Shoshana Aronowitz and Maggie Lowenstein led a qualitative study examining the implementation of CareConnect, an innovative program developed by Penn Medicine to increase access to buprenorphine for individuals with opioid use disorder (OUD) in Philadelphia. The study...
Joel Fein and colleagues investigate the link between firearm access, fighting behavior, and conflict perception among adolescents in an urban emergency department. Their analysis reveals that youth who report fighting are more likely to have firearm access,...
Bernadette D'Alonzo, Andrea Schneider, and colleagues studied sex differences in concussion recovery, highlighting the role of sport contact level. Using data from the Ivy League–Big Ten Epidemiology of Concussion Study, they found that while recovery timelines appear...
"These HOLC maps will undoubtedly remain part of how we understand structural racism in the United States. The question now is how we change the current realities and examine empirically, as clinicians and health researchers, how racism and economic exclusion broadly...
Millan AbiNader led a study that demonstrated that an established national dataset - the National Emergency Medical Services Information System (NEMSIS) - can be used to surveil domestic assaults in communities and respond to population-specific needs.
Gabi Khazanov and team discovered financial barriers and facilitators to secure firearm and medication storage among veterans with elevated suicide risk, based on interviews with veterans receiving care at the VA.
A validation study led by Jeff Ebert, Kate McDonald, and Kit Delgado demonstrated that a widely used algorithm for classifying driver trips vs. passenger trips using smartphone kinematics was 97% accurate and robust to a variety of phone characteristics, vehicle...
Inquiry is accepting submissions to a special issue devoted to improving the evidence base for gun violence prevention strategies designed to operate at the neighborhood and community level. This will be a true or “gold” open-access issue that involves author fees,...
Nazsa Baker led a paper examining how the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) questionnaire relates to the life experiences of violently injured Black men, finding that men in this study inhabit marginalized identities and experiences that are not captured by the...
A team including Sara Solomon, Andrew Belfiglio, and Nicole Thomas conducted an implementation and effectiveness evaluation of the Community Scholars Program, demonstrating increases in knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs among community organizations to co-lead...
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.