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.
Dec 14, 2018
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...
Dec 04, 2018
How One Administrative Change Can Significantly Harm Kids with Asthma
We recently released a new policy brief that highlighted the troubling story of three-year-old Lauren (name changed for patient privacy) who has...
Nov 29, 2018
Understanding Juvenile Justice through a Health System Lens
Think back to your teenage years. If you’re like most people, it was probably a period of rapid change—not only physically, but also cognitively...
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