By Irina B. Grafova, Pamela B. de Cordova, Jennifer Polakowski, and Jessica Anderson The New Jersey Nursing Well-Being Institute has hosted over 90 Virtual Schwartz Rounds (VSR) sessions in the past three years, offering a flexible, free forum [...]
By Hannah Younes and Robert B. Noland According to the New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT), total traffic crashes each year typically exceed 200,000. New Jersey does not currently provide easy access to the data on these crashes. While New Jersey is not alone, some states such as Connecticut, California, and Maryland, among others, [...]
By James M. Davy, Ph.D. and Momina Chaudhry A Vision for Transformation With funding from the New Jersey State Policy Lab, the Rutgers-Newark School of Public Affairs and Administration and the New Jersey Reentry Corporation are working to develop a plan to revolutionize mental health and addiction treatment services for justice-involved individuals. Through a [...]
By Nicholas S. Imperato, DO, MPH and Kamini Doobay, MD, MS. Health insurance literacy can be broadly defined as "the degree to which individuals have the knowledge, ability, and confidence to find and evaluate information about health plans [...]
By Kylie Davidson, Cadence F. Bowden, Hannah Shepherd, Peter Treitler, Stephen Crystal. Emergency departments (EDs) may be the primary, and even only, connection to the healthcare system for significant numbers of people with opioid use disorder [...]
By Irina B. Grafova, Pamela B. de Cordova, Jennifer Polakowski, and Jessica Anderson. Are workplace emotional well-being programs available for New Jersey nurses? To answer this question, on April 23, 2024 we launched [...]
By Taylor Hughes. One of the fastest-growing populations in the United States is older adults (65+), primarily due to increased life expectancy and the aging of the Baby Boomer generation [...]
By Slawa Rokicki, Mitu Patel, Patricia Suplee, & Robyn D’Oria. Perinatal mental health, which includes depression or anxiety that occurs during pregnancy or in the postpartum period, is a significant public health problem [...]
By James Davy. In an innovative collaboration, Rutgers University Newark School of Public Administration is partnering with the New Jersey Reentry Corporation and the New Jersey State Policy Lab to develop a comprehensive policy framework [...]
By Kylie Davidson, Cadence F. Bowden, Elizabeth Mascone, Hannah Shepherd, Stephen Crystal. Emergency departments play a critical role in the continuum of care for opioid use disorder, and New Jersey has enacted a range of initiatives and interventions [...]
