Desmond Upton Patton was quoted in a USA Today article about the impacts of violence being recorded and shared online. “I’ve been having the same conversation for the last decade,” speaking about the impact of social media on mental health and violence. “We need to...
Carmen Alvarez and colleagues explore the differences in self-care behaviors and attitudes among patients with hypertension who did and did not experience adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), revealing that ACE survivors may need additional resources for depression...
Dan Romer relays the story of 10-year-old girl who died in 2021 and the broader landscape of dangerous “challenges” and algorithms that feed users harmful content, arguing for greater accountability and a policy means of achieving that. Read the full...
The garden is a tribute to the three-year-old who was fatally shot down in the street in 2014 while a neighbor was braiding her hair. PISC Community Action Board Member Tyrique Glasgow, who was interviewed in the Fox29 story, organized the community and Deputy...
The opioid crisis has hit Philadelphia particularly hard, with over 46 overdose deaths per 100,000 residents in 2017, twice the national average. In response, the City of Philadelphia developed an overarching prevention strategy, the Resilience Project, which includes...
Black men are disproportionately impacted by injuries in the United States. A recent study led by PISC Executive Committee Member Therese S. Richmond, PhD, RN, featuring Senior Scholar Marta Bruce, PhD, RN, analyzes how injured Black men perceive the relationship...
A recent study featuring PISC External Advisory Board Member Charles Branas, PhD, evaluates the relationship between online bullying and violence-related experiences. Five cohorts of data from the Youth Risk Behavior survey are included. Data is analyzed using...
PISC Senior Scholar Nancy Hodgson, PhD, RN, FAAN, is featured in a recent study that evaluates the relationship between social isolation and anxiety in people with cognitive impairment. The study includes 1,343 participants living in the United States. Anxiety is...
A recent study featuring PISC Past Trainee Beidi Dong, PhD, evaluates the relationship between immediate microgeographic environment and individual victimization. The immediate microgeographic environment was measured on 449 street segments within communities in...
Co-authored by PISC Senior Scholar Shoshana Aronowitz, PhD, and Executive Committee member Zachary F. Meisel, MD, MPH, MA, this commentary article discusses the impact of stigma on healthcare access for people who use drugs. As the article notes, the fear and...
