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High suicide rates in construction trade prompt conversations

PHOENIX – Construction has the highest suicide rate of any occupation in the country. The male-dominated industry is labor-intensive and requires long hours, often leaving workers to cope with both mental and physical pain. Industry leaders and organizers are now working to destigmatize mental health conversations on and off the jobsite.

Deported migrants struggle to rebuild their lives in Nogales

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Arizona coal plant gets EPA exemption from new toxic air pollution cap

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Muslim clinics are building community care in LA

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Trucks with uranium revive long-standing fears on Navajo land

A health professional gives a vaccine to a child sitting on a woman's lap.

Why hasn’t measles hit Arizona despite its low vaccination rate?

Phoenix mural highlights HIV/AIDS awareness

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Culturally aware therapy helps Latino teens, experts say

Pushback to Air Force training flight expansion over health risks

Oversized restaurant portions contribute to obesity

Feds say Medicaid can cover traditional Native American healing practices in 4 states

How wealth and race determine heat exposure in L.A.

A Navajo boarding school survivor shares her story

Finding Grandma Joyce: What happens when someone dies alone?

Latisa Ratliff holds her daughter in her living room in Tempe, Arizona, on Nov. 16, 2022. As a birth doula and a mother of three, Ratliff encourages her clients to find a health care provider who listens to their individual needs. “Listen to that mother’s intuition,” Ratliff says. (Photo by Laura Bargfeld/Cronkite News)

Doulas could be an answer to Arizona’s maternal mortality crisis

‘Taxing, frustrating’: Teachers face a growing mental health crisis

Chronic gaps in health care system affect migrants in Mexico

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Oversized restaurant portions contribute to obesity

Jude Wentland plays with his mom, Madison Wentland, outside their home. (Photo by Lauren Kobley/Cronkite News)

Phoenix nonprofit addresses need for children’s respite, hospice care

Door-to-door campaign helps Guadalupe turn COVID tide

Latina moms fight air pollution with electric school bus

Expanded alert system helps those with developmental disabilities

A community’s response: How one Arizona tribe battled COVID-19

Wayne Wilson stands in a hogan at the Native American Baha’i Institute in Houck, Arizona, on Sept. 1, 2022. He is holding eagle feathers that he uses in traditional healing ceremonies. (Photo by Laura Bargfeld/Cronkite News)

States, tribes work to increase access to Native American healing

Pandemic spurs changes to HIV testing and treatment

Community event raises awareness for suicide prevention

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The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Southwest Health Reporting Initiative produces comprehensive coverage of health issues across the Southwest. Students report from communities of color but also focus on matters important to the LGBTQ+ community, rural America, people with disabilities, and others who struggle to get the health care they need. Our students’ storytelling aims to highlight not just problems, but solutions. Learn more about the program here.

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