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Child-Adult Relationship Enhancement in Primary Care (PriCARE) is a 6-session group training designed to teach positive parenting skills. Parent engagement in such programs is a common implementation barrier. Our objectives were to (1) examine the impact of a peer mentor on attendance…
More than 50% of US children are crushed with debt—sleep debt. The 2014 National Sleep in America poll found that half of youth obtain less sleep than recommended on school nights, meaning approximately 29 million children in the United States are deprived of one of the most…
Preventive health care between pregnancies may benefit future pregnancies and women's long-term health, yet such care is frequently incomplete. We used Andersen's Model of Health Services Use to identify factors associated with receipt of interconception care. This secondary analysis…
As the proportion of children with Medicaid coverage increases, many pediatric health systems are searching for effective strategies to improve management of this high-risk population and reduce need for inpatient resources. OBJECTIVE: To estimate the impact of a targeted population…
On November 4, 2019, PolicyLab hosted “Equity, Affordability & Quality: A Roundtable on Medicaid & CHIP’s Future for Youth.” During this event, we assembled children’s health experts with the goal of outlining effective, evidence-based health policy issues and solutions ripe…
Adverse pregnancy outcomes increase infants’ risk for mortality and future health problems. Neighborhood physical disorder may contribute to adverse pregnancy outcomes by increasing maternal chronic stress. Google Street View technology presents a novel method for assessing…
A growing number of children in the US are from immigrant families. We conducted a national survey to examine pediatricians’ self-rated preparedness to care for children in immigrant families. A 2017 survey of American Academy of Pediatrics members assessed respondent characteristics,…
Two million adolescents experience suicidal ideation (SI) or suicide attempt (SA) annually, and they frequently present to emergency departments. Delays in transfer to inpatient psychiatric units increasingly lead to “boarding” in emergency departments and inpatient medical units. We…
BACKGROUND: Access to written hospital discharge instructions improves caregiver understanding and patient outcomes. However, nearly half of hospitals do not translate discharge instructions, and little is known about why. OBJECTIVES: To identify barriers to and potential strategies…
OBJECTIVE: To utilize hospital EMR data for children placed in foster care (FC) and a matched control group to compare: 1) healthcare utilization rates for primary care, subspecialty care, emergency department (ED) visits, and hospitalizations; 2) overall charges per patient-year; and…