PolicyLab funds a variety of innovative research projects through a pilot grant program with the Center for Pediatric Clinical Effectiveness. Check out this section to learn about these projects.
Our team will evaluate the impact of neighborhood greenspace on the risk of child maltreatment in Philadelphia. Given our emphasis on addressing neighborhood investment as part of this project, we will begin by identifying and engag...
Through this project, we will take a mixed-method, population-based approach to assess and understand the impact of the pandemic on immigrant mothers’ access to prenatal health care and outcomes. This includes disparities based on m...
Through a mixed-methods approach, our team plans to detail the experiences of families and providers who utilize telehealth services for the assessment of ASD in young children, and determine the acceptability, benefits of, and conc...
Using a qualitative, youth-centered approach, our team aims to understand the experiences of adolescents and young adults who menstruate and live in poverty in the U.S., identify the barriers and facilitators to adequate menstrual h...
To further explore this issue, our team seeks to understand the perceived fairness and effectiveness of the Philadelphia Beverage Tax, including the innovative approach of designating tax revenue to fund expansion of free pre-kinder...
Our team plans to map and describe sanctuary areas in the United States and assess their impact on Latinx population health. To do this, we are building a novel, merged national dataset that links demographic information, birth outc...
To address this issue, our team plans to develop and test a unique telemedicine system that simulates pharmacist prescribing and dispensing of contraceptives to adolescent women through medication dispensing machines, or MedStations...
To build on the success of this parenting intervention, our team will assess a new four-session Positive Discipline Module with caregivers of children 2-6 years old who have completed the PriCARE program. The additional module is a ...
Through this project, we aim to determine rates of chlamydia screening and infection among adolescent females in Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s (CHOP) primary care network and identify highest-priority practices for intervent...