The work of Gina South, Nicole Thomas, and colleagues is featured on the cover story of the fall/winter 2024 issue of Penn Medicine magazine. In transformative efforts to address structural drivers of health disparities, the work highlights the link between...
The Young Chances Foundation, founded by Tyrique Glasgow of the Penn Injury Science Center’s Community Action Board, was selected as a beneficiary of the Assists for Safe Communities program. For each assist during the 76ers season, $76 will be donated to support...
Local police officers and other external law enforcement officers are ubiquitous in emergency departments (EDs) across the country. But the job of law enforcement to protect public safety can sometimes conflict with clinicians’ dedication to patient care while putting...
CDC has released the Community Violence Prevention Resource for Action: A Compilation of the Best Available Evidence for Youth and Young Adults to help communities and states focus on strategies with the greatest potential to prevent violence and promote health and...
This workshop from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine brought together researchers, practitioners, leaders, and others with expertise in violence prevention and promoting community safety to (1) define community safety, (2) examine the...
Following the mass shootings in Buffalo, Uvalde, and Tulsa, Dan Romer joins Madeleine Brand on NPR member station KCRW to discuss the rising prevalence and sanitization of violence in media, arguing that the use of guns as props in Hollywood should be considered more...
WHYY and Temple University introduced a podcast series to re-examine the controversial policing practice amidst its reemergence in public discourse during the current gun violence epidemic in Philadelphia. Community Action Board Co-Chair Tyrique Glasgow, who...
In a study led by Desmond Patton and Shana Kleiner, researchers examined how Black Harlem residents express grief and daily stressors on social media in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, policy brutality, and mass shootings, highlighting unique language patterns...
A team led by Gina South found that urban areas with less greenspace in Philadelphia had higher rates of child maltreatment reports and CPS involvement. The findings suggest that more neighborhood greenspace may protect against CPS involvement. Read more.
