A decorated trio of firearm injury researchers, including Research Core Director Terry Richmond and External Advisory Board member Stephen Hargarten, published a viewpoint in favor of Strengthening the Role of the NIH in the Firearm Violence Epidemic in JAMA Internal...
Rachel Myers, Joel Fein, and a team from Center for Injury Research and Prevention and Center for Violence Prevention modified an existing questionnaire for relevance to CHOP'S Hospital-based Violence Intervention Program (HVIP) to routinely assess client satisfaction...
Michelle Kondo and colleagues propose the Greening Theory of Change, which explains how greening initiatives might affect adolescent health in deprived neighborhoods. The framework illustrates both short- and long-term health, economic, and security effects of greening.
Dan Corwin, Kate McDonald, Kristy Arbogast, and Tina Master were part of a team that sought to predict persistent postconcussion symptoms in youth concussion, by optimizing the combination of common concussion assessments.
Erick Guerra led a study that showed significant decreases in crashes, injuries, and fatalities on Roosevelt Boulevard after the installation of speed cameras. The authors recommend additional treatments for the roadway (which still accounts for ~8% of all traffic...
A recent study including Zack Meisel was featured by Penn LDI for illuminating that only 1 in 3 pregnant individuals who were eligible for an evidence-based buprenorphine treatment actually received it, which contributes to maternal mortality.
Carmen Alvarez demonstrated the initial effectiveness of Cuidándome (quee-DAN-doh-meh, “taking care of myself”), a 10-week, patient-centered, trauma-informed intervention for Latina immigrant survivors, to prevent the long term health impacts of Adverse Childhood...
Gabi Khazanov led a study of how to increase the acceptability of lethal means safety counseling - when clinicians encourage patients to limit their access to common and lethal means of suicide, especially firearms - which includes scripts, rationales, and resources...
Shoshana Aronowitz of the School of Nursing, Zack Meisel of the Perelman School of Medicine, and colleagues assessed the various types of prior authorization requirements for Medicaid-covered buprenorphine treatment across the 50 states, which present barriers to...
Gina South of the Perelman School of Medicine, Sara Jacoby of the School of Nursing, and colleagues describe the "racial empathy gap" in care for opioid use disorder, wherein Black patients are left wanting compassionate and dignified care when seeking OUD treatment,...
Cassis Boateng of the School of Nursing and colleagues assessed how religiosity relates to health seeking behaviors for mental health in a recent publication. Related to the topic of religiosity, Cassis presented at SAVIR 2023 about the role of spirituality in firearm...
A team of investigators, including Allison Curry, from CHOP Center for Injury Research and Prevention and the Perelman School of Medicine found that caregivers from vulnerable populations demonstrated proper child restraint use if they engaged with a Child Passenger...