Reading and Writing for Healthier communities: A Publicly Engaged Project at Mighty Writers Camden
Mighty 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 […]Supporting Effective, Community-Informed Food Security Screening Protocols in NJ Health centers
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 […]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 Needs
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 […]Developing and Testing a Nurse-Led Technology-Enhanced Family Engagement Program (Nurse-TECH-Family) Among Critically Ill Patients in ICU: A Feasibility Trial
Family engagement in care for ICU patients is essential to ensure patient-centered clinical outcomes such as reducing ICU LOS about a day, and hospital LOS from 3.78 days to 2.29 days.Factors Influencing Asthma Self-Management and Disparities in Asthma Control among Adolescents from Low-Income Minority FamiliesAsthma is the most common chronic inflammatory disease of childhood with a disproportionately higher prevalence among adolescents of ethnic minority groups and socioeconomically marginalized groups compared to whites and high-income families.
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 […]
Social determinants of health are often outcomes of a core issue: poor financial health and literacy, which is at the core of most aspects of daily living.