European Dissemination of Penn Nursing's Ariana Chao Study Findings
Mountain Top Behavioral Economics: 2018 Roybal Retreat Photo Page
Photo Page: Poster Session at 2018 Roybal Behavioral Economics Retreat
Penn Nursing's Rising Guru of Women's Mobile Health
Pediatricians' Vaccine Attitudes and Practices Before and After a Major Measles Outbreak
Salini Mohanty, Alison M Buttenheim, Kristen A Feemster, Charlotte A...
ABSTRACT [FROM JOURNAL]
The objective of this study was to describe how a sample of pediatricians were impacted by and responded to the Disneyland measles outbreak in the United States. We conducted three repeated cross-sectional, online surveys in 2014 (before the outbreak), 2015, and 2016 (after the outbreak) among members of three state chapters of the American Academy of Pediatrics. We assessed pediatricians’ level of willingness and length of time comfortable delaying the measles–mumps–rubella (MMR) vaccine before and after the outbreak. Frequency of alternative immunization...
Video Report: The Science of Quantifying the Impact of Firearm Violence
A National Survey of Young Women's Beliefs About Quitting Indoor Tanning: Implications for Health Communication Messages
Amy Bleakley, Amy Jordan, Morgan E. Ellithorpe, DeAnn Lazovich, Sara Grossman, Karen Glanz
Abstract [from journal]
Indoor tanning is a risk factor for melanoma among young white women. Health communications can be an effective way of reaching this population and promoting behavior change. The purpose of this study was (i) to investigate the associations between intention to quit indoor tanning and attitudes, normative pressure, and efficacy about quitting, and (ii) to identify beliefs about quitting indoor tanning that can be used to design effective health communication messages to reduce skin cancer risk. A national online survey was conducted with 279 non-Hispanic...
Penn Postdoctoral Researchers' Study of Australian Gun Control Laws
Healed Wounds But Injured Minds: The Research World of Therese Richmond
Are mHealth Interventions to Improve Child Restraint System Installation of Value? A Mixed Methods Study of Parents
Linda Fleisher, Danielle Erkoboni, Katherine Halkyard, Emily Sykes, Marisol S. Norris, Lorrie Walker, and ...
In the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Linda Fleisher and colleagues, including Danielle Erkoboni and Flaura Winston, identify gaps in parental knowledge about and perceived challenges in the use of appropriate child restraints in motor vehicles. They also explore the acceptability of using a mobile app to guide car seat installation. Injuries to passengers in motor vehicle crashes remain a leading cause of child mortality. As such, the delivery of information about proper child restrain systems (CRS) use...
Philadelphia Inquirer Highlights Jason Karlawish Efforts on Elder Fraud
Ridesharing and Motor Vehicle Crashes in 4 US Cities: An Interrupted Time-Series Analysis
Christopher N. Morrison, Sara F. Jacoby, Beidi Dong, M. Kit Delgado, Douglas J. Wiebe
In the American Journal of Epidemiology, Christopher Morrison and colleagues, including Sara Jacoby, M. Kit Delgado, and Douglas Wiebe, investigated if ridesharing, specifically if using Uber, reduces the rate of motor vehicle crashes.
The authors conducted an interrupted time series analyses using weekly counts of injury crashes and the proportion that were alcohol-involved in four US cities where Uber had piloted, abruptly ceased operations, and then abruptly resumed (Las Vegas, NV; Portland, OR; Reno, NV; San Antonio, TX). The authors hypothesized that Uber’s resumption...
The Association Between Urban Tree Cover and Gun Assault: a Case-Control and Case-Crossover Study
Michelle C. Kondo, Eugenia C. South, Charles C. Branas, Therese S. Richmond, Douglas J. Wiebe
In American Journal of Epidemiology, Michelle Kondo and colleagues, including Eugenia South, Therese Richmond, and Douglas Wiebe, investigate relationships between being in urban green space and experiencing gun violence. The authors conducted interviews with Philadelphia males aged 10-24, including victims of gun violence. They used statistical analyses to compare tree locations with gun assaults. They found that, when participants were under tree cover, they were less likely to experience gun violence. Numerous analyses and comparative models confirmed that being under tree...
Paying Research Participants: Regulatory Uncertainty, Conceptual Confusion, and a Path Forward
Emily A. Largent, Holly Fernandez Lynch
In the Yale Journal of Health Policy, Law, and Ethics, Emily Largent and Holly Fernandez Lynch examine the implications of offering payment to individuals in exchange for their participation in clinical research, which is a widespread and longstanding practice. Nevertheless, such payment remains the source of substantial debate, in particular about whether or the extent to which offers of payment coerce and/or unduly induce individuals to participate. Yet, the various laws, regulations, and ethical guidelines that govern the conduct of human subjects research offer relatively...
Economic evaluation of a behavioral intervention versus brief advice for substance use treatment in pregnant women: results from a randomized controlled trial
Xiao Xu, Kimberly A. Yonkers, and Jennifer Prah Ruger
In BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, Xiao Xu and colleagues, including Jennifer Ruger, assess the economic impact of motivational enhancement therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy (MET-CBT) among substance-using pregnant women. The study was performed alongside a clinical trial that compared the intervention to brief advice about the risks of substance use and found no significant differences in the outcomes such as drug and alcohol use. As such, the authors conducted a cost minimization analysis, from the perspective of the health system. They found that, while the intervention...