Michelle Kondo and colleagues analyzed four sources of greenspace data in Philadelphia, revealing significant differences in how park boundaries are mapped. These inconsistencies may impact research on the relationship between greenspace exposure and health. Read...
“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...
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...
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...
Sara Jacoby is a part of two teams that were recently awarded grants from the Penn Community Collaboratory for Co-Creation (Penn4C), an initiative from Penn Nursing and Penn Engineering, for projects providing shelter from urban heat and removing debris from North...
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...
