A new “Health Affairs Health Policy Brief” co-authored by Penn Nursing’s Derek Griffith highlights the detrimental impact of recent state and federal policies that restrict discussions of “divisive concepts,” including structural racism. It warns that these policies undermine efforts to address health inequities and improve population health.

A new survey from Penn’s Annenberg Public Policy Center finds that nearly three-quarters of U.S. adults support requiring that children be vaccinated against preventable diseases such as measles, mumps, and rubella. To protect children who cannot be vaccinated for medical reasons, over half of Americans also support states prohibiting other unvaccinated children from attending school, either private or public. However, support for this prohibition has dropped significantly since the spring of 2019, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The grant is a part of the City’s Biden-backed initiative for greater access to technological resources in Philadelphia.

The study investigated the “Other” race category on birth certificates to see how this category could affect reporting of preterm birth inequities. Using millions of Pennsylvania birth certificates from 2006 to 2014, the team analyzed the 6.1% of birth certificates that had the “Other” race designation accompanied by a patient-provided write-in response. The team discovered that recategorizing the “Other” category based on combinations of race, ethnicity, and geographic origin reveals overlooked disparities.

Limbic-predominant age-related TDP-43 encephalopathy can progress slower and cause less impairment of cognitive functions than other types of dementia.

The Energy Justice Lab focuses on equity in the energy transition, including access to household energy services. One dimension of this work is the Utility Disconnections Dashboard, which makes information about utility shut-offs more accessible and understandable. Practitioners, policymakers, and scholars use the dashboard to better understand utility disconnections and to advocate for stronger protections.

The MRMJJ Presidential Professor of Education at Penn GSE and has been a faculty member since 2004; her scholarship has focused on how schools and universities can help sustain and advance democracy.

Computational Social Science Lab (CSSLab) Postdoctoral researcher Amir Tohidi and others have analyzed comprehensive film data and found that violent language in the film industry has increased over time.