The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported more than 1.5 million chlamydia and 400,000 gonorrhea cases in 2015, mostly in adolescents and young adults. A relatively simple treatment can cure most patients of chlamydia and gonorrhea, but treating an infected patient…

ABSTRACT: Many families rely on employer-sponsored health insurance for their children. However, the rise in the cost of such insurance has outpaced growth in family income, potentially making public insurance (Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Plan) an attractive alternative…

As we enter a time when the future and shape of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) will be debated and considered, new research documents the increasingly important role the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and Medicaid already play in maintaining record-high rates of insurance…

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT), and questioning youth represent a diverse population who are affected by many sexual health inequities, including increased risk for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and sexually transmitted infections (STIs). To provide comprehensive…

The federal maintenance of effort (MOE) provision is a time-limited provision to prevent states from restricting access to existing public insurance coverage through methods like increasing out-of-pocket costs and rolling back eligibility. This provision is particularly important…

Public health insurance programs such as Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) have been critical to maintaining coverage and meeting the health care needs of millions of children in working families. Today, more than one in three U.S. children – 35 million –…

PolicyLab's new study publishd in Health Affairs comes at an important time: financing for CHIP is scheduled to end in 2017 unless Congress reappropriates funding. PolicyLab is committed to contributing research highlighting the importance of CHIP and Medicaid for children and…

ABSTRACT: In cases of maltreatment involving children of U.S. Army service members, the U.S. Army Family Advocacy Program (FAP) is responsible for providing services to families and ensuring child safety. The percentage of cases of maltreatment that are known to FAP, however, is…

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: The general population and most physicians have implicit racial bias against black adults. Pediatricians also have implicit bias against black adults, albeit less than other specialties. There is no published research on the implicit racial attitudes of…

ABSTRACT: Over the past 2 decades, hospitals have been increasingly called on to provide stabilization and treatment of pediatric patients with mental health symptoms. At least 1 in 10 hospitalized children >3 years has both a medical and a psychiatric condition, and the…