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…

PolicyLab responded to a request for comment from the U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services and Agriculture on two reports on alcoholic beverages and health. The reports and comments will be considered in the development of the 2025-2030 Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA)…

Objective: Depression and stressors both increase during adolescence. The stress generation model posits that depression symptoms and associated impairment contribute to the generation of dependent stressors. Adolescent depression prevention programs have been shown to reduce the…

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…

Background: School nurses (SNs) can play important roles in the health of sexual and gender minority (SGM) youth, yet little is known about their knowledge and attitudes toward this population.Purpose: To understand SNs' knowledge and attitudes in caring for SGM youth across…

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…

Background/Objectives: To assess the feasibility and acceptability of freelisting for adolescents with chronic musculoskeletal pain (CMP) and use freelisting to identify how adolescents with CMP cope with pain. Methods: This was a mixed-methods cross-sectional single-center study…

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…