Publications

Each year Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School faculty and staff produce or contribute to publications benefiting the Greater New Brunswick community. Here are hyperlinks to all of our publications.

Shared Measurement Project

• Measurement to Promote a Healthier New Brunswick: Survey of New Brunswick, N.J. Data, 2014 – this report, co-authored by RWJMS faculty, evaluates health-related studies conducted in New Brunswick and recommends health indicators for a shared measurement system for New Brunswick. The complete data set for this report is found in the report’s Appendices.
• Healthier New Brunswick – An Overview of the Shared Measurement Development Process, 2016 – this report, written by TCC Group staff and RWJMS faculty, provides an overview of the community-engaged process that resulted in the creation of New Brunswick’s shared data measurement set.
• New Brunswick’s Shared Data Measurement Project: Report on Fifteen Indicators, 2018 – this white paper, written by RWJMS faculty with community partners, provides a look at the first set of data collected for New Brunswick’s shared data measurement set. 

Alliance Workgroup and Coalition Reports

The following reports were created in partnership with community stakeholders participating in the Alliance for a Healthier New Brunswick’s workgroups and coalitions

• 2019 Behavioral Health Referral and Resource Guide: Greater New Brunswick and Middlesex County, 2019 - this publication was created by a community-engaged process lead by Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and Healthier Middlesex (a partnership of Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital – RWJBarnabas Health, and Saint Peter’s University Hospital). Companion indices are available here.
• Alliance for a Healthier New Brunswick: The Park System of New Brunswick, New Jersey, 2017 – this report describes a pilot study designed to understand how residents use public parks in New Brunswick. The study was conducted by a Rutgers School of Public Health Masters’ student under the direction of RWJMS faculty. 
• Engaging Early Childcare Centers in New Brunswick in HEPA Guidelines, 2015 – this report, describes a pilot study which sought to understand the ability of New Brunswick early childcare centers to implement national healthy eating and physical activity (HEPA) guidelines. The report was written by RWJMS faculty in partnership with staff from New Jersey Partnership for Healthy Kids – New Brunswick and the Raritan Valley YMCA. 

Associated Reports

• The Greater New Brunswick Hotspotting Report, 2017 – this report written by RWJMS faculty with input from the Greater New Brunswick Hotspotting team describes patterns of utilization of New Brunswick and Somerset Medicaid adult patients at New Brunswick’s two hospitals: Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital – RWJBarnabas Health, and Saint Peter’s University Hospital.
• A Community Health Needs Assessment for Saint Peter's University Hospital & Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, 2012 – RWJMS faculty contributed to this community health needs assessment by conducting and reporting on the qualitative interviews and focus groups.