Apr 25, 2018
Delivering Mental Health Care in Emergency and Hospital Settings in 200 Words
In recent decades, advances in health care research and delivery have improved our ability to prevent and treat pediatric medical conditions. For...
Apr 20, 2018
What’s the Continuum of Care from Overseas to Arrival in the U.S. for Refugees?
To promote the health and health care of refugees, we need to consider the continuum of care that begins overseas and may cross multiple borders...
Apr 10, 2018
Medicaid's Impact on Children's Access to Care and Preventive Health Services in 200 Words
A new report from America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) found that children with Medicaid coverage were four times more likely to have a...
Mar 23, 2018
What Data Can (and Can't) Teach Us about the Opioid Epidemic for Youth
Since 1999, the number of overdose deaths involving opioids...
Mar 22, 2018
How Can We Use the Emergency Department to Prevent Unintended Teen Pregnancies?
Despite a significant decrease in adolescent pregnancies in the U.S. over the last decade – due in large part to increased use of effective...
Mar 21, 2018
A Dilemma in Suicide Prevention: Parents are Unaware of Their Teens' Suicidal Thoughts
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...
Mar 20, 2018
Sweat Equity: How Exercise May Help Address Negative Health Impacts of Adversity
Among the most stunning public health revelations of the past 25 years has been the discovery of a link between...
Mar 19, 2018
Helping Teens Make Smart Decisions About Vaccination
If clinicians and public health advocates had our way, teen health in the United States would look very different. More teens would use...
Mar 18, 2018
Youth Gun Violence Prevention: Solutions That Are In Range
Firearm violence has long been an insidious threat to the safety of children and adolescents. From time to time, against the backdrop of this...
Mar 16, 2018
Implications of AAP's New Guidelines for Adolescent Depression: Part Two
In response to increases in adolescent depression and suicide over the past decade, providers, health systems and professional societies are...
Mar 15, 2018
Adolescent Health in an Evolving Health Care Landscape: Part Three
Editor’s Note: When we first started this adolescent health blog post series, we couldn’t have anticipated how many policies and proposals...
Mar 12, 2018
Improving Children’s Oral Health Through Community- and Risk-based Care
Many children’s hospital administrators are well aware of the financial costs and trauma that families suffer when young children are treated for...