Teamwork makes the dream work! Collaborative networks in JPHMP
My colleague and I are preparing an article on the use of social media to monitor vaccine outreach that we plan to submit to the Journal of Public Health Management… Read More
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An introduction to Harm Reduction — What does the Research Say?
Harm reduction measures are intended to reduce the negative consequences of certain behaviors, such as drug use and sex. This may be achieved without people having to stop doing these… Read More
What PubTrawlr will achieve
Scientific knowledge is all around us, but it can be difficult to understand and use it. The sheer size, complexity, and uncertain quality of scientific literature make it difficult for… Read More
Why your feedback is more valuable than you think……..
Starting this week, we’re rolling out a simpler feedback widget. Look how friendly it is! But our purpose is two-fold. Sure, we want to know how the website is doing… Read More
Science is a public good, and we need to provide the mechanisms for it to get out there.
Jon was able to speak to the Alvernia Board of Trustees’ Innovation Subcommittee about PubTrawlr. He outlined some of the milestones that we have accomplished, and some of the places… Read More
A recap of Health Equity Research at your fingertips!
Worried about the state of health equity in our society? So are we. That’s why we created 101 Days of Health Equity, a publication that shows up in your inbox… Read More
Collaboration Networks in AJCP (now updated!)
Inspired by our recent deep dive into Implementation Science, I decided to dust off the code and turn it to another favorite journal, The American Journal of Community Psychology. Going… Read More
Implementation Science writing buddies!
Now I’m not great at writing academic articles, but many people are. Last year, Dr. Scott and I published our NLP review of articles in about 1700 articles published in… Read More
Looking at research on Community Health Workers
The problem with being super busy is that I rarely get time to sit down in right. A problem no one can relate to, I’m sure. Our sister organization, The… Read More
Coming Soon — Research Papers on DEMAND!
Inspired by a few of our valued colleagues, we’ve been working on single search white papers. Our goal is that people who just want a deep dive on a topic… Read More
The Role of Resilience in Psychopathology
Many public health organizations have a specific focus on resilience. For example, the Philadelphia Department of Behavioral Health (DBHIDS, 2011) specifically promotes resilience by saying that it is, “a protective… Read More
Get to know your measurement scales
You may come across a variety of methods to assess a variable during a study. This article will describe the four primary kinds of measurement scales and provide some examples… Read More