Through this study, we plan to describe and understand the experiences of school nurses in caring for SGM youth across the U.S., including to explain barriers and facilitators to education and/or the provision of quality care. We also…

Author:

April Ancheta, PhD, RN

Through this project, we aim to identify communities in Pennsylvania where crisis pregnancy centers are available in the local service landscape while comprehensive maternal health services are inadequate. We also aim to better…

Authors:

Jennifer Whittaker, Xi Wang

Through this project, we plan to establish the feasibility and acceptability of randomizing monthly UCTs in the NICU, understand caregivers’ lived experiences, and explore the efficacy of monthly UCTs on caregiver psychological stress…

Authors:

Zoe Bouchelle,

Timothy Nelin, MD

Following changes to prescribing guidelines in 2015, our team will examine longitudinal trends in psychotropic prescribing rates among Medicaid-enrolled children in Pennsylvania from 2016 to 2021. The analysis will pay particular…

Authors:

Meredith Matone, Doug Strane

Our team plans consolidate and disseminate best practices to help pediatric researchers engage in anti-racist research practices. We will review existing literature to identify best practices for conducting anti-racist research, and to…

Author:

Kate Wallis

Our team is evaluating 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 created a community advisory group made…

Author:

Yuan He

This project sought to assess and understand the impact of the pandemic on immigrant mothers’ access to prenatal health care using a mixed-methods approach. We chose to focus on access to prenatal care for two reasons: 1) pregnancy has…

Authors:

Xi Wang, Deanna Marshall

Through a multi-methods approach, our team is working to detail the experiences of families and providers who utilize, and determine the acceptability, benefits of, and concerns raised by the use of telehealth for these types of…

Authors:

Kate Wallis, Katherine Kellom

Using a qualitative, youth-centered approach, our team aimed 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…

Authors:

Shelby Davies, Nadia Dowshen,

Deborah Thomas, PhD

, Sarah Wood

To further explore this issue, our team sought to evaluate the impact of the Philadelphia Beverage Tax on soda consumption among youth, and to understand the perceived fairness and effectiveness of the tax among low-income parents. In…

Author:

Emma Edmondson

Our team mapped and described sanctuary areas in the United States and assessed their impact on Latinx population health. To do this, we built a novel, merged national dataset that links demographic information, birth outcomes and data…

Author:

Robin Ortiz MD