Penn Nursing study answers: What's a good breakfast for kids?
A team of researchers, led by Tanja Kral, PhD, Associate Professor in the Department of Biobehavioral Health Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, concluded that a breakfast...
View ArticleWhooping cough booster vouchers don't boost immunization rates of caregivers
Cases of pertussis (whooping cough) have increased dramatically over the past five years, putting infants at risk of serious illness or death. Most infants are infected by a caregiver who has not...
View Article'Housing Policy Debate' publishes study on affordable housing
Housing Policy Debate recently published a study on the effect micro-neighborhood conditions have on adult educational attainment in subsidized housing. University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing's...
View ArticleStudy shows disadvantaged youth can't get away from negative interactions,...
A new, novel study from the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing (Penn Nursing) shows that there is an alarming connection between the negative social interactions disadvantaged youth...
View ArticleNurse staffing levels key to keeping rehospitalizations down for hip/knee...
A new study from the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing's Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research (CHOPR) shows that patients, who undergo elective hip and knee surgery in hospitals...
View ArticleChild care providers need more education, training on benefits of...
Newborns should be breastfed exclusively for the first six months of life with continued breastfeeding until at least 12 months, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics. This can be hard when...
View ArticlePenn Nursing editorial: Deeper insight needed into nurse-industry relationships
Nurses' daily responsibilities are broad, including interacting with patients, families and communities; gatekeeping between their patients and the industries and healthcare institutions that serve...
View ArticleHigh prevalence of Vitamin D deficiency in large population of kids with type...
During the past two decades, vitamin D status, defined as serum concentration of 25-hydroxyvitamin D, has emerged as a predictor of key clinical outcomes including bone health, glucose metabolism,...
View ArticleMissed nursing care may contribute to racial disparities in...
Why are black older adults at higher risk of repeat hospital admission after a heart attack? Treatment at hospitals with higher rates of missed nursing care may be a contributing factor, reports a...
View ArticleHealth interventions needed for SGL parent households in urban subsidized...
Billions of dollars are spent annually to support single-parent families in low-income urban communities—most often for affordable housing—yet little is known about the relationship between health and...
View ArticleApp prompts sexual health testing for young gay, bisexual and other men who...
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is funding a project to investigate a personalized web app that is designed to encourage young men at risk for HIV and other sexually transmitted infections...
View ArticleDisparities in postop readmission may be reduced by improving...
A new study from the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing's Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research (CHOPR) shows that older black adults are not only more likely to be readmitted...
View ArticleEmployment of more nurse assistants is associated with more deaths and lower...
Hospitals that employ more nurse assistants relative to the number of professionally qualified nurses have higher mortality rates, lower patient satisfaction, and poorer quality and safety of care,...
View ArticleClinicians should address needs of family caregivers of persons with dementia
More than 15 million family members and other unpaid caregivers provide care to persons living with dementia in the United States. Yet the current healthcare environment and reimbursement models...
View ArticleStudy investigates link between bedside nursing and avoidable readmissions...
As many as a quarter of all older adults discharged from an acute hospitalization will return within thirty days. Readmissions like these result in increased healthcare costs, functional decline and...
View ArticleFirst-of-its-kind study on injury recovery takes the trauma patient's point...
In one of the first studies to examine priorities in recovery identified by trauma patients, family members and clinicians over time, an international research partnership that was launched from the...
View ArticleNursing study investigates link between growth of retail-based clinics and...
Just as primary care provider shortages are becoming acute, retail-based clinics in pharmacies and grocery stores are set to fill the gap in accessible patient care. Yet in some states, access to this...
View ArticlePenn/CHOP study helps inform interventions for global road traffic injury crisis
Road traffic injuries are a major cause of disability and are responsible for more than one million deaths each year throughout the world. A disproportionate number of road traffic injuries occur in...
View ArticleHow geospatial characteristics affect those most affected by HIV
Young men who have sex with men (YMSM), particularly racial/ethnic minorities and youth living in socioeconomically disadvantaged communities, are disproportionately affected by the human...
View ArticleCommunity champions: Collaborating with communities strengthens nursing and...
Service learning is a pedagogical approach that has proven valuable in helping undergraduate nursing students better understand specific needs of diverse populations and gives them opportunities to...
View ArticleEmotion: An important link to HIV prevention in Black adolescents with mental...
Nearly half of all US adolescents aged 13 to 19 are sexually active. But black adolescents, who represent only 14 percent of that population, account for 63 percent of new cases of HIV among...
View ArticleNurse fellowship immerses Ph.D. students in nursing care while enhancing...
Nurses with research doctorates have led important work that has proven vital in improving patient outcomes and enhancing quality of care. Yet today, fewer than five percent of nurses have PhDs, the...
View ArticleAggressive care at end of life for advanced lung cancer patients linked to...
For patients with advanced cancer, aggressive care—chemotherapy, mechanical ventilation, acute hospitalizations and intensive care unit admissions—at the end of life is commonplace. Yet until now,...
View ArticleStandardized policies needed for how and when police interact with trauma...
Injured people often interact with police and other law enforcement agents before and during their injury care, particularly when their injuries are due to violence or major motor vehicle crashes. Yet,...
View ArticleFirst evidence for American nurses credentialing center Pathway to Excellence...
In a new study, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing's Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research (CHOPR), and the Rutgers University School of Nursing examined the...
View ArticleBlack babies more likely to have nursing care missed in their NICU stay
Everybody wants a healthy life for their baby. Black babies are more likely to be born prematurely, which puts them at risk for death and developmental problems. In fact, a third of all infant deaths...
View ArticleRelationship found between HIV risk and individual and community level...
African-American men who have sex with men (MSM) remain at heightened risk for HIV infection and account for the largest number of African-Americans living with HIV/AIDS. It has long been understood...
View ArticleRising obesity levels underscore need for enhanced nursing and post-acute...
Elderly, chronically ill people experience frequent changes in health status that require transitions among health care providers and settings. Significant attention has been focused on coordinated...
View ArticleUnderstanding connection between HIV transmission and...
The health effects of where people live, work, and interact are well documented, as are the value of neighborhood-level structural interventions designed to improve health. But place-based...
View ArticleStudy of breastfeeding difficulties due to obesity informs need for targeted...
Typically, within 50 to 72 hours of giving birth, a woman will begin to secrete copious milk in a process called lactogenesis II. Infants of mothers who want to breastfeed but who have delayed...
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