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Faculty research: Exploring health care professionals attitudes toward end-of-life care
With a growing elderly population and epidemiological shifts toward complex, chronic diseases, there is a growing need for medical professionals to have palliative care training.
Planning After Pandemic in Teaneck, New Jersey
Story Map On March 14th, 2020, the Township of Teaneck, NJ ordered its residents to self-quarantine to protect their health from an emerging public threat known as COVID-19. Nine months later, this order marked a first in a long line of ongoing government responses to...
Wow! Woodbridge
Instructor: Barbara Faga We are eight graduate students from Rutgers Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy working with Woodbridge Township, NJ to create a post-pandemic plan for their downtown. Led by Dr. Barbara Faga, our studio took place in the...
Rutgers students needed to conduct bus rider surveys for New Jersey Transit
Students will be paid $17 to $20 per hour depending on experience. Those students with a car/driving will be compensated at a higher rate than non-drivers.
Anne Strauss-Wieder to present Thomas B. Deen Distinguished Lecture at annual TRB meeting in January 2022
She is recognized for her contributions to the transportation community in freight mobility, resilience and business continuity, and “freight as a good neighbor” effective practices.
NJ implementing universal health care coverage for children, including unauthorized
A bill signed into law earlier this summer by Gov. Phil Murphy creates a system of universal health care coverage for tens of thousands of New Jersey children, including unauthorized citizens. Now, the state and partner entities are working to get the word out, so...
Jeanne Herb awarded appointment as chair of NAS planning committee on climate change and health equity
The workshop series explores the current state of knowledge about climate-related health disparities.
Domestic violence can also take the form of economic abuse
Defining economic abuse in legislation won’t necessarily help survivors get out of coerced debt or regain financial stability, said Russell. Still, she hopes it offers a foundation to build on because financial wellbeing is crucial to leaving an abusive relationship...
NJ Policy Lab: Promoting equity through state budgets
State and local governments, which account for half of all domestic public spending in the US, are becoming increasingly aware that budgets can help to promote opportunities and enhance equity for all residents and communities.
Debt. Inaccessible accounts. Job sabotage. Domestic violence survivors often suffer economic abuse, too
Defining economic abuse in legislation won’t necessarily help survivors get out of coerced debt or regain financial stability, said Russell. Still, she hopes it offers a foundation to build on because financial wellbeing is crucial to leaving an abusive relationship...
Faculty research: The role of pragmatism as a solution to urban problems
Bloustein School professors and other renowned academics explore the writings and critical engagement of Bloustein Professor Emertius Robert W. Lake
Faculty research: Active commuting practices and the reduction of noncommunicable diseases
Even as the U.S. navigates through a global pandemic, Americans face significant health challenges from chronic diseases such as hypertension, obesity, and diabetes.