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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 and Practice. Since I had the script up and already ready to go, I thought we’d take a quick look at collaborative networks, as reflected […]

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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 actions altogether. Harm reduction recognizes that some people might not be able or willing to stop, but they can still make changes to protect themselves […]

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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 good ideas to spread. This is unacceptable. Science is a public good. It is funded by the public so that the public can benefit from […]

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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 and how to improve it. That is one of our core values — we are always improving until we hit that Platonic Ideal. More excitingly, […]

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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 that we’d like to go. Watch the presentation here, or read the transcription below!   PubTrawlr is a company that I’ve working on with my […]

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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 every, well, 101 days. We bring together research from dozens of journals on one of the dominant challenges in our society today; achieving equitable health […]

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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 all the way back to July 16, 1974, 5,397 authors have published in AJCP. The graph below shows who has published here most frequently. A […]

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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 Implementation Science, the premier outlet for those interested in research into getting research into practice (yes, it can sometimes seem a bit like navel-gazing.) In […]

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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 Dawn Chorus Group is going to be contributing to an evaluation of an initiative to increase the number of community health workers in a specific […]

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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 can do so without any other commitment. Great for students, family members, anyone who is interested in more than you can get by browsing google […]

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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 process which enables individuals to reach good outcomes even though they have endured significant adversities. Resilience is a common phenomenon arising from ordinary human adaptation […]

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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 of them. Nominal scale A nominal scale assigns a name or label to a category. These variables are categories that tell what something is, like […]

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