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Penn LDI: Can Black Men Properly Heal in the Neighborhoods That Injured Them?

Penn LDI: Can Black Men Properly Heal in the Neighborhoods That Injured Them?

News

Terry Richmond and Marta Bruce were featured in an LDI Q&A regarding “The Contribution of Neighborhood Characteristics to Psychological Symptom Severity in a Cohort of Injured Black Men,” a paper they recently published in the Journal of Racial and...
Inquirer: Gun violence lessons from my tennis instructor: The perfect shot is the one we don’t see

Inquirer: Gun violence lessons from my tennis instructor: The perfect shot is the one we don’t see

News

Ella Eisinger, a medical student with Elinore Kaufman, wrote an op-ed in the Inquirer about “the perfect shot” in tennis, as told by her late tennis instructor who was lost to gun violence, and how it relates to the epidemic of gun violence. Read the full...
Effects of contact/collision sport history on gait in early to mid-adulthood

Effects of contact/collision sport history on gait in early to mid-adulthood

Publications

Katie Hunzinger and colleagues conducted a study on the impact of contact and collision sport participation on walking gait. The results suggest a history of contact/collision sport participation did not negatively affect the gait of physically active people in early-...
Effect of Abandoned Housing Interventions on Gun Violence, Perceptions of Safety, and Substance Use in Black Neighborhoods

Effect of Abandoned Housing Interventions on Gun Violence, Perceptions of Safety, and Substance Use in Black Neighborhoods

Publications

Gina South, John MacDonald, and colleagues found that structural interventions to remediate abandoned housing in low-income, Black neighborhoods were associated with reductions in nearby weapons violations, gun assaults, and shootings in a randomized controlled...
Community implications for gun violence prevention during co-occurring pandemics; a qualitative and computational analysis study

Community implications for gun violence prevention during co-occurring pandemics; a qualitative and computational analysis study

Publications

Desmond Patton led a novel analysis using focus group and social media data to confirm or reject findings from qualitative interviews, conducted to understand how violence impacted low-income residents of color amidst co-occurring health (COVID-19) and social...
Adolescent Gun Violence Shows an Age Group to Focus Trauma Prevention

Adolescent Gun Violence Shows an Age Group to Focus Trauma Prevention

Publications

A paper led by Joanelle Bailey examines how the incidence of gun violence injury relates to age. The study found those aged 16 years and older experienced the majority of the increase in gunshot wound incidence, suggesting primary prevention efforts should be directed...
“Like I’m a nobody:” firearm-injured peoples’ perspectives on news media reporting about firearm violence

“Like I’m a nobody:” firearm-injured peoples’ perspectives on news media reporting about firearm violence

Publications

Sara Jacoby and colleagues examined the perspectives of people injured by firearms with regards to the news media’s coverage of firearm violence. The study found that survivors of firearm injury perceived harms including dehumanization, reliving trauma, and...
Challenges with hypertension self-care among survivors of adverse childhood experiences

Challenges with hypertension self-care among survivors of adverse childhood experiences

Publications

Little is known about how survivors of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) manage their high blood pressure, a common and significant long-term effect of ACEs. Carmen Alvarez and colleagues conducted a qualitative analysis, finding the health behavior of survivors of...
Seasonal Changes in Adolescent Suicide Explain Controversial ’13 Reasons Why’ Findings

Seasonal Changes in Adolescent Suicide Explain Controversial ’13 Reasons Why’ Findings

News, Publications

A press release from the Annenberg Public Policy Center details Dan Romer’s research, which disputes the highly publicized findings that suggested a spike in youth suicide coinciding with the release of the Netflix series 13 Reasons Why, a show that revolves...
First Round of Community Green Grants Provided by Deeply Rooted

First Round of Community Green Grants Provided by Deeply Rooted

Awards

Deeply Rooted, an initiative led by Gina South and Nicole Thomas of the Urban Health Lab, awarded the first round of community green grants, totaling $51,000 to 22 community leaders and organizations. The grants provide funding for communities to invest in their...
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