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Born Ready: Baby University helps parents prepare their children to learn and thrive

With a 10-year-old, a 2-year-old and a baby on the way, Patrice Martin still managed to attend college and earn a degree in health care reimbursement. But finding a job in her last trimester was impossible.
Speaking My Language: Knoxville nonprofit helps Latino community improve their lives, starting with education

For Tennessee’s growing Latino community, education is the first step toward a better career, but it’s also the first step toward a healthier life.
You Are Not Alone: Counselors share their own recovery stories with callers to the Peer Recovery Call Center

Counselors share their own recovery stories with callers to the Peer Recovery Call Center.
Taking Control

“It was an accident.” No woman wants those words to describe one of the biggest decisions of her life, but for many Tennessee women who become pregnant before they’re ready, they ring true.

Taking Control: Chattanooga nonprofit provides free contraceptives to help women plan their pregnancies and their futures

“It was an accident.” No woman wants those words to describe one of the biggest decisions of her life, but for many Tennessee women who become pregnant before they’re ready, they ring true.
Nursing Talent

JoVan McClain always loved children. “When my friends’ moms would have babies, I would always go to their houses and help out,” McClain, 19, remembers. “I just fell in love with children. I always wanted to be a nurse, and then in high school I did a project where I had to make an incubator — one like neonatal nurse practitioners use — and it was so interesting. “I knew that I wanted to work in the NICU.” Now in her freshman year at Belmont University, McClain is so clearly in her element it’s hard to imagine this future wasn’t always within her reach. “When I was really young, we used to drive by Belmont every day,” she recalls. “It […]

Nursing Talent: The dream of college becomes a reality for a young woman who plans a health care career

JoVan McClain always loved children. “When my friends’ moms would have babies, I would always go to their houses and help out,” McClain, 19, remembers. “I just fell in love with children. I always wanted to be a nurse, and then in high school I did a project where I had to make an incubator — one like neonatal nurse practitioners use — and it was so interesting. “I knew that I wanted to work in the NICU.” Now in her freshman year at Belmont University, McClain is so clearly in her element it’s hard to imagine this future wasn’t always within her reach. “When I was really young, we used to drive by Belmont every day,” she recalls. “It […]
Good Health Within Reach

How Tennessee organizations break down barriers to better health

Good Health Within Reach: How Tennessee organizations break down barriers to better health

How Tennessee organizations break down barriers to better health
We Gather Together

For the average person, the language of health care — deductibles, premiums, reimbursements — can be confusing. Now imagine trying to make sense of that while literally speaking a different language.

We Gather Together: Latino Memphis reaches people who feel isolated from the mainstream

For the average person, the language of health care — deductibles, premiums, reimbursements — can be confusing. Now imagine trying to make sense of that while literally speaking a different language.
Soothing Troubled Minds

Alone. Ask anyone suffering or recovering from mental illness or dealing with substance abuse how they feel — that’s your answer.

Soothing Troubled Minds: Helen Ross McNabb Center brings their expertise in mental health care to underserved rural Tennessee residents

Alone. Ask anyone suffering or recovering from mental illness or dealing with substance abuse how they feel — that’s your answer.
Every Person Deserves Care

Better Tennessee talked with people who work in charitable clinics across the state to get first-person insights on how affordability affects health.

Every Person Deserves Care: The insiders’ view of the impact of Tennessee’s charitable clinics

Better Tennessee talked with people who work in charitable clinics across the state to get first-person insights on how affordability affects health.
Affordable Access. Quality Care.

Improving access is ultimately about reducing health disparities, particularly among vulnerable populations in both urban and rural areas throughout Tennessee.

Affordable Access. Quality Care.: Letter from CEO JD Hickey about Volume 2, Issue 1 of Better Tennessee

Improving access is ultimately about reducing health disparities, particularly among vulnerable populations in both urban and rural areas throughout Tennessee.