Notable Research

We contribute thought leadership to many types of community-engaged research partnerships, serving on community advisory boards, research study teams, and as advisors to university graduate programs. Partnerships include: 

• Since 2019, we have served on a research team with CHOP PolicyLab. A randomized controlled trial was conducted to determine whether a social media-based parenting program improves parenting among women with postpartum depression symptoms. Read more about the project here. 
• MCC, CHOP PolicyLab, and local domestic violence prevention partners in Philadelphia have been working together since 2020 to examine the intersection of Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) and home visiting. This work is grounded in a research project organized by CHOP PolicyLab, in partnership with several IPV agencies, community-based home visiting programs, and city leadership, that seeks to refine and strengthen the local service infrastructure in Philadelphia for families receiving home visiting services. See the report here. 
• Our partnership with the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine seeks to understand the current experiences of Hispanic and Latino birth parents who receive benefits through the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) and elicit their insight into what would help them to feel more comfortable using the program.