Background: Community health workers (CHWs) are vital links between communities and health systems, with CHW models facilitating positive health and life outcomes. However, little is known about CHWs’ experiences serving in these roles or their potential to support the transition to…

Many pediatric health systems have recently implemented social needs screening and support programs in response to the link between social needs and children’s health outcomes, as well as mandates and incentives from payers and regulatory organizations. In developing processes for…

Importance: Taxation of sweetened beverages is a proposed strategy to reduce excess sugar consumption. The association of such taxes with health outcomes is not well studied. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is the largest US city with a beverage tax.Objective: To assess whether…

Objective: To identify barriers and facilitators to family-level comfort with health-related social needs (HRSN) data collection and documentation in the pediatric clinical setting.Study setting and design: This qualitative study was nested within a pragmatic randomized…

To create equitable programs and policies, the perspectives of populations who prefer a non-English language must be prioritized. However, guidelines are scarce for conducting language-inclusive clinical research, and limited transparency exists among multilingual studies about the…

Childhood behavioral problems are common; despite evidence that parenting interventions improve outcomes, the use of these programs is limited. Virtual delivery may ameliorate attendance barriers, but little is known on the acceptability and feasibility of virtual group parenting…

Study objective: Menstrual inequity-unequal access to menstrual health care or products-negatively affects well-being in relation to the menstrual cycle, a construct known as menstrual health. Few studies have explored menstrual inequities among adolescent and young adult…

Although every youth in pediatric/adolescent HIV care will need to transition to adult-oriented care, there are no existing evidence-based interventions to optimize health through this process. Healthcare transition poses a persistent challenge to the health of youth living with HIV,…

Nearly 1 in 5 families with children in the United States are food insecure. Hospitalization of a child can exacerbate food insecurity, both during the hospitalization and after discharge. Although some hospitals provide free or subsidized meals during hospitalization, few address food…

The opioid crisis continues to take lives and cause harm to both individuals and communities throughout the US, including children. There have been many efforts across many settings to reduce the toll of opioid-associated harm in our society. One such effort is the prescribing of…