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Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and PolicyLab’s guidance for school year 2022-23 is intended to help leaders of K-12 schools and early care and education settings build their COVID-19 mitigation plans within the context of variable local health department requirements in…
OBJECTIVE: Examine the epidemiology of subspecialty physical abuse evaluations within CAPNET, a multicenter child abuse pediatrics research network. METHODS: We conducted a cross-sectional study of children <10 years old who underwent an evaluation (in-person or remote) by a…
BACKGROUND: The pediatric subspecialty of Child Abuse Pediatrics (CAP) was certified by the American Board of Medical Subspecialties in 2006. Relative to its impact on pediatric health, CAP-focused research has been relatively under-funded. Multi-center networks related to CAP…
PolicyLab responded to a request for information from the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) regarding access to coverage and care in Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP). In this response, PolicyLab experts answer questions such as “in what…
As part of the PA Family Support Needs Assessment, PolicyLab assessed county-level data across seven key housing, economic, and community indicators—outlined in this brief—which influence health outcomes in childhood and throughout a person’s life. The brief also includes…
PolicyLab responded to a request for information from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) regarding barriers in USDA programs and services; advancing racial justice and equity and support for underserved communities at USDA. In this letter, PolicyLab experts answer questions…
PolicyLab responded to a request for information from the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce and the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) seeking input on design considerations for a public health insurance option. In this letter…
Firearms are one of the leading causes of death for children. Despite calls for gun safety measures, advancing firearm research that could spur action on evidence-based policies to protect youth has proven difficult. In PolicyLab and Center for Violence Prevention (CVP) resources, our…
As pediatric health experts who see the consequences of firearm injury firsthand, we recognize the urgency for action on this issue and have identified unintentional firearm injury and death as a promising starting point for intervention. Together with the Center for Violence…
Reducing the risk of unintentional firearm injury and death among children requires urgent action, particularly as gun sales in the U.S. have spiked during the COVID-19 pandemic. This policy brief, co-authored by PolicyLab and the Center for Violence Prevention, builds out…