In an effort to share knowledge and experience for future pandemic planning efforts, PolicyLab and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s Division of Emergency Medicine compiled a summary of CHOP’s emergency department (ED) initial response to the COVID-19 pandemic as the virus spread…

With schools closed and families social distancing, the COVID-19 pandemic has significantly changed the lives of children across the country. For youth with disabilities and special health care needs and their caregivers, the challenges brought about by the pandemic have…

Despite efforts to reduce the age of diagnosis for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and ameliorate disparities in the identification of children with ASD from diverse backgrounds, we have only recently begun to move the needle. We acknowledge the formidable task pediatricians face…

With child care settings beginning phased reopening in Pennsylvania, we prepared this checklist of questions to help guide parents, guardians and families in these conversations.   The questions presented in this document are generated by experts in pediatric primary care,…

Families have been faced with important decisions about child care during the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition to allowing caregivers to participate in the workforce, child care is valuable for children’s social and emotional development. Therefore, caregivers considering child care…

On January 20, 2020, authorities reported the first US case of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Snohomish County, Washington. By March 11, the World Health Organization declared a global pandemic, and on March 13, the US declared a national emergency. On March 18, the American…

IMPORTANCE: Local variation in the transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) across the United States has not been well studied. OBJECTIVE: To examine the association of county-level factors with variation in the SARS-CoV-2 reproduction number over…

While COVID-19 has placed many youth sports seasons on hold, the absence of team play is affecting more than just team records.    Sports provide youth with opportunities for growth and development on and off the field such as training for a goal, learning to be a good…

BACKGROUND: This study examined whether distinct sleep problem trajectories from infancy through middle childhood were associated with multiple aspects of child well-being at ages 10-11 years. METHODS: Data were from the first six waves of the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children…

Message framing can be leveraged to motivate adult smokers to quit, but its value for parents in pediatric settings is unknown. Understanding parents' preferences for smoking cessation messages may help clinicians tailor interventions to increase quitting. We conducted a discrete…