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May 13, 2020
COVID-19 Disparities and Impacts on Emotional Health & Well-being of Diverse Children
Over the past several weeks, it has become increasingly clear that striking disparities exist in diagnoses, treatment and, ultimately,…
May 06, 2020
Helping Refugee Adults Critical to Helping Kids: Q&A With Katherine Yun, MD, MHS
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), a mental health condition that is triggered by a traumatic event, affects nearly 1 in 10 resettled refugee…
May 05, 2020
COVID-19: How Missing Milestones is Impacting Teen Mental Health
The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted and will continue to disrupt the lives of adolescents in so many ways, including missing or delaying milestones…
May 01, 2020
Modeling COVID-19: The Local Effect of Weather & Cautious Reopening
As we enter May, a new phase in the COVID-19 pandemic begins, one in which we will shift as a nation from response to recovery. To coincide, our team…
Apr 29, 2020
Child Care is an Essential Service. What is Needed to Reopen Safely?
As states across the country responded to the COVID-19 pandemic with social distancing policies, all were forced to make difficult decisions about…
Apr 27, 2020
COVID-19 and Pennsylvania’s Rural Kids
While cities are likely to experience heightened risks of COVID-19 exposure, its impact on rural communities may be just as devastating, particularly…
Apr 23, 2020
Racially/Ethnically Diverse Parents Experience the NICU Differently. How Can We Offer Better Support?
The demography of the U.S. is rapidly evolving. For the first time, racially/ethnically diverse children under the age of 15 are now in the majority…
Apr 22, 2020
Why We Need a Public Health Approach to COVID-19 in 200 Words
As we discuss how to re-open communities following the first wave of what is likely to be a long epidemic, we need many important opinions at the…
Apr 21, 2020
PolicyLab Studying Effect of Weather, Social Distancing on Local COVID-19 Spread
Researchers in PolicyLab at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia are working on a model that may help state and local…
Apr 17, 2020
Creating Safe Environments During COVID-19 for Youth Who Have Endured Hardships
This deeply unsettling time will leave a generational mark on young people. We can hope that the transformative influence it leaves is one that helps…
Apr 17, 2020
Is It Time to Get Back to Work?
For weeks, families have sheltered at home to protect themselves and others against a novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) that, in early estimates from…
Apr 16, 2020
Are Pediatricians Ready to Care for Immigrant Families in a Time of Crisis?
One in four U.S. children has at least one immigrant parent. This group, often called “children in immigrant families,” is…
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