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Scholarly activities and accolades: Jan–April 2022

Every month, faculty in the College of Public Health take part in a range of scholarly activities; below are the activities for Jan. 1, 2022 through April 30, 2022 (Note: Future roundups will be released on a monthly basis.) For news on research publications and grants, please see the college's news feed for in-depth stories and reports. If you are a faculty member and would like your activities included, please contact Lisa Litzinger-Drayton, Director of Communications and Marketing, at lisalitzinger@temple.edu. Honors and Awards Lisa Bedore, chair of the Department of Commu...
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Could peer support help workers stay safe from COVID?

Peer support is a health intervention through which an individual receives guidance from a person who has lived with a similar condition—someone who can share first-person understanding and strategies that a clinician often can’t. Peer support may be given in group or one-on-one settings, by people who share a wide range of health conditions, including intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) and autism spectrum disorder (ASD). “It’s underutilized, but research has identified that when peer support is provided by individuals with IDD, it can be quite effective,...
Research
Collaborative on Community Inclusion
Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
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$2.5 million grant to study 'mattering' as health issue for people with disability

Bryan McCormick, professor in the Department of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, has been awarded a $2.5 million, five-year grant from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR) to develop interventions that reduce social isolation and loneliness among people with serious mental illness (SMI). “The rates of loneliness among this population are remarkably high compared to other adults,” McCormick says. “Feeling of loneliness and experiencing social isolation are more than a negative emotional experience. There is evi...
Collaborative on Community Inclusion
Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
Recreational Therapy
Research
the cover of the college of public health 2021 magazine, depicting a nursing student filling a needle with covid-19 vaccine

Explore the Fall 2021 issue of Temple Public Health

Public health crises, from the COVID-19 pandemic to future challenges, call for an interdisciplinary, unified response, and we look to our future public health, healthcare and social service workers to answer this call. Within this year's Temple Public Health magazine, you will find numerous examples of just that—beginning with the story of our vaccine delivery protocol, RapidVax, and how the college partnered with communities across Philadelphia to help the city reach an all-important vaccination threshold. You'll also read stories of impact beyond the pandemic, including th...
College of Public Health
School of Social Work
Communication Sciences and Disorders
Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Kinesiology
Nursing
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
Health Services Administration and Policy
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The social impact of COVID-19 on people with ASD

Community social participation can be an important quality-of-life issue for people with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). Community integration—taking part in work, school and recreational activities—is challenging even when there isn’t a pandemic. A new College of Public Health study shows that COVID-19 made it especially difficult for individuals with ASD, limiting their transportation options and ability to access needed services.    “This population has far more barriers already,” says Beth Pfeiffer, associate professor of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, wh...
Collaborative on Community Inclusion
Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
Research
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Despite COVID challenges, OT students create and deliver adaptive devices

Five-year-old Eli has a rare and severe condition called Cornelia de Lange syndrome that limits him in multiple ways. He is nonverbal and has difficulty communicating. He needs support to stand.  His condition created a challenging assignment for the Temple graduate occupational therapy students who chose to custom-build helpful adaptive devices for Eli as their semester-long project in the hands-on Assistive Technology class. “I had in my mind what kind of equipment would most benefit Eli, but I wanted the students to figure it out themselves,” says Colleen Carroll, Eli...
Occupational therapy
Community
Students
Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
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'Managing Diabetes in Disability' program takes peer-driven approach

An innovative proposal from Temple’s College of Public Health is one of five community-based programs selected to receive funding to combat diabetes and obesity in Philadelphia. Cities Changing Diabetes will provide seed funding to a project proposed by Gretchen Snethen, Bryan McCormick, Shivayogi Hiremath and Ann Dolloff of the College of Public Health. Their plan, “Developing a Peer and Community Approach for Managing Diabetes in Disability” is aimed at training peers and using community resources to help people with physical and intellectual disabilities manage their...
Physical Activity
Collaborative on Community Inclusion
Disability
Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
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Connecting early spinal cord injury treatment with long-term outcomes

Between 250,000 and 500,000 people worldwide suffer a spinal cord injury (SCI) each year.  These are life-changing injuries. Only about one third of patients recover enough to return to work. Research has suggested links between the type of injury, methods of acute care, and rehabilitation outcomes, but there remain gaps in connecting specific early treatment events to long-term patient outcomes. A study led by Shivayogi Hiremath, assistant professor in the Department of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, will apply new methodologies to examine patient data, seeking links bet...
Physical Therapy
Health and Rehabilitation Sciences

Explore the Fall 2020 issue of Temple Public Health

In this year’s Temple Public Health magazine, you’ll read about how the college turned a challenging year into opportunities for great change: how we adapted our classrooms and research efforts, how we shared our expertise to inform the public, and how our students and faculty supported relief efforts on the front lines. You’ll also learn about the many ways the college’s research thrived despite these challenges, as we collaborated across our 20 disciplines to connect individual well-being with societal change.  Explore the magazine below:...
Communication Sciences and Disorders
Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
Health Services Administration and Policy
Kinesiology
Nursing
Social and Behavioral Sciences
School of Social Work
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A guide to CPH at the APHA annual meeting

Faculty and students in the College of Public Health will deliver more than 50 presentations at this year’s APHA Annual Meeting, October 24-28. Presentations come from across the college’s numerous research labs, as well as from the Center for Obesity Research and Education, the Collaborative on Community Inclusion, and the Center for Public Health Law Research. A full list of sessions from the College of Public Health and Temple University is listed below.  The 2020 annual meeting, held entirely online, includes a mix of live virtual sessions and on-demand recordings focu...
Research
Epidemiology and Biostatistics
School of Social Work
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
Health Services Administration and Policy
Kinesiology
Nursing
Communication Sciences and Disorders

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