Inspira Health 2022-2024 Community Health Needs Assessment

Authors: Sarah Allred, Kristin Curtis, Carla Villacis, Madeleine Alger This report provides a summary of the findings of the Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA) for Gloucester, Cumberland, and Salem Counties for 2022-2024. The CHNA was conducted by The Senator Walter Rand Institute for Public Affairs (WRI) at Rutgers University-Camden on behalf of Inspira Health.

Municipal Variation in COVID-19 Case Rates in New Jersey

Authors: Sarah R. Allred, Yuqi Wang, Aayush Yadav, Ryan Pletcher, Trista Harig, Benjamin Rudolph, Shwetal Sharma, Emily Rankin, Shibin Yan, Ummulkhayer Sameha, George Arthur, Sachin Saxena, Emily Greenfield, Community Organization and Development  With the goal of providing information to aid these decisions, this brief describes the timeline of COVID-19 progression at the municipality-level across New… continue reading

Camden, NJ: A New View

National Evaluation: Public Art Challenge 2019-2021 EvaluationLocal Assessment: A New View – Camden, NJ Authors: Kristin Kelly, Devon Ziminski, Carla Villacis, Lili Razi, Shibin Yan The City of Camden partnered with the Camden Community Partnership, Rutgers-Camden Center for the Arts, and curators to transform 6 illegal dumping sites alongside major transportation hubs into venues for… continue reading

Timing County Hospital Bed Shortfall during COVID-19 

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 

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