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Health Officials Call for Better Communication about Vaccines
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Charleston Daily Mail
Jun 17, 2015
Dr. Kristen Feemster was the keynote speaker at the 2015 West Virginia Immunization Summit. Better communicating vaccine safety and effectiveness is key to addressing the growing public concern over immunizing children, she said. …
43 Percent of Pa. Foster Children Getting Psychotropic Drugs, Study Finds
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Newsworks
Jun 17, 2015
This article discusses a new PolicyLab report - Psychotropic Medication Use by Pennsylvania Children in Foster Care and Enrolled in Medicaid - and includes a quote from Meredith Matone and an interview clip with Kathleen Noonan. …
Report Calls for Better Health Coverage of PA's Undocumented Kids
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Newsworks
Jun 17, 2015
PolicyLab's Dr. Kate Yun discusses a new report that finds the children of undocumented immigrants frequently go without medical care because they lack insurance, and it calls for lifting the ban on insuring them through CHIP. …
Almost Half of All Pa. Foster Kids on Anti-Anxiety or Anti-Psychotic Meds
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Philly Voice
Jun 16, 2015
This article discusses a new PolicyLab report - Psychotropic Medication Use by Pennsylvania Children in Foster Care and Enrolled in Medicaid - which found that almost half of Pennsylvania foster youth are prescribed…
Fear Shouldn’t Drive Policy: CHOP Expert Offers Vaccine Commentary
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Cornerstone
Jun 16, 2015
PolicyLab's Dr. Kristen Feemster discusses her recent editorial in JAMA Pediatrics, which reviews vaccines’ successes while also pointing out that exemption laws and increasing vaccine hesitancy means their success…
Study: Pa. Foster Children Given Psychotropic, Antipsychotic Drugs at High Rate
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The Morning Call
Jun 16, 2015
PolicyLab's Kathleen Noonan is quoted in this article about the research findings of a new PolicyLab report - Psychotropic Medication Use by Pennsylvania Children in Foster Care and Enrolled in Medicaid.
Pa. Study: Kids in Foster Care 3 Times As Likely To Get Psych Drugs
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CBS Philly
Jun 16, 2015
This article discusses a new PolicyLab report - Psychotropic Medication Use by Pennsylvania Children in Foster Care and Enrolled in Medicaid - and the state's response to the report's findings.
Educators Can Help Potential Dropouts by Learning the Language of Data
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The Notebook
Jun 04, 2015
This article discusses PolicyLab's new report - A Promise Worth Keeping: Advancing the High School Graduation Rate in Philadelphia - and asks the question, "If you knew you could identify a 12-year-old child in danger of dropping out…
Filling Prescriptions After Asthma Hospitalization Reduces Readmissions
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Cornerstone
May 29, 2015
This blog examines PolicyLab researcher Dr. Chén Kenyon's recent studies on hospital readmission rates for patients with asthma and strategies to improve care for children from the hospital to the home.
Graduation Rate Hits New High, But Some Groups Still Lag Behind
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The Notebook
May 29, 2015
This article examines findings from PolicyLab's new report, A Promise Worth Keeping: Advancing the High School Graduation Rate in Philadelphia. The article discusses which segments of the student population still trail their peers…
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