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Commentary

Catching up with…Health Equity: July 2021

North American Summer is a strange time. We expect things to slow down. We expect fewer meetings because people will be on vacation. Because of that, I wrongly expected that research publications would also slow to a trickle. This was a completely wrong-headed belief. The last 31 days of research saw 391 articles across 177 […]

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Social media analysis

The Core Competencies: The Week in #impsci

Let’s go Socratic for a second. What does it mean to be an implementation practitioner? By that, if you were a person who was interested in getting good ideas into practice, what are the fundamental skill or first principles you need to adopt? The Center for Implementation has the answer. When I was going over […]

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PubTrawlr News

Coming Soon –> TecBridge Radio

Jonathan was interviewed by Don Webster for TecBridge Radio early this week. The purpose was to talk about how to grow the Technology Industry in Eastern PA and what role PubTrawlr plays in that. We’ll post the link and a transcript when it goes live, but in the meanwhile, be sure to check out past […]

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The dog days of COVID – July in Community Psychology

The dog days of summer can be a blessing to many who straddle the academic world. Here — finally — is the spaciousness to read, write, unwind, upwind, do all the things that we wanted to do if only we had the time! If only. It’s not just the volume of articles coming out. COVID-related […]

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Commentary

Changing the Message to Decrease Vaccine Hesitancy

No bones about it. We’re getting crushed by the Delta variant of COVID-19. Or, more accurately, the unvaccinated are getting crushed by the Delta variant. This has created a cascade of direct consequences. First and foremost, people are dying. But not just dying. Dying unnecessarily. As has been noted, 99% of COVID-related deaths have been […]

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Social media analysis

A very small sample of Olympic Tweets

I’m an Olympic junkie. Let the record show that the great and legendary Villanova Track and Field team has had an Olympian every cycle since 1948! Let’s go, Pat Tiernan! Here’s a very brief look at a tiny sample (n=15000) of Olympic Tweets this morning, with the hashtag #olympics. In the coming weeks, we’ll also […]

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Social media analysis

The week in #healthequity

A key aspect of community-based work is participation. People on the ground, such as community members, service recipients, and those providing services, should have a say in the types of interventions that are implemented. And, as we’re seeing throughout the United States, this is super tough work for public health because sometimes that say goes […]

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Commentary

Another #impsci week: the Twitter Recap

Maybe a few days late, but here’s the update on the implementation science discussion on Twitter. Not much commentary from us this week; we’ll save that for the monthly recap. The top tweeters A new champion this week. Dr. Nick Sevdalis is pushing out the content. And the top tweets… Nice to see our friends […]

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Commentary

Combating COVID Misinformation – the WHO and HOW.

Over the past week, a few pieces of information have been stuck in my head. The first is that nearly 99% of all COVID deaths in the United States are occurring in the unvaccinated. To put it bluntly, this is bonkers. We have an evidence-based, cost-effective, widely accessible method to prevent death by COVID. People […]

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