Today, more and more low- and moderate-income working families (earning 100–400 percent of the Federal Poverty Level) are shifting their children to public insurance.
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Low socio-economic status (SES) infants exhibited poorer performance than higher-SES infants on measures of cognitive and language skills assessed at age one.
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Food insecurity, or the lack of reliable access to a sufficient quantity of affordable and nutritious food, affects nearly 16 percent of all households (15.8 million children) across the U.S. and has been associated with a multitude of health-related issues, poor academic performance, psychosocial and behavioral problems, and higher utilization of health care services.
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Youth with special health care needs face a particular set of challenges when transitioning to adult care. Health systems and policymakers can help.
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It’s Time to Routinely Test Youth for HIV
Having just commemorated World AIDS Day on December 1, we have been reflecting on the story of our patient Jared*. When we saw him, Jared was a...
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Evidence to Action: Reflections from a PolicyLab Alum
How can we translate research into action? How can we infuse policy with the best of what we know? How can we support families to thrive? These...
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All in the Family: Parents Meaningfully Engaged in Pediatric Research Consortium
Clinician-researchers in the Pediatric Research Consortium (PeRC) at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia didn’t have to look far to find...
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