Publications by authors named "N POMERANTZ"
Anonymous reporting systems (ARS) have been used as a violence prevention strategy in schools by providing a means for individuals within a school community to safely and securely report information about potential violence or concerns about mental health, for example, through an anonymous hotline or reporting app. Despite widespread implementation of ARS in schools, as well as mandates for reporting systems in schools in 21 states, there is limited evidence on the effectiveness of ARS for school violence prevention, and information about best practices for ARS implementation is lacking. This systematic review aims to summarize the current research on the effectiveness of ARS as a school safety and violence prevention strategy, which is an important step in building an evidence-base to guide schools and policymakers about best practices.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis systematic review synthesizes research on school-based crisis intervention protocols, descriptions, and evaluations. We performed a comprehensive literature search, and 60 studies met the inclusion criteria for this review. We found an overwhelming lack of evaluation studies (n=3), suggesting that interventions are being administered post-crises without evaluation.
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- The Health Access Initiative (HAI) aims to enhance health care experiences for sexual and gender minority youth by training healthcare providers and staff, utilizing both online and in-person sessions.
- The intervention was developed using community-based participatory research and follows a model focused on cultural humility, with a mixed-method evaluation assessing various aspects like program feasibility, acceptability, and effectiveness.
- Results from a pilot evaluation at 10 Michigan clinics showed significant improvements in providers' knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding sexual and gender minority youth, suggesting the HAI is effective and could be adapted for broader health needs beyond sexual health.
An ongoing challenge in material science has been to reduce heat strain experienced by individuals wearing chemical protective ensembles. The objective of this study is to analyze the relationship between the thermal properties of eight chemical protective fabrics and heat strain in ten chemical protective ensembles constructed with those fabrics. The fabric samples were tested on a sweating guarded hot plate to measure fabric thermal and evaporative resistance.
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