Public Health

Penn’s Student Campus Compact, explained

In a Q&A, Gary Purpura of the Office of the Provost discusses the Student Campus Compact and behavioral expectations of students on campus in the fall semester.

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Community health worker interventions can reduce hospitalizations

A new study adds to the growing evidence base that community health workers can help meet the challenges of traditional health care delivery and strained health systems.

Santosh Nori and Jay Shah in front of medical van

Primary care, delivered

Class of 2019 alumni, in collaboration with Sayre Health Clinic, bring housing and food insecure people in Philadelphia primary care through a medically outfitted van.

Nurses take charge

Patricia D’Antonio of the School of Nursing was interviewed about the role of nurses in advocating for public health reforms.

Linya (Leah) Liu standing outside wearing a coat, hat and scarf.

SP2 student launches remote health care Kickstarter project during COVID-19

Liu is working with the startup Nexusera to respond to the surging need for remote care caused by the pandemic by connecting patients with their families and caretakers through a medication adherence management system.

Bottle of liquid COVID-19 vaccination with a syringe lying against it in front of a row of vaccine bottles in the background.

Is the threat of COVID vaccine hesitancy getting enough attention?

The ultimate key to ending the coronavirus pandemic is developing an effective vaccine and administering it to the population. But a number of trends are converging in ways that may prevent the achievement of that population-wide herd immunity.

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Disparities in access to telemedical care during the pandemic

Just as the burden of COVID-19 morbidity and mortality continues to fall on more marginalized populations, so too have the socioeconomic, racial, and gender inequities in access to virtual care.

Study links gas flares to preterm births, with Hispanic women at high risk

Heather Burris of the Perelman School of Medicine commented on a study that linked gas flares to premature births, particularly in Hispanic women.

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Nature access requires attention when addressing community health needs

Nature is a tool to address deeply entrenched health disparities; health systems should work to increase nature access, as they have with other social determinants of health.

Six people sit socially distanced in folding camping chairs in a public park

Partisanship and the pandemic

Partisanship, not health concerns, is the main driver of whether Americans are social distancing during the coronavirus pandemic, according to a new study.

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