mar 4, 2021
- 1 min
UHMP Current And Former Interns, Founder Present At Housing Conference
Two Urban Health Media Project college interns joined UHMP co-founder Jayne O'Donnell on a virtual panel on February 12 at a national...
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- Feb 2, 2021
- 1 min
Housing, Health Journalism Workshop for Spring 2021 Info
The Urban Health Media Project closed the applications for our Spring 2021 workshop, “Home Sick: How Where We Live Impacts Health.” The...
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