Our interdisciplinary team across Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and the University of Pennsylvania is using local data to provide short-term forecasts based on current social distancing practices.

By convening both teens and health care system experts, we hope to understand how to best address the sexual preventative health needs of teens.

Interpersonal Psychotherapy-Adolescent Skills Training teaches students communication and interpersonal problem-solving strategies to decrease conflict, increase support, and improve social functioning, vulnerability and protective factors for depression. 

Pediatricians were more likely to refer children who are white, male and from an English-only speaking home. These findings suggest that differences in referrals may impact children’s access to diagnostic and intervention services and may contribute to disparities in ASD diagnosis.

These findings demonstrate that pediatric health systems may be well-positioned to provide intergenerational family services to help coordinate preventive care for mothers and their children.