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Op-ed: Preventing child abuse and neglect in the wake of COVID-19

April is child abuse prevention month, and there had never been a more important time to raise awareness of this important issue. During stable economic and emotional times, child maltreatment is prevalent in our country. Nearly 700,000 maltreatment reports are made to Child Protective Services annually, and a third of children have at least one maltreatment report by their 18th birthday. Still more are likely to experience abuse and neglect that is never discovered by Child Protective Services. Imagine then the risks of child maltreatment now, with the increased stress and...
Opinion
Coronavirus
School of Social Work
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Healthy, mindful eating during COVID-19

Nutrition is a vital part of overall health as we shelter in place during the COVID-19 pandemic. Here, Pamela Weisberg-Shapiro, program director for nutrition, and Marissa Cloutier, assistant professor of instruction in the Social and Behavioral Sciences Department, share tips on how to maintain healthy eating habits—nutritionally, emotionally, and socially. Both faculty members are registered dietitians. Mindful eating over anxiety eating In these uncertain moments and stir-crazy days, we may feel the urge to raid the refrigerator to get a little comfort, or just to fill ti...
Nutrition
Coronavirus
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Speech, Language and hearing students bring ASL classes to local high school

Extracurricular clubs are routine for the high-achieving students at George Washington Carver High School of Engineering and Science, a magnet school in Philadelphia. So it was impressive—but not unusual—to see around 20 students after school on a Monday afternoon learning American Sign Language. The class is a partnership with the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders in the College of Public Health. Three undergraduate students were volunteer instructors: two majoring in speech, language and hearing science, and one in psychology. The ASL instruction, interru...
Communication Sciences and Disorders
Students
Community

Sarwer co-edits special issue of 'American Psychologist'

David Sarwer, associate dean for research at the College of Public Health, was an ideal choice to serve as co-editor of a special issue of American Psychologist, the flagship scientific journal of the American Psychological Association, dedicated to obesity: Sarwer directs Temple’s Center for Obesity Research and Education (CORE), and much of his work focuses on the psychosocial and behavioral aspects of obesity. Obesity is one of the most pressing long-term public health issues in the United States. Approximately 40 percent of American adults currently have obesity (defined...
Obesity
CORE
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Faculty

'CommonHealth', a new journal from the College of Public Health, publishes first issue

Temple University's College of Public Health has published the inaugural issue of CommonHealth, a new academic journal presenting peer-reviewed articles from both the Temple University community and outside contributors. “CommonHealth has tremendous potential to highlight the research and scholarship of our students and faculty not only to our on-campus community, but also to our alumni as well as the citizens of the region and our public health colleagues around the country and world,” said David B. Sarwer, associate dean for research. The journal is managed by the colleg...
Research
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Students impress, virtually and in record numbers, at Research Day

More than 100 students logged in via video on April 3 to describe their research and scholarly projects for the College of Public Health's annual Research and Evidence Based Practice Day. The event is a showcase of yearlong projects by the college’s undergraduate and graduate students and is designed to give them valuable experience in setting up public health projects and presenting the results to others.   Under normal circumstances, the day is an energetic in-person gathering, with aisles of posters and students describing the work. This year, undergraduate and graduate s...
Students
Research
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Domestic violence and social isolation during COVID-19

As part of the college's coverage of the ongoing outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), we're reprinting a recent article by Melissa Dichter, associate professor in the School of Social Work and associate director of the VA Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion; Ashlee Murray, an emergency medicine physician at CHOP and a fellow with CHOP’s Violence Prevention Initiative; and Jessica Palardy, STOP IPV supervisor at Lutheran Settlement House in Philadelphia. The three authors are part of an Interdisciplinary Research Leader team at the Robert Wood Johnson F...
Coronavirus
Domestic Violence
School of Social Work
Alyson Chambers

On the ground at a COVID-19 testing site

On the afternoon that was supposed to be baseball’s opening day, the parking lot at Citizens Bank Park buzzed with activity. The Phillies weren’t playing – the coronavirus pandemic has led to a cancellation of games in all the major sporting leagues—but the South Philadelphia site has found a new purpose as a drive-through public testing site for COVID-19.  Alyson Chambers, a senior public health major at Temple, helped control the flow of vehicles, register volunteers, and keep the mood upbeat. Chambers is working in community outreach for the Bioterrorism and Public...
Students
Coronavirus

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