Community-Partnered Integrated Care (CPIC) for Preventing Perinatal Depression and AnxietyCPIC states that inadequate coordination among providers, community advocates, and other stakeholders is a major barrier to preventive care. Prenatal care providers typically shoulder the burden of PMAD risk identification and care linkage. This model is untenable as typically there is inadequate support from mental health professionals to identify and help high-risk patients and community […]Creating a Culture of Wellness for Bancroft Organization: Supporting Wellness in Group Homes through Policy, Systems and Environmental ChangesPeople with disabilities have higher rates of obesity, diabetes, anxiety and cardiovascular risks. These can be reduced by healthier eating, stress management and physical activity. Group home residents need support in each of these areas. We have successfully created, implemented and evaluated nutrition, stress reduction/socialization and activity interventions among adults with disabilities. We learned that […]Exploring the Multi-faceted Relationships Between Criminal Justice System Contact and Health Among Camden Residents: A Pilot StudyIn the last decade, scholars have increasingly recognized the importance of unpacking the multi-faceted relationships between criminal justice system contact and mental and physical health problems. Traumatic interactions with law enforcement and incarceration experience, for example, harm health. Moreover, health problems (e.g., substance use disorder and other mental health issues) also increase the likelihood of […]Learning to Eat Like Grandma: A pilot study to address metabolic syndrome, diet quality, food insecurity, and nutrition literacy among older adults living in Multigenerational HouseholdsSince 1971 the population living in multigenerational households has quadrupled. Multigenerationalhouseholds include at least two generations of adults (aged 18-59, and 60+) and grandchildren younger than age 25. Older adults who have grandchildren in the household experience more food insecurity than those without grandchildren. Grandparents prioritize the child’s nutrition, leaving the grandparent with less food, […]Machine Learning-based Predictive Analysis to Understand Public Health Risk from HeavyMetal Exposure in CamdenDue to its long industrial past, the presence of toxic heavy metals in Camden (Moore et al., 2022) poses a potential threat to the health of its residents. According to a report on childhood lead exposure (NJDOH, 2021), 3.4% of the children (age<6 years) screened in the Camden municipality have an elevated blood lead level […]Reading and Writing for Healthier communities: A Publicly Engaged Project at Mighty Writers CamdenMighty Writers Camden is one site of several community literary spaces founded by the community organization Mighty Writers. This site, in particular, is located in the Waterfront South neighborhood, and it offers a free daily after-school writing academy for children in third to eighth grades, teen writing workshops, and volunteer opportunities for community members. The […]Smart Parents and Resourceful Kids Sharing Stroke Awareness (SPARKS) program in CamdenPhysicians and medical students from Cooper Medical School at Rowan University (CMSRU), Nurses and nursing students from Rutgers University Camden, and Schools within the Camden community will be actively engaged in a collaborative network to provide education in schools regarding signs and symptoms of stroke. Currently, Camden is a highly underrepresented minority community consisting of […]Supporting Effective, Community-Informed Food Security Screening Protocols in NJ Health centersHousehold food insecurity (FI) presents unique challenges for low-income parents and other guardians of children (hereafter, parental caregivers). Recent years have seen increased attention to the role that hospitals, including federally qualified health centers (FQHCs), can play in screening for FI, as well as connecting families to food security-related resources. However, low-income parental caregivers may […]The Association between Age and Breast Cancer- Are Young Women in New Jersey at Risk?Each year in New Jersey approximately 7000 women are diagnosed with breast cancer (BC) and more than 1000 women die from the disease, making it the second greatest cause of cancer mortality for women in the 1 state, after lung cancer. Low-income and uninsured women have a significantly greater risk of late stage diagnosis and […]Understanding Camden’s Mental Health NeedsIn 2020 Camden County (County) had the highest rate of mental health (MH) distress in NJ; 18% of Black resident-respondents reported MH distress—6 percentage points higher than White resident-respondents (CCNA, 2020). However, despite higher rates of MH distress among Black county residents, White county residents were diagnosed with depression nearly 5 percentage points more than […]
CPIC states that inadequate coordination among providers, community advocates, and other stakeholders is a major barrier to preventive care. Prenatal care providers typically shoulder the burden of PMAD risk identification and care linkage. This model is untenable as typically there is inadequate support from mental health professionals to identify and help high-risk patients and community […]
People with disabilities have higher rates of obesity, diabetes, anxiety and cardiovascular risks. These can be reduced by healthier eating, stress management and physical activity. Group home residents need support in each of these areas. We have successfully created, implemented and evaluated nutrition, stress reduction/socialization and activity interventions among adults with disabilities. We learned that […]
In the last decade, scholars have increasingly recognized the importance of unpacking the multi-faceted relationships between criminal justice system contact and mental and physical health problems. Traumatic interactions with law enforcement and incarceration experience, for example, harm health. Moreover, health problems (e.g., substance use disorder and other mental health issues) also increase the likelihood of […]
Since 1971 the population living in multigenerational households has quadrupled. Multigenerationalhouseholds include at least two generations of adults (aged 18-59, and 60+) and grandchildren younger than age 25. Older adults who have grandchildren in the household experience more food insecurity than those without grandchildren. Grandparents prioritize the child’s nutrition, leaving the grandparent with less food, […]
Due to its long industrial past, the presence of toxic heavy metals in Camden (Moore et al., 2022) poses a potential threat to the health of its residents. According to a report on childhood lead exposure (NJDOH, 2021), 3.4% of the children (age<6 years) screened in the Camden municipality have an elevated blood lead level […]
Physicians and medical students from Cooper Medical School at Rowan University (CMSRU), Nurses and nursing students from Rutgers University Camden, and Schools within the Camden community will be actively engaged in a collaborative network to provide education in schools regarding signs and symptoms of stroke. Currently, Camden is a highly underrepresented minority community consisting of […]
Household food insecurity (FI) presents unique challenges for low-income parents and other guardians of children (hereafter, parental caregivers). Recent years have seen increased attention to the role that hospitals, including federally qualified health centers (FQHCs), can play in screening for FI, as well as connecting families to food security-related resources. However, low-income parental caregivers may […]
Each year in New Jersey approximately 7000 women are diagnosed with breast cancer (BC) and more than 1000 women die from the disease, making it the second greatest cause of cancer mortality for women in the 1 state, after lung cancer. Low-income and uninsured women have a significantly greater risk of late stage diagnosis and […]
In 2020 Camden County (County) had the highest rate of mental health (MH) distress in NJ; 18% of Black resident-respondents reported MH distress—6 percentage points higher than White resident-respondents (CCNA, 2020). However, despite higher rates of MH distress among Black county residents, White county residents were diagnosed with depression nearly 5 percentage points more than […]