New Study Suggests Support for Families and Children in Poverty Cannot Begin Too Early Philadelphia, Pa. – July 12, 2017 – By age one, infants in low-socioeconomic families have already been exposed to greater environmental disadva...

Statement from PolicyLab Director Dr. David Rubin Philadelphia, Pa. – Dec. 13, 2016 – Only 20 percent of medically diagnosed child abuse and neglect cases in U.S. Army dependent children between 2004 and 2007 were found to have a s...

Philadelphia, Pa. – Dec. 5, 2016 – An increasing number of low-income parents are not obtaining health insurance for their children through their employer, even as they obtain coverage for themselves, and are instead turning to the ...

Statement from PolicyLab at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, AccessMatters, Public Citizens For Children and Youth (PCCY), The LARC Project, Penn Family Planning and Pregnancy Loss Center, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology...

Hypertension and prehypertension in children often go undiagnosed, according to a new study published today in Pediatrics. The study focused on children with abnormal blood pressures across the United States, and is the first to sho...

Children hospitalized for medical or surgical procedures who have an existing mental health condition stay in the hospital longer than children without these conditions. Pediatric researchers who analyzed a national database recomme...

PHILADELPHIA, June 20, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Parents of young children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) may experience significant difficulties in discussing treatment options with the child's pediatrician, ac...

David Rubin, MD, director of PolicyLab, a research center at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), was recently appointed to the United States Department of Defense (DoD) Military Family Readiness Council (MFRC). Establis...

Philadelphia, PA – The Department of Human Services (DHS) and PolicyLab at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) today announced several new initiatives that will further reduce the use of psychotropic medication among Medi...

Researchers have found that children in low-income families experience greater access to preventive medical and dental care under Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) than children covered by private insurance....