In brief, what’s happening at Penn—whether it’s across campus or around the world.
A new study from Penn Nursing examines changes in general and weight-related quality of life outcomes in patients with obesity who participated in different weight loss treatments for 52 weeks. Results showed that an intensive lifestyle intervention produced clinically significant improvements in aspects of general and weight-related quality of life.
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A team led by Penn Nursing’s José A. Bauermeister, Presidential Professor of Nursing, developed an innovative study that employs a mystery shopper methodology to assess HIV testing services for young men who have sex with men.
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Penn Nursing’s Robin Stevens, assistant professor in the Department of Family and Community Health, is set to receive the Early Career Award from the Public Health Education and Health Promotion Section of the American Public Health Association.
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A first-of-its-kind study from Penn Nursing shows positive outcomes of human milk and breastfeeding in a unique transition-to-breast pathway program at the Children’s Hospital of Pennsylvania for late preterm infants born with Spina Bifida.
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A new paper published in the Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities outlines successful practices in facilitating recruitment, achieving study aims for adolescent engagement, and ensuring more efficient use of human and material resources in racial/ ethnic minority adolescent STI/HIV prevention research.
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Eight nursing professionals with ties to Penn Nursing will be inducted as 2019 Fellows of the American Academy of Nursing. Two are current Penn employees and alumnae; one being a current faculty member; and the other being a program director at Penn Medicine’s Abramson Cancer Center. The additional six are Penn Nursing alumni.
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Twenty one senior health care leaders were chosen to join the Aspen Institute Health Innovators Fellowship’s fifth class and the program’s network of health care entrepreneurs and innovators from across the United States.
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Nurses play a pivotal role in caring for hospitalized patients with social risk factors and preparing them for discharge. A new study from the School of Nursing illustrates how certain health system constraints present barriers to effective care and impact outcomes for patients with high social risks.
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Clinical and business leaders value the innovation and clinical acumen skills nurses bring to their organizations at most levels, but not the highest. By 2025, though, both sides of the industry signal that they’re taking steps to fully unleash nurse innovators at the leadership level.
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Penn Provost Wendell Pritchett and Netter Center Director Ira Harkavy have named Dr. Terri Lipman of the School of Nursing and her partners at Inthedance, LLC as the recipients of the annual Provost-Netter Center Faculty-Community Partnership Award, which recognizes sustained and productive university/community partnerships.
FULL STORY AT The Netter Center →
