Childhood obesity increased in the first year of COVID-19 with significant disparities across race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status. Social distancing led to fewer physical activity opportunities but increased screen time and high-calorie food consumption, all co-determined by…

Limited health literacy is associated with increased hospitalizations, emergency visits, health care costs, and mortality. The health literacy levels of caregivers of critically ill children are unknown. This mixed-methods study aims to quantitatively assess the health literacy of…

There are gaps in receipt of maternal preventive services in the interconception period. Yet mother–infant dyads have frequent health care visits. Health systems have opportunities to better capitalize on existing visits to address dyad needs, but this possibility has not been fully…

Given recent trends demonstrating increased suicide risk among youth, particularly those from minoritized populations, youth suicide is a major public health concern. Evidence-based practices for the identification and management of youth suicide risk have been developed, yet many…

Health inequities are often driven by population-level social determinants of health, including public policies related to education, housing, and economic security, and by household-level social risks, such as food insecurity and housing instability. Many pediatric health systems…

In 2020, we wrote to you of our dedication and vision for JAACAP "to be antiracist at every level." Over the last 3 years, we have pursued initiatives "to reshape the Journal to pursue this vision." In this article, we provide an update on these goals and initiatives. With the…

Increasingly, youth experiencing mental health crises present to acute care medical hospitals and "board" on medical units due to inpatient psychiatric bed shortages. We conducted a retrospective cohort study of children experiencing mental health boarding at a US children's hospital…

Health-related social needs (HRSNs) are associated with poor and disparate child health outcomes, decreased access to preventive care, and increased acute care utilization. There is, therefore, growing momentum around addressing HRSNs through social care integration in pediatric health…

The objective of this study was to assess the impact of household food insecurity (HFI) over time on behavioral and developmental health in early childhood while considering the impact of timing/persistence of HFI and potential differences among racially or ethnically minoritized…

Early detection of health vulnerabilities in adolescents is integral to promoting healthy behaviors into adulthood. Our objective was to quantify the prevalence of health vulnerabilities among adolescents and examine differences by age and neighborhood opportunity. In a cross-sectional…