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Feb 26, 2021
Growing Rates of Eating Disorders Among Teens—Another COVID-19 Concern?
In spring 2020, researchers and clinicians expressed concerns for the mental health of youth as the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic took hold. Among…
Feb 24, 2021
COVID-19 Outlook: Returning to Normal, It’s Closer Than You Think
The weekly update from our COVID-Lab forecasting model continues to show signs of optimism for brighter days ahead. Overall, we see…
Feb 23, 2021
Momentum Builds for Extending Postpartum Medicaid Coverage
Ensuring that new mothers have access to health insurance is an investment that can create a more equitable health care system and improve health…
Feb 17, 2021
COVID-19 Outlook: Spring Planning for In-person Schooling Can Continue
Once again, in the weekly update to our COVID-Lab forecasting model, we see continued declines in COVID-19 hospitalizations and case incidence…
Feb 10, 2021
COVID-19 Outlook: Regaining Our Footing with Continued Optimism
This week, our COVID-Lab forecasting model continues to show reassuring trends of declining COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations throughout…
Feb 03, 2021
COVID-19 Outlook: A Time to Follow the Data and Avoid Speculation
For the last few weeks, the epidemiological data have been telling a story of optimism—we are succeeding in slowing the spread of COVID-19, and…
Feb 01, 2021
How to Use the PA Family Support Needs Assessment to Help Your Community
In October, PolicyLab released the Pennsylvania 2020 Family Support Needs Assessment (FSNA). This statewide community health needs…
Jan 28, 2021
Q&A: How the Banking Industry is Fighting Human Trafficking
Trafficking in persons, also known as modern days slavery or human trafficking, includes both forced labor and sex trafficking. It deprives millions…
Jan 27, 2021
COVID-19 Outlook: Preparing for Spring
Here are the overall findings from this week’s update to our COVID-Lab forecasting model: For the second week in a row, nearly all states…
Jan 26, 2021
Hiding in Plain Sight: Myths About Sex Trafficking & How Providers Can Make an Impact
In what was otherwise a routine shift for Clara, a nurse in Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s emergency department, her attention to…
Jan 25, 2021
What Can We Learn from Black & Brown Developing Nations’ Responses to COVID-19?
The reach of the COVID-19 pandemic is global. Countries all across the world are battling the virus to varying degrees. Yet, mostly, all eyes have…
Jan 21, 2021
When the Scales are Skewed: The Struggle for Equality in Child Weight Outcomes
As a pediatric obesity specialist, I work with families with children who are gaining weight too quickly. These children and adolescents often have…
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