California Program Trains Young Men To Change Their Lives By Saving Others

On Thursday’s PBS NewsHour, KHN’s Sarah Varney reported on an innovative program in Oakland, Calif., that trains at risk youths to be emergency medical technicians. Watch the video below and read more on the NewsHour website.

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<h1>California Program Trains Young Men To Change Their Lives By Saving Others</h1>
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		<time class="posted-on" datetime="2014-09-26T12:10:29-04:00">
			September 26, 2014		</time>
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<p>On <a href="http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/training-young-men-to-change-their-lives-by-saving-others/">Thursday’s PBS NewsHour</a>, KHN’s Sarah Varney reported on an innovative program in Oakland, Calif., that trains at risk youths to be emergency medical technicians. Watch the video below and <a href="http://www.pbs.org/newshour/poetry/poetry-and-paramedic-training-change-lives-for-california-youth-with-few-options/">read more on the NewsHour website</a>.</p><p></p><ul><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/california-program-trains-young-men-to-change-their-lives-by-saving-others/?share=x">				Click to share on X (Opens in new window)				X			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/california-program-trains-young-men-to-change-their-lives-by-saving-others/?share=facebook">				Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)				Facebook			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/california-program-trains-young-men-to-change-their-lives-by-saving-others/?share=linkedin">				Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)				LinkedIn			</a></li><li><a href="mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20California%20Program%20Trains%20Young%20Men%20To%20Change%20Their%20Lives%20By%20Saving%20Others&body=https%3A%2F%2Fkffhealthnews.org%2Fnews%2Fcalifornia-program-trains-young-men-to-change-their-lives-by-saving-others%2F&share=email">				Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)				Email			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/california-program-trains-young-men-to-change-their-lives-by-saving-others/#print?share=print">				Click to print (Opens in new window)				Print			</a></li><li>				<a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/california-program-trains-young-men-to-change-their-lives-by-saving-others/view/republish/">					Republish This Story				</a>			</li></ul><em><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/about-us">KFF Health News</a> is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues and is one of the core operating programs at KFF—an independent source of health policy research, polling, and journalism. Learn more about <a href="https://www.kff.org/about-us">KFF</a>.</em><p><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-briefing/">Subscribe</a> to KFF Health News' free Morning Briefing.</p><p>This <a target="_blank" href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/california-program-trains-young-men-to-change-their-lives-by-saving-others/">article</a> first appeared on <a target="_blank" href="https://kffhealthnews.org">KFF Health News</a> and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.<img src="https://kffhealthnews.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/04/kffhealthnews-icon.png?w=150" style="width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;"><img id="republication-tracker-tool-source" src="https://kffhealthnews.org/?republication-pixel=true&post=331936&amp;ga4=G-J74WWTKFM0" style="width:1px;height:1px;"></p>

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