What Do You Know About Disability Cultural Competence?
Recently, I had the opportunity to give a webinar on disability cultural competence to social service workers, but was met...
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America Has an Anger Problem – Can Better “Mental Nutrition” Fix It?
America is a pretty angry place these days. Formerly respectful spaces like school board meetings have become bitter battlegrounds. Some...
Five Tips to Ease Kids’ Social Reentry
Pediatric neurologist Jane Tavyev, MD, has advice for parents looking to help their children learn social skills after pandemic isolation....
Too Many Young People Aren’t Getting the Jab – Can Music Change Their Minds?
When Frank Kilpatrick set out to convince more younger people to get the jab, he knew he’d have to overcome...
Study Casts Doubt on Theory That Women Aren’t as Competitive as Men
As researchers investigate reasons for America's persistent gender wage gap, one possible explanation that has emerged in roughly the last...
Permanent Twitter Ban of Extremist Influencers Can Detoxify Social Media
Banning right-wing extremists from social media can reduce the spread of anti-social ideas and conspiracy theories, according to Rutgers-led research....
Public Health and Art
The Rutgers School of Public Health and the Mason Gross School of the Arts have launched a collaboration to support community-engaged, arts-integrated...
How Racial and Ethnic Diversity in Schools Prepares Young People to Thrive in a Multiracial Society
Debates about the value and meaning of public education are not just about report cards and standardized test scores. The...
What “Bachelor in Paradise” Can Teach us About Empowering the Disability Community
Are you a fan of "Bachelor in Paradise?" Whether you realize it or not, this season of the “Bachelor” franchise...
Among Physicians, Men Make More Than Women: How Do We Change That?
It’s striking and familiar. A new report finds women physicians across all races and ethnicities earn less than their male counterparts....
Why Independent Redistricting Commissions Should Draw Electoral District Maps
The drawing and redrawing of electoral districts – which happens every ten years after the Census – is a hotly...
The “Money in Politics” Debate and Effective Ways to Improve Local Democracy in America
Ideally, local governments as the smallest jurisdictions in the American political system allow citizens to engage in a direct and...
The Jon Gruden Case and Why the NFL Still Isn’t Serious About Social Justice
On October 11th, the National Football League (NFL) community was shocked when news surfaced that Las Vegas Raiders Head Coach...
How Health & Fitness Businesses Are Flexing Their Muscles For Customers Right Now
We’re all public health nerds now, and many of us have stepped up our games when it comes to washing...
How Being Kind to Others Make You Feel Better
You know that being kind to others is good for the recipient (obviously), but did you know that it’s also...
Depressed Kids Do Not Have A Look – Identifying Children in Crisis
As the lead social worker in charge of the behavioral health screening protocol at Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children...
Remote Learning: Making Use of Time at Home During School Closures
State-wide school closures for an extended amount of time due to a worldwide pandemic is truly unprecedented. Families, school systems,...
Good Mental Health Equals a Happy Marriage
Happily married couples enjoy better mental health status, according to researchers. They fall sick less often, have fewer instances of...
The Woman Beside Me – Living in the Era of Trump
At the gym, MSNBC plays on my treadmill monitor. Coverage of the shootings in El Paso and Dayton have been...
The History of Stereotyping Homelessness in Australia
The history of homelessness in Australia stems back to our nation's colonization by our British counterparts which moved Indigenous Australians...
