Rowan University Archives - South Jersey Institute for Population Health

Making the Invisible Visible: Using Augmented Reality Visualization to Look Behind the Scenes at the Community Impacts of the Opioid Epidemic on the City of Camden

by spark_nate | Apr 14, 2022

Opioid use has reached epidemic levels across the U.S., with more than 130 people dying each day from overdoses and billions spent in healthcare costs, making the opioid use disorder epidemic among the most urgent public health threats in America. The effects of the...

Disparities in Broadband Internet Use for Older Adults

by spark_nate | Apr 14, 2022

The lack of broadband internet access can pose serious health and medical risks for older adults, those 65 years and older, who cannot digitally connect with friends and family, healthcare portals, and telemedicine visits. Isolation from these and other activities has...

Snack, Chill & Chat

by spark_nate | Apr 14, 2022

Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD) have lost opportunities during the pandemic to engage in activities that provide them with social interaction and physical activity, resulting in documented increases in anxiety, depression, perceived...