Oct 19, 2018
What Does Health Equity Look Like?
Without knowing anything about a child’s genetic history, many of us can predict how their health outcomes will differ over their lifetime. The...
Oct 11, 2018
Why the Proposed Public Charge Rules are Especially Harmful to Kids
A new proposal from the Trump administration to make changes to “public charge” policies is the latest attack on immigrant families, and...
Oct 04, 2018
Ten Years Back and Ten Years Ahead: Innovation in Pediatric Primary Care
Recognizing that nations with strong primary care systems achieve better health outcomes, we have made important gains in the U.S. pediatric...
Sep 19, 2018
The Positive Impact of Anti-Smoking Media Campaign on Teens in 200 Words
In recent decades, anti-smoking campaigns have been a key method to warn the public about the harmful truth of tobacco products, prevent...
Sep 14, 2018
Predictable, Preventable and Deadly: Storm-Related Carbon Monoxide Poisoning in 200 Words
With Hurricane Florence bearing down on North and South Carolina today, we at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP)’s Poison Control Center...
Sep 13, 2018
Moving Home Visiting Forward: Lessons and Directions from Pennsylvania’s MIECHV Evaluation
For the last five years, PolicyLab has collaborated with Pennsylvania’s...
Sep 11, 2018
Enacting Targeted Policies to Improve Childhood Cancer Outcomes
As a former engineer and cancer researcher, I understand well that before rushing toward solutions, you have to truly understand the root causes...
Sep 10, 2018
Examining Hospitals’ Role in Preventing Youth Suicide
Did you know that nearly one in ten high school students in...
Sep 06, 2018
The Census Counts Kids, but Kids' Health Counts on the Census
The 2020 census is quickly approaching, and with it rising concern that this decade’s census could undercount the number of children in the U.S...
Aug 31, 2018
Why Does Breastfeeding Matter for Infants And Their Moms? A Conversation with the Experts
Editor’s Note: Breastfeeding provides a number of key benefits to both moms and babies, but many may not realize just how beneficial it is...
Aug 30, 2018
Taking Roll: What Vaccine Services and Requirements are Available on College Campuses?
Here’s a pop quiz: what’s one thing that the University of Missouri, SUNY New Paltz and Tufts University all have in common? The answer:...