Childhood adversity places youth at risk for multiple negative outcomes. The current study aimed to understand how a constellation of risk and resilience factors influenced mental health outcomes as a function of adversities: socioeconomic status (SES) and traumatic stressful events …

The Gender & Sexuality Development Clinic (GSDC) was founded in January 2014 and with our exciting growth over the last few years we are pleased to share with you our sixth Annual Update. The clinic team provides medical care and psychosocial support for transgender…

In the racial reckoning of 2020, several U.S. health care organizations pledged to combat structural racism and reduce health inequity. Many health care leaders subsequently focused on interventions to provide patients from marginalized groups with education or assistance, such as…

Health and health care disparities are widespread with major impacts on outcomes for children and families. Inequitable care is poor quality care. Though health IT has the potential to improve disparities, health IT implementation can have unintended consequences of…

The standards of care for transgender and gender diverse youth (TGDY) experiencing gender dysphoria are well-established and include gender-affirming medical interventions. As of July 2021, 22 states have introduced or passed legislation that bans the provision of gender-affirming…

We sought to evaluate sexual history documentation and corresponding Chlamydia trachomatis screening practices across a large pediatric primary care network in the context of patient and clinic characteristics. Demographic, chlamydia screening, and provider note…

Young men who have sex with men (YMSM) between the ages of 13 and 24 are a key population for HIV prevention. The parents of gay, bisexual, and queer (GBQ) adolescent males and the sex communication they have with their sons has yet to be explored as an HIV prevention intervention. We…

We sought to aggregate common barriers and facilitators to screening adolescents for sensitive health topics (e.g., depression, chlamydia) in primary care, as well as those that are unique to a given health topic. We conducted a literature search of three databases (PsycInfo, MEDLINE,…

During the Coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, ambulatory pediatric rheumatology healthcare rapidly transformed to a mainly telehealth model. However, pediatric patient and caregiver satisfaction with broadly deployed telehealth programs remains largely unknown. This study aimed to…

PolicyLab responded to a request for information from the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance regarding policy proposals to address unmet mental health needs.  In this response, PolicyLab experts answer questions, such as “how should shortages of providers specializing in…