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Managing Children’s Mental Health During the Pandemic
Disruptions to daily routines, stress from remote learning, social isolation and anxiety over illness during the pandemic are taking a toll on children’s mental and behavioral health, leading to physical problems such as weight gain from overeating. Mamilda Robinson,...
Will Kids Go Back to School In the Fall? Here’s What Experts Think and What It May Look Like
Last March, if someone told you schools would cease in-person instruction because of a global pandemic, you probably wouldn't have believed them. But that's the unprecedented reality parents nationwide were forced to face when COVID-19 swept across the country. And...
Spring is coming — could high pollen counts fuel COVID infection?
Within the next two weeks, spring allergies could begin to take hold in New Jersey, and although we are in a much different place with COVID-19 than we were a year ago, a leading state allergist and immunologist said the 40% of Americans who claim to have pollen...
NCATS National COVID Cohort Collaborative (N3C) Data Enclave Updates!
NCATS National COVID Cohort Collaborative (N3C) Data Enclave is a centralized and secure data platform, featuring powerful analytics capabilities for online discovery, visualization and collaboration. The data are robust in scale and scope and are transformed into a...
Domestic Violence in U.S. Increased By 8 Percent After COVID Lockdown Orders Began, Says Study
Domestic violence incidents in the United States increased by 8.1 percent after COVID-19 lockdown orders, according to a new study. The increase in cases of domestic violence began to rise last spring, as stay-at-home orders began confining people to their homes,...
A Nurse Is Not Just a Nurse: The Challenges of Nursing During a Pandemic and Beyond
Burnout in nursing began long before the Covid-19 pandemic. What will health care leaders learn from the past months to make sure this problem doesn’t continue into the future? This conversation featured in the New England Journal of Medicine-Catalyst Innovations in...
New NJACTS Publication
Please read Dr. Jimenez's article in Maternal and Child Health Journal titled, "Ready and Healthy for Kindergarten: A Bilingual Family Literacy Program in Primary Care". Children from low-income Latino backgrounds experience persistent gaps in school readiness...
NJ ACTS Workforce Development Training Event March 23 at 5pm
Please join the NJ ACTS Workforce Development Core for "Standing Out with an Engaging LinkedIn Profile" on Tuesday, March 23rd at 5pm. LinkedIn has become a forum not only for job hunting, but also networking and disseminating research finding and accomplishments. ...