Health systems are built to respond reactively to health concerns, but improving health - while reducing health disparities - requires creative thinking and proactive planning at multiple levels within and beyond the walls of the health care system.In our Population Health Sciences…

IntroductionK-12 schools are not only educational settings but also hubs of social interaction, making them potential drivers of disease transmission within households and communities. While many existing studies have assessed school masking in relation to in-school transmission, the…

Objective To examine long-term trends in adolescent depression and suicide risk screening and interim symptom monitoring in pediatric primary care (PC) following implementation of universal screening at well-visits.Methods This retrospective cohort study examined electronic…

Objective: To examine changes in children's Medicaid and CHIP enrollment during the Families First Coronavirus Response Act unwinding and assess whether CHIP enrollment offsets Medicaid declines.Study setting and design: We used linear probability models with monthly indicators to…

Objective: To examine changes in children's Medicaid and CHIP enrollment during the Families First Coronavirus Response Act unwinding and assess whether CHIP enrollment offsets Medicaid declines.Study setting and design: We used linear probability models with monthly indicators to…

ObjectiveTo evaluate whether depression prevention programs can reduce adolescents' within-persons' depression and anxiety symptoms from pre-prevention assessed levels, which were obtained via naturalistic repeated measures for 1-year before randomization and intervention delivery, to…

PolicyLab responded to a request for comment from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security on the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to Rescind 2022 Public Charge Ground of Inadmissibility Regulations.In their response, contributing PolicyLab experts cautioned that rescinding these…

Image PolicyLab’s 2025 Year in Review includes exciting research developments, policy wins and connections in the community.   Hear from several of our team members as they put our evidence-to-action model into…

ObjectiveTo explore potential associations between neighborhood-level factors and early organ dysfunction in children who are critically ill. Study designThis retrospective, ecological cohort study assessed the association between neighborhood factors and early organ dysfunction…

Caregivers’ health shapes children’s health. That’s why we lead research on how systems can better help meet caregivers’ and families’ needs.Our unique position within a pediatric health system allows us to collaborate with community partners to bridge health, education, public benefit…