Reducing the risk of unintentional firearm injury and death among children requires urgent action, particularly as gun sales in the U.S. have spiked during the COVID-19 pandemic. This policy brief, co-authored by PolicyLab and the Center for Violence Prevention, builds out…

Members of immigrant communities and those with limited English proficiency (LEP) face many risks that make them more vulnerable to health and social consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. In June 2020, PolicyLab and community partners distributed an online survey to Pennsylvania…

STUDY OBJECTIVE: Nonadherence in sexual risk reduction interventions might be common among adolescents. We compared intervention completion rates among adolescent and young adult women with and without a previous pregnancy or sexually transmitted infection (STI) participating in a…

E-cigarette use among adolescents is epidemic, putting children at risk for significant harm. E-cigarettes are the most commonly used tobacco product among youth, with over 20% of high school students reporting current use. Harmful toxicants and known carcinogens are found in the…

The effects of mental health comorbidities and social support on the HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) care continuum are unknown. We conducted a cross-sectional study of men and transgender individuals, ≥ 18 years-old, with ≥ 2 male or transgender partners, or recent condomless…

As health care systems and payers are increasingly focused on the social needs of patients, there has been an emphasis on screening in the health care setting as a way to understand the support families require. However, we lack robust, evidence-based means of determining and…

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 fifth Annual Update. The clinic team provides medical care and psychosocial support for transgender…

PURPOSE: Gaps in preventive care may contribute to adverse outcomes among pregnant teens. This study quantified teen preventive care utilization before and after pregnancy. METHODS: A continuous retrospective cohort identified 150 teens with a positive pregnancy test (July 2015 to May…

As COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations continue to surge across the U.S., many are feeling apprehensive about sending more of our teachers and youth back into the classroom. Yet, as school testing protocols become more widely available and public health departments and schools prepare…

Our objective was to elicit the perspectives of survivors of child trafficking on addressing trafficking in the pediatric emergency department (ED) and, secondarily, to provide a survivor-derived framework to help pediatric emergency medicine (PEM) providers discuss trafficking with…