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Role: Assistant Professor
Dr. Jingwen Zhang s research interests include health promotion (e.g., sexual health, reproductive health, and physical activity), social influence, and interventions utilizing innovative online communication platforms. Current research efforts focus on the development of persuasive online networks using mobile technologies and computational approaches. She is also involved in research on communication for development, an interest that traces back to her work with UNICEF. She completed her doctoral studies at the Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania.
Dr. Zhang’s previous studies have been published in a wide range of journals, including
American Journal of Public Health, Annual Review of Sociology, Journal of Health Communication, Preventive Medicine, Health Psychology, etc
US food security gains obliterated by pandemic
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The research focused on two neighbourhoods in the US city of Pittsburgh.
Food insecurity spiked among residents living in two predominantly African American neighbourhoods during the first weeks of the coronavirus pandemic, far outpacing food insecurity observed among the general US population during the same period. This is according to a new RAND Corporation study published in the
American Journal of Public Health.
Following residents of two Pittsburgh low-income African American neighbourhoods, the study found that the pandemic increased the number of people facing food insecurity by nearly 80 percent.
Similar to US national trends, the researchers say food insecurity among residents had been improving consistently since 2011. However, the study found that those gains were erased by the pandemic, with the disparities between the predominantly African American residents and the rest of the US population at the highest le
Illustration by Haley Okuley / RAND Corporation
Food insecurity increased greatly – by nearly 80% – for residents in two predominantly Black Pittsburgh neighborhoods during the early weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic, far above that of the general population during the same time, according to new research released Thursday.
The study, from RAND Corporation researchers in Pittsburgh, is part of a long-running examination that started in 2011 of food deserts in both the Hill District and Homewood, known as the “PHRESH” study.
The new research has been published in the American Journal of Public Health, a peer-reviewed academic journal.
Food insecurity refers to not having reliable access to enough nutritious food.
Jan 14, 2021
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 13, 2021 (HealthDay News) Lethal means counseling and provision of cable locks result in greater adoption of safe storage methods for firearms, according to a study published online Dec. 22 in the
American Journal of Public Health.
Michael D. Anestis, Ph.D., from the School of Public Health at Rutgers University in Piscataway, New Jersey, and colleagues conducted a randomized controlled trial using a 2 x 2 factorial design (lethal means counseling versus control; provision of cable locks versus no cable locks) for 232 firearm-owning members of the Mississippi National Guard. Participants underwent follow-up assessments at three and six months after baseline.
The researchers found that lethal means counseling and provision of cable locks resulted in greater adoption of several safe storage methods over time relative to controls. At six months, lethal means counseling outperformed control for use of a locking device (55 versus 39 percent; odds ratio,
Ted Howard started taking Truvada a few years ago because he wanted to protect himself against HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. But the daily pill was so pricey he was seriously thinking about giving it up.
Under his insurance plan, the former flight attendant and customer service instructor owed $500 in copayments every month for the drug and an additional $250 every three months for lab work and clinic visits.
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