Preterm birth places entire families under an immense amount of financial and psychological stress and can have a real impact on both child and caregiver health. Unconditional cash transfer (UCT) programs are one promising way health systems can intervene.  In this Research at a…

OBJECTIVES School-based asthma management is a key facet of child asthma care. We aimed to describe the proportion of students whose schools have child-specific components of asthma care, derive a composite metric of these components (“school asthma readiness”), and assess its…

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) provided comments in response to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Interim Final Rule on Community Engagement Requirement for Certain Individuals, CMS-2454-IFC.In these comments, CHOP focuses on the unique needs of youth who…

Early Intervention (EI) services can improve developmental outcomes for young children with developmental delays or disabilities, but many families face barriers to accessing these services. Longstanding racial and socioeconomic disparities mean that children from historically…

Cash transfer programs show promise for improving families’ lives, including children’s health. They can and should complement existing programs that we already know work for children and families, like SNAP or WIC. Cash transfer programs may also improve families’ well…

Vision care is easy to overlook but it has lasting impacts. Clear vision supports all aspects of a child’s well-being, including learning, development, confidence and social interactions. When vision problems go untreated, they can …

Study objectiveThe emergency department (ED) is a key setting for social care, but there is limited guidance for implementation. This study compares ED social care approaches and elucidates caregiver perspectives on social care delivery.MethodsThis was a secondary analysis of a mixed…

BackgroundParental substance use disorder (SUD) increases risk for child maltreatment and child welfare system involvement. Parents with SUD have challenges forming healthy attachments with their children and have diminished capacity for reflective functioning, a vital component of…

Objectives:There is a need for formal guidance around antiracist research practices to dismantle structural racism, which has been embedded into the design and conduct of health sciences research. Our objective is to review and summarize recommendations from published literature…

ObjectiveDetermine the association of infant mortality (IM) and gentrification, a composite measure of rising neighborhood income, education, and housing costs.Study designRetrospective cohort analysis of 672,432 infants born 2010–2019 across metropolitan Michigan. Multilevel…