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Apr 19, 2022
Telehealth Provides Crucial Opportunity to Expand Support for Transgender Youth in 200 Words
As some state lawmakers across the U.S. attempt to ban gender-affirming care for transgender youth, or go even further and deem this care as child…
Apr 14, 2022
Neighborhood Safety and Social Connections: What’s the Potential Impact on Caregiver and Child Diet?
What a child eats is influenced largely by what their caregiver eats. Children look up to their caregiver for direction, and caregivers also…
Apr 12, 2022
How Fixing the “Family Glitch” Gives Families New Options for Affordable Health Insurance in 200 Words
A regulatory change proposed by the Biden administration could provide new options for affordable health insurance coverage to millions of families…
Apr 07, 2022
Making Nutrition Education for Teens Accurate, Comprehensive and Inclusive
Health education in schools is an important strategy to support children’s health and well-being across their lifespan. In celebration of Teen…
Apr 05, 2022
Listening to Youth Perspectives to Support School Health Education
Starting at a young age, children acquire knowledge and develop skills and habits that can impact their overall health and well-being. Schools play…
Apr 01, 2022
No More Watchful Waiting for Developmental Delays
Last month, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) released an updated set of developmental…
Mar 28, 2022
Effective Expansion and Sustainability of Home Visiting Services Requires Integration Across Systems
Evidence-based home visiting services partner nurses or other trained professionals with pregnant persons and their young families to provide…
Mar 24, 2022
Restoring Equity in Our City School Communities
Throughout the pandemic, Black, Latinx, and immigrant families have faced the most significant impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic, disproportionately…
Mar 23, 2022
Delaware Poised to Join New Jersey With Statewide Paid Family & Medical Leave Policy in 200 Words
Delaware may soon become the 10th state in the country to enact a statewide policy on paid family and medical leave. Although state policies…
Mar 08, 2022
Meeting Families Where They Are: Child Care Navigation Supports Through Primary Care
There is an enormous amount of evidence demonstrating how quality child care environments can have long-term benefits for children, including…
Feb 25, 2022
Educators and Caregivers Need Better Tools to Support Youth with Eating Disorders
Eating disorders are severe neurodevelopmental disorders with potentially deadly medical consequences. They can begin in childhood and occur in youth…
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