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The goal of this review was to provide an update on the literature examining how voluntary, temporary abstention from eating impacts cognitive function. We evaluated peer-reviewed articles published between August 2013 and January 2021 that assessed adults, included a measure of co...
The burden of asthma disproportionately affects minority and low-income communities, resulting in racial and socioeconomic disparities in asthma prevalence, asthma exacerbations, and asthma-related death. Social determinants of health are increasingly implicated as root causes of d...
The effects of poverty on child health have been exacerbated by the COVID19 pandemic and concurrent economic recession, magnifying the urgency for pediatric healthcare institutions to effectively address patients’ unmet social needs. Simultaneously, there is increasing policy and p...
Pediatric health systems are increasingly screening caregivers for unmet social needs. However, it remains unclear how best to connect families with unmet needs to available and appropriate community resources. We aimed to explore caregivers' perceived barriers to and facilitators ...
PolicyLab responded to a request for information from the U.S. Congressional Social Determinants of Health Caucus regarding challenges and opportunities related to addressing social determinants of health. In this response, PolicyLab experts answer questions such as “what specific...
IMPORTANCE: Many children and adolescents in the United States are exposed to neighborhood gun violence. Associations between violence exposure and children’s short-term mental health are not well understood. OBJECTIVE: To examine the association between neighborhood gun violence a...
Rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are at an all-time high, a trend that has only been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Adolescents are disproportionately affected by STIs and are at elevated risk of being reinfected, usually because of resumed sexual contact with...
The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic has had a disproportionate impact on Black, Hispanic, and other individuals of color, although data on the effect of a person's language on SARS-CoV-2 infection are limited. Considering the barriers suffered ...
Despite American Academy of Pediatrics recommendations that adolescents receive healthcare transition (HCT) services starting at age 12, few do. Electronic health record-based clinical decision support (CDS) tools are effective at promoting healthcare provider adherence to clinical...
In the last decade, there has been a robust increase in research using financial incentives to promote healthy behaviors as behavioral economics and new monitoring technologies have been applied to health behaviors. Most studies of financial incentives on health behaviors have focu...