5/18
Penn in the News
A round-up of Penn mentions in local, national, and international media.
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N.J. kids on Medicaid deserve equal access to specialty care
Alycia Bischof of the School of Nursing advocated for a New Jersey bill that, if signed into law, would allow Medicaid patients to access specialty care without having to travel more than 60 minutes or file an appeal for out-of-network coverage.
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There are too few Latino nurses. COVID showed how important they are
Dean Antonia Villarruel of the School of Nursing, spoke about the structural barriers that prevent many Latino students from pursuing nursing and the important role Spanish-speaking nurses have played during the pandemic.
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America’s largest beer company will buy the country a round if it hits Biden’s July 4 vaccination goal
Alison Buttenheim of the School of Nursing said Anheuser-Busch’s campaign to incentive COVID-19 vaccination with free beer will not be enough on its own to help the U.S. meet its immunization goals. Still, she said, the campaign’s message hits “all the right notes for trying to make this a collective goal we all work for.”
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Dr. Antonia Villarruel, advancing the top nursing school in the world
Antonia Villarruel was profiled for her emphasis on diversity and inclusion in her tenure as dean of the School of Nursing. “If we are advocates for our patients and for our communities, we have to demonstrate that same level of commitment by making sure that our education is open to diverse students and practitioners,” she said.
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A year of isolation was hard on older adults with dementia. Families and experts wonder how much damage can be undone
With the pandemic triggering declines in aging and dementia patients, Pam Cacchione of the School of Nursing shares a personal story about how the elderly living on their own during the pandemic face different challenges than those in nursing homes.
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West Virginia is offering an incentive to get vaccinated: Money
Alison M. Buttenheim of the School of Nursing says a cash incentive for vaccines could be effective. Jonah Berger of the Wharton School is doubtful.
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What do women want? For men to get COVID vaccines
In the U.S., women are getting vaccinated at far higher rates than men. Alison Buttenheim, an associate professor of nursing and expert on vaccine hesitancy, says there is a lack vaccine education targeted towards men. Pilar Gonalons-Pons, an assistant professor of sociology in the School of Arts & Sciences who specializes in gender issues, adds that women are disproportionately represented as unpaid caregivers for older adults in their families and communities, “and this can also be an additional motivation for getting the vaccine.”
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Against the clock
Tarik Khan, a Ph.D. student in the School of Nursing, has been spending his evenings delivering leftover COVID-19 vaccine doses to homebound people in Philadelphia.
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How the Johnson & Johnson pause could move the needle on vaccine fears
Melanie Kornides of the School of Nursing spoke about the FDA’s recommendation to pause use of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine. “I think that they did the right thing,” she said. “The worst possible thing that they could do would be—if they had a legitimate concern, which it seems like they did—to investigate it without announcing, which would make it seem like they were covering something up.”
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UPenn’s Dr. Antonia Villarruel to receive Mexico’s highest honor for service to its diaspora
Dean Antonia Villarruel of the School of Nursing has been named a recipient of the Ohtli Award, the highest honor given by Mexico’s government to those supporting the Mexican diaspora.