Although initial reports of the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) showed limited and nonsevere manifestations in children, more recent reports have begun to describe more serious illness in children, including patient characteristics associated with hospitalization…

Firearms are one of the leading causes of death for children. Despite calls for gun safety measures, advancing firearm research that could spur action on evidence-based policies to protect youth has proven difficult. In PolicyLab and Center for Violence Prevention (CVP) resources, our…

OBJECTIVE: To determine feasibility and explore effects of literacy promotion using e-books vs. board books on the home reading environment, book reading, television use, and child development. METHODS: Randomized controlled trial comparing digital literacy promotion (DLP) using e…

OBJECTIVE: To determine if early literacy promotion, which consisted of board books and reading promotion beginning with newborns, is more effective than standard literacy promotion beginning at 6 months. STUDY DESIGN: Hybrid type 1 randomized controlled implementation trial of…

Children with medical complexity (CMC) have high rates of emergency department (ED) utilization, but little evidence exists on the perceptions of parents and pediatric emergency medicine (PEM) physicians about emergency care. We sought to explore parent and PEM physicians' perspectives…

On behalf of Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, researchers at PolicyLab responded to a request for comment on the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) draft research plan for evaluating “Screening for Autism Spectrum Disorder in Young Children." In reviewing the draft…

This represents the full agenda of PolicyLab participation in the 2021Virtual Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting. You can find the abstracts and platform information for each of the PolicyLab researchers participating in the meeting presented in chronological order. 

The American Rescue Plan (ARP), enacted into law in March 2021, includes important, but temporary, improvements to the Child Tax Credit, the Earned Income Tax Credit and the Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit. These provisions will help reduce child poverty by 50% and benefit…

In the United States, adolescents and young adults are disproportionately affected by HIV and have poorer HIV-related health outcomes than adults. Health care transition (HCT) from pediatric or adolescent to adult-oriented HIV care is associated with disruptions to youths' care…

Behavioral interventions are well established treatments for children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). However, insight into moderators of treatment outcome is limited. We conducted an individual participant data meta-analysis [IPDMA], including data of randomized…