Reminders to stay cautious aren’t the biggest reasons for COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy Penn In the News The Verge Reminders to stay cautious aren’t the biggest reasons for COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy Melanie Kornides of the School of Nursing said cautious messaging around the COVID-19 vaccine isn’t a major factor in vaccine hesitancy. “We’ve been seeing all along, even before the vaccine came out, that they’re worried about long term safety, that they’re worried that the process was rushed, and that there are political motivations for not wanting to be vaccinated,” she said. “Those continue to be the large majority of the concerns.” More chairs, new presence expand dental care access At Sayre Health Center, Penn Dental Medicine expanded from one chair to four to serve the West Philadelphia community. (Image: Mark Garvin) More chairs, new presence expand dental care access A growing presence in community care centers has given Penn Dental Medicine more opportunities to serve Philadelphians and to train its students. Penn Med students create unexpected community outreach Image: Courtesy of Michael Burch Penn Med students create unexpected community outreach The Perelman School of Medicine’s Medical School Government used its annual funding that usually goes to events in non-pandemic times to help the West Philadelphia community. Black and Hispanic Americans are most likely to miss health screenings due to COVID-19. A Penn physician is meeting the need Penn In the News WHYY (Philadelphia) Black and Hispanic Americans are most likely to miss health screenings due to COVID-19. A Penn physician is meeting the need Carmen Guerra of the Perelman School of Medicine spoke about the structural and social barriers that have prevented communities of color from getting screened for cancer, even before the pandemic. Guerra and her colleagues have created a colorectal cancer screening navigation program to help remedy this disparity in West Philadelphia. Addressing breastfeeding disparities for African American mothers Although the rate of breastfeeding initiation in the United States has continued to rise since 1972, African American mothers continue to experience a significant disparity in initiation. Addressing breastfeeding disparities for African American mothers Despite an abundance of data on the importance of breastfeeding and human milk for babies and their mothers, a disparity exists for African American mothers and infants, where breastfeeding is initiated only about 69% of the time. Take-at-home tests boost colorectal cancer screening tenfold Take-at-home tests boost colorectal cancer screening tenfold By making it the default to send screening tests to patients’ homes unless they opted out via text message, screening rates increased by more than 1000%. When the message matters, use science to craft it Jessica Fishman, director of the Message Effects Lab, is a faculty research associate with appointments at the Annenberg School for Communication and in the Department of Psychiatry at the Perelman School of Medicine. (Image: Courtesy of Annenberg School for Communication) When the message matters, use science to craft it An interdisciplinary initiative called the Message Effects Lab aims to understand, tap into, and develop communication around what motivates specific behaviors for specific populations. Its first projects center around COVID-19 testing and vaccines. From animals to people and back again Humans aren’t the only species susceptible to COVID-19. A growing number of other animal species have become infected, posing a threat to the health of wildlife and domesticated animals, and in some cases exacerbating threats to people. From animals to people and back again Penn researchers are studying the propensity of SARS-CoV-2 to cross between species, and they are working to protect people, pets, and wildlife from COVID-19 infection. This group of workers could help turnaround quality of life—and the economy Penn In the News CNN This group of workers could help turnaround quality of life—and the economy Shreya Kangovi of the Perelman School of Medicine co-authored an op-ed about the importance of community health workers and they role they could play in the country’s economic recovery. Evicted and infected: How the housing crisis could worsen the COVID-19 pandemic Evicted and infected: How the housing crisis could worsen the COVID-19 pandemic A research team found that evictions could lead to a considerable uptick in COVID-19 infections in U.S. cities. With rising eviction rates, COVID cases in Philadelphia could cause 53,000 additional infections. Load More
More chairs, new presence expand dental care access At Sayre Health Center, Penn Dental Medicine expanded from one chair to four to serve the West Philadelphia community. (Image: Mark Garvin) More chairs, new presence expand dental care access A growing presence in community care centers has given Penn Dental Medicine more opportunities to serve Philadelphians and to train its students.
Penn Med students create unexpected community outreach Image: Courtesy of Michael Burch Penn Med students create unexpected community outreach The Perelman School of Medicine’s Medical School Government used its annual funding that usually goes to events in non-pandemic times to help the West Philadelphia community.
Black and Hispanic Americans are most likely to miss health screenings due to COVID-19. A Penn physician is meeting the need Penn In the News WHYY (Philadelphia) Black and Hispanic Americans are most likely to miss health screenings due to COVID-19. A Penn physician is meeting the need Carmen Guerra of the Perelman School of Medicine spoke about the structural and social barriers that have prevented communities of color from getting screened for cancer, even before the pandemic. Guerra and her colleagues have created a colorectal cancer screening navigation program to help remedy this disparity in West Philadelphia. Addressing breastfeeding disparities for African American mothers Although the rate of breastfeeding initiation in the United States has continued to rise since 1972, African American mothers continue to experience a significant disparity in initiation. Addressing breastfeeding disparities for African American mothers Despite an abundance of data on the importance of breastfeeding and human milk for babies and their mothers, a disparity exists for African American mothers and infants, where breastfeeding is initiated only about 69% of the time. Take-at-home tests boost colorectal cancer screening tenfold Take-at-home tests boost colorectal cancer screening tenfold By making it the default to send screening tests to patients’ homes unless they opted out via text message, screening rates increased by more than 1000%. When the message matters, use science to craft it Jessica Fishman, director of the Message Effects Lab, is a faculty research associate with appointments at the Annenberg School for Communication and in the Department of Psychiatry at the Perelman School of Medicine. (Image: Courtesy of Annenberg School for Communication) When the message matters, use science to craft it An interdisciplinary initiative called the Message Effects Lab aims to understand, tap into, and develop communication around what motivates specific behaviors for specific populations. Its first projects center around COVID-19 testing and vaccines. From animals to people and back again Humans aren’t the only species susceptible to COVID-19. A growing number of other animal species have become infected, posing a threat to the health of wildlife and domesticated animals, and in some cases exacerbating threats to people. From animals to people and back again Penn researchers are studying the propensity of SARS-CoV-2 to cross between species, and they are working to protect people, pets, and wildlife from COVID-19 infection. This group of workers could help turnaround quality of life—and the economy Penn In the News CNN This group of workers could help turnaround quality of life—and the economy Shreya Kangovi of the Perelman School of Medicine co-authored an op-ed about the importance of community health workers and they role they could play in the country’s economic recovery. Evicted and infected: How the housing crisis could worsen the COVID-19 pandemic Evicted and infected: How the housing crisis could worsen the COVID-19 pandemic A research team found that evictions could lead to a considerable uptick in COVID-19 infections in U.S. cities. With rising eviction rates, COVID cases in Philadelphia could cause 53,000 additional infections. Load More
Addressing breastfeeding disparities for African American mothers Although the rate of breastfeeding initiation in the United States has continued to rise since 1972, African American mothers continue to experience a significant disparity in initiation. Addressing breastfeeding disparities for African American mothers Despite an abundance of data on the importance of breastfeeding and human milk for babies and their mothers, a disparity exists for African American mothers and infants, where breastfeeding is initiated only about 69% of the time.
Take-at-home tests boost colorectal cancer screening tenfold Take-at-home tests boost colorectal cancer screening tenfold By making it the default to send screening tests to patients’ homes unless they opted out via text message, screening rates increased by more than 1000%.
When the message matters, use science to craft it Jessica Fishman, director of the Message Effects Lab, is a faculty research associate with appointments at the Annenberg School for Communication and in the Department of Psychiatry at the Perelman School of Medicine. (Image: Courtesy of Annenberg School for Communication) When the message matters, use science to craft it An interdisciplinary initiative called the Message Effects Lab aims to understand, tap into, and develop communication around what motivates specific behaviors for specific populations. Its first projects center around COVID-19 testing and vaccines.
From animals to people and back again Humans aren’t the only species susceptible to COVID-19. A growing number of other animal species have become infected, posing a threat to the health of wildlife and domesticated animals, and in some cases exacerbating threats to people. From animals to people and back again Penn researchers are studying the propensity of SARS-CoV-2 to cross between species, and they are working to protect people, pets, and wildlife from COVID-19 infection.
This group of workers could help turnaround quality of life—and the economy Penn In the News CNN This group of workers could help turnaround quality of life—and the economy Shreya Kangovi of the Perelman School of Medicine co-authored an op-ed about the importance of community health workers and they role they could play in the country’s economic recovery. Evicted and infected: How the housing crisis could worsen the COVID-19 pandemic Evicted and infected: How the housing crisis could worsen the COVID-19 pandemic A research team found that evictions could lead to a considerable uptick in COVID-19 infections in U.S. cities. With rising eviction rates, COVID cases in Philadelphia could cause 53,000 additional infections.
Evicted and infected: How the housing crisis could worsen the COVID-19 pandemic Evicted and infected: How the housing crisis could worsen the COVID-19 pandemic A research team found that evictions could lead to a considerable uptick in COVID-19 infections in U.S. cities. With rising eviction rates, COVID cases in Philadelphia could cause 53,000 additional infections.