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Feb 14, 2019

How to Start the Conversation by Using Netflix’s Series “Sex Education” in 200 Words

posted by Aletha Y. Akers, Ava Skolnik, MPH

Adolescent Health & Well-Being

Feb 12, 2019

How Measles Outbreaks Underscore Dangers of Vaccine Hesitancy in 200 Words

posted by Jennifer Clendening MPA, MBE , Jade Little

Population Health Sciences

Feb 11, 2019

Studying Young Mothers Use of Opioids Following Childbirth in 200 Words

posted by Meredith Matone

Family & Community Health

Feb 06, 2019

Most Moms on Medicaid Who Screen Positive for Depression Don’t Get Follow-up Care

Editor's note: This piece originally appeared on the "Children's Health Matters" blog, a blog out of the Center for…

posted by Stacey Kallem

Family & Community Health

Jan 28, 2019

E-cigarettes, JUUL and Vaping: What Pediatric Health Care Providers Need to Know

posted by Brian Jenssen

Adolescent Health & Well-Being

Jan 24, 2019

How a Lack of Federal Funding for Teen Contraceptive Research Hurts Us All

posted by Aletha Y. Akers, Ava Skolnik, MPH, Andrea Bonny, MD, Veronica Gomez-Lobo, MD

Adolescent Health & Well-Being

Jan 23, 2019

Doing the Math: Addressing Social Determinants in Pediatric Obesity

posted by Jennifer Robbins MD, MPH, Saba Khan

Family & Community Health

Jan 18, 2019

Family Justice Partnership: A Medical Legal Partnership Making the Case for Kids at CHOP

posted by Leigh Wilson-Hall MSW, LSW, Kara Finck, JD, Lydia Gottesfeld, JD

Family & Community Health

Jan 02, 2019

Philadelphia’s Baby Book Club in 200 Words

posted by Sherry Winston

Health Equity

Dec 28, 2018

Our Top Five Blog Posts of 2018

posted by Laura Cavello

Dec 19, 2018

How Caregivers’ Perceptions of Access to Timely Care Impacts Repeat Hospital Visits

posted by Kavya Sundar, Chén Kenyon, Siobhan Costanzo MPH, MEd

Population Health Sciences

Dec 18, 2018

It’s Time to Routinely Test Youth for HIV

posted by Nadia Dowshen, Nellie Lazar, MSN, MPH, CRNP-BC, AAHIVS

Adolescent Health & Well-Being

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