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There has been a nearly 200% increase in emergency department visits for mental health emergencies by children and adolescents over the past decade. This issue impacts not only the children and adolescents who are awaiting psychiatric treatment, but also the clinicians who care for…
Objectives: The aims of this study were to describe chief complaints provided at emergency department triage for young children ultimately given a diagnosed with injuries concerning for physical abuse and compare chief complaints by hospital child protection team assessment (abuse…
Organization, time management, and planning (OTMP) skills are behavioral manifestations of executive functioning linked to academic outcomes. Interventions to improve OTMP skills have shown favorable outcomes. The Children’s Organizational Skills Scale parent and teacher forms (COSS-P,…
Objective: To test potential cognitive and interpersonal moderators of two evidence-based youth depression prevention programs.Method: Two hundred four adolescents (Mage = 14.62 years, SD = 1.65; 56% female; 71% White, 11% Black, 11% multiracial, 5% Asian, 2%…
Background: Federal legislation mandates healthcare providers to notify child protective service (CPS) agencies and offer a voluntary care plan called a "plan of safe care" (POSC) for all infants born affected by prenatal substance use. While POSCs aim to provide supportive…
Children face weight-based stigma from their healthcare providers at a disconcerting rate, and efforts to mitigate this have been scant. This study aimed to quantify pediatric healthcare professionals' attitudes and beliefs about weight stigma and to determine stigma reduction…
Adolescents are uniquely poised to benefit from telehealth due to their familiarity with technology, their increasing independence and desire for privacy. PolicyLab and CHOP research expands on previously limited data and demonstrates a clear desire among adolescents,…
Two-month-old medically complex twins are transported to your facility from out of state for escalation of their care. Both twins have a complicated medical history including limited feeding skills, complex congenital cardiac disease, genetic diagnoses, and chronic respiratory failure…
Contraception is an essential component of comprehensive sexual and reproductive health care for adolescents and young adults (AYAs) because it facilitates individual reproductive goals and bodily autonomy. This population faces unique challenges in accessing contraception at the…
CAPNET is a multicenter child abuse pediatrics research network developed to support research that will make the medical care of potentially abused children more effective, safe, and fair. CAPNET currently collects detailed clinical data from child physical abuse evaluations from 11…