Experiences of Patients Living with HIV Transitioning from Oral HAART to Long-Acting Injectable Medication
This mixed-methods study examines how patient preferences, lived experiences, and psychosocial factors influence decisions to initiate or decline long-acting injectable (LAI) HIV therapy and how these choices affect quality of life beyond viral suppression.Arts Prescription in a South Jersey Pain Management Clinic: Pilot Study and Impact Assessment
This study evaluates the feasibility and impact of integrating an arts prescribing program into pain management practices to improve the mental well-being and social connectivity of patients with chronic pain. By identifying implementation barriers and facilitators, the research seeks to determine if community-based arts programming serves as an effective, holistic support system for improving overall quality of life.Creating a Culture of Wellness for Bancroft Organization: Supporting Wellness in Group Homes through Policy, Systems and Environmental Changes
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 […]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 […]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.The Impact of Family Advocates and Addressing the Social Determinants of Health for Low-Income Families in South Jersey
United Advocacy Group (UAG) is a community partner working in Cumberland, Gloucester, and Salem Counties to empower families in achieving their goals by pairing each with a Family Advocate (FA) free of charge.
Community-based research project implementing a four-month Blood Pressure Self-Monitoring (SMBP) intervention in partnership with the Gloucester County YMCA. This project evaluates the feasibility, clinical effectiveness, and affordability of a community-based self-monitoring program that combines home blood pressure tracking with personalized coaching and lifestyle education to improve hypertension management in South Jersey.
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, […]
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.