by Pamela Dahlen | Feb 19, 2022 | Community, Covid, News
The adverse economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic have contributed to socioeconomic and health disparities in the United States, with a disproportionate impact among low-income persons and communities of color. However, these disparities documented over the past...
by Pamela Dahlen | Feb 18, 2022 | Community, Covid, News
Ann M. Nguyen, an assistant research professor and scientist at the Rutgers Center for State Health Policy and Nathan Stewart, a research coordinator at the Rutgers Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research, say Asian and Pacific Islander providers...
by William Jester | Feb 17, 2022 | Community, Covid, News
As the old adage goes, “The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.” According to groundbreaking research from Rutgers University–Camden, South Jersey families receiving assistance from the Whole Families Approach, a program that pools social-service providers...
by William Jester | Feb 17, 2022 | Community, Covid, News
As the omicron variant winds down, mask mandates are being lifted around the Delaware Valley. Delaware state officials addressed changes to the universal mask mandate on Tuesday. “Effective Friday, February 11 at 8 a.m., masks will not be required by the state...
by William Jester | Feb 15, 2022 | Community, Covid, News
A Rutgers study gives new insight into the experiences and perspectives of Black and Latinx people working in supportive health care roles during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study is the first to focus on the experience of support health care workers from underserved...
