Public-Population Health – Senator Walter Rand Institute for Public Affairs

Community Conversations: Pandemic Perspectives, New Jersey’s COVID-19 Storytelling Project

Posted October 1, 2022April 24, 2024 in New Jersey Statewide, Public-Population Health

Authors: Kristin Curtis, Devon Ziminski, Carla Villacis, Martha Carey, Kiersten Westley Henson, Helen Ard, MA, Richard Duran, Amanda Ekelburg, Trista Harig, Joseph Mendoza-Martinez, Mary Mitsdarffer, Lili Razi, Benjamin Rudolph, Ummulkhayer Sameha, Priyal Shah, Michelle Lyttle Storrod This report provides overview, context, and summarized findings from participants in New Jersey who shared their personal experiences as… continue reading

Inspira Health Community Health Needs Assessment 2022-2024

Posted October 1, 2022December 15, 2023 in Cumberland County, Gloucester County, Public-Population Health, Salem County

This report provides a summary of the findings of the Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA) for Gloucester, Cumberland, and Salem Counties.

Timing County Hospital Bed Shortfall during COVID-19

Posted December 1, 2020April 24, 2024 in New Jersey Statewide, Public-Population Health

Authors: Sarah R. Allred*^, Darren Spielman*, Kristin Curtis, Kristin Kelly, Sean T. McQuade^, Nathaniel J. Merrill,^ Benedetto Piccoli^, Ryan Pletcher, Shwetal Sharma, Carla Villacis, Ross Whiting, Aayush Yadav^, Doug Zacher, Devon Ziminski (* Corresponding authors, ^ Math modeling) This follow-up brief updates the previous COVID-19 model and predicts when demand for hospital beds will first… continue reading

Regional Health System Shortfalls with a Novel COVID-19 Model

Posted December 1, 2020April 24, 2024 in All Southern NJ Counties, Public-Population Health

Authors: Sarah R. Allred, Sean T. McQuade, Nathaniel J. Merrill, Benedetto Piccoli, Darren Spielman, Carla Villacis, Ross Whiting, Aayush Yadav, Douglas Zacher, Devon Ziminski Estimating when the peak need for hospital beds will occur, the number of available hospital beds in each county, and by how much the demand for hospital beds will exceed capacity… continue reading

South Jersey Health Needs: Connections, Community, and Care

Posted December 1, 2019December 15, 2023 in All Southern NJ Counties, Public-Population Health

Authors: Sarah Allred, Ph.D., Population Health, Summarizing findings of the 2019 CHNA, WRI researchers released an important finding about health in South Jersey: residents’ physical and mental health are surprisingly strongly predicted by their connections to the people and places surrounding them.

CHNA: Executive Summary

Posted December 1, 2019December 15, 2023 in Burlington County, Camden County, Gloucester County, Public-Population Health

Authors: Sarah Allred, Ph.D., Population Health Summarizing findings of the 2019 CHNA completed for the South Jersey Health Collaborative: Cooper University Health Care, Jefferson Health, Lourdes Health System, Virtua Health, Burlington County Health Department, Camden County Department of Health and Human Services, and Gloucester County Department of Health and Human Services.