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Apr 08, 2020
Can Technology Help Teens Transition to Adult Care?
Growing up, sickle cell disease was not a term that I knew much about. When I was 12 years old, my mom finally granted my wish of becoming an older…
Apr 06, 2020
How Can We Improve LARC Access for Teens? Uphold ACA Mandates.
Imagine you are a pediatrician in the following scenario: a teen comes into your clinic two weeks after an episode of unprotected sex with her…
Apr 01, 2020
Missed Opportunities in HIV Testing: Innovations to Support Pediatricians
The U.S. has over 1 million cases of HIV and around 40,000 new diagnoses per year, 20% of which are among adolescents. While there are…
Mar 27, 2020
COVID-19: Protecting Children and Families During This Time of Crisis
There are still many unknowns about the exact trajectory of the COVID-19 pandemic—in terms of lives lost, and the overall social and economic…
Mar 13, 2020
Immigration Policies Qualify as Torture, Our Research Should Not Re-Traumatize
Last August, we wrote about the severe risks to children’s mental and physical health from ongoing policies that call for separating…
Mar 02, 2020
Reporting on Philadelphia’s School Health Services in 200 Words
The health of students is critically important to their educational engagement and attainment and can help put them on a path to a successful future…
Feb 28, 2020
Supporting Caregivers' Critical Role in Treating Eating Disorders
For parents, having a sick child is always difficult. We as medical and psychological professionals want nothing more than for these children to feel…
Feb 25, 2020
Pediatricians’ Answer to the Vaping Epidemic? Prevention.
Pediatricians fill a unique role in a teen’s life. Their personal relationships with patients and parents allows them to deliver reliable…
Feb 18, 2020
Closing the Gap: Creating More Equity in Diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder
I recently read a new study in Autism Research that examined data collected through the Centers for Disease Control and…
Feb 11, 2020
Improving Health Care One Community at a Time
Editor’s note: This is part of our social determinants of health blog post series, which features content from…
Feb 04, 2020
How Immigrant Status is a Determinant of Health for Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders
Editor’s note: This is part of our social determinants of health blog post series, which features content from…
Jan 28, 2020
New Vaping and Tobacco Laws…and What’s Next in 200 Words
Research shows the vast majority of adult smokers started smoking before turning 21, and most actually started before age 18. So it came as no…
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