Alison M. Buttenheim in the News

Alison Buttenheim and co-researchers' study on the Philadelphia community's use of the Free Library staff as de facto social workers and community health specialists in preparation for an opiod overdose, was mentioned in Penn Medicine News.
Alison Buttenheim is cited in a new article written by Isabel Fattal in The Atlantic about the complexities of policy change as it relates to school start times. Although people are not in agreement about what time high school should actually start, it is clear that many are slow to challenge the status quo. Buttenheim and a team of researchers wrote "Applying behavioral insights to delay school start times" published in Sleep Health. They suggest 4 strategies to influence decision-making processes and demonstrate how they can be applied to efforts aimed at changing school start time policies. Read the Atlantic article here.
Allison Buttenheim spoke about best nursing practices at the 2016 Penn Health Policy Retreat.
Alison Buttenheim is cited in new research project that uses Twitter as a data source.
Alison Buttenheim is cited in LDI article about applying behavioral economics to the issue of vaccine acceptance.
Alison Buttenheim is a winner of Penn's Summer Undergraduate Research Group Grant.
A research study led by Alison Buttenheim of Penn Nursing focused on cases of pertussis (whooping cough) which have increased dramatically over the past five years, putting infants at risk of serious illness or death. The group valuated the feasibility and impact of different interventions aimed at increasing the number of vaccinated caregivers. The results of their study are available online here.
A study by Alison Buttenheim found that vouchers for whooping cough vaccines did not increase vaccination rates amongst caregivers of infants.
Newsworks.org reports Alison Buttenheim has found that many children who have vaccination exemptions have actually recieved at least one MMR vaccine, which increases the risks for the "truly unvaccinated".
Alison Buttenheim wrote an article for LDI Policy$ense about vaccination status.
Newsworks' The Pulse interviewed Alison Buttenheim about the reasons for parents' views on vaccinations.
Alison Buttenheim is cited for her views on intentionally unvaccinated children in Science Daily.

Alison M. Buttenheim in the News

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