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Community and Behavioral Health Innovators
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Social Innovations Journal
Jan 26, 2017
Dr. Dowshen’s research portfolio, “Positively Connected for Health (PC4H),” engages adolescents through mobile health technologies to deliver interventions to HIV-positive in real time and at places where adolescents need support. …
Study: Only 23% of Youths With Hypertension Receive Diagnosis
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AAP News
Jan 19, 2017
Among U.S. children meeting clinical criteria for hypertension, few are given a diagnosis of hypertension and even fewer are being treated with medication.
Child Abuse In the Army May Be Severely Underreported
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Healio
Jan 05, 2017
A new PolicyLab study found that one in five U.S. Army soldiers’ children who received a medical diagnosis of child abuse or neglect had a corresponding report substantiated by the U.S. Army Family Advocacy Program.
CHOP study: Child Abuse in Army Families Could Be Going Under-Reported
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PhillyVoice
Dec 15, 2016
PolicyLab researchers found that only 20 percent of U.S. Army dependent child abuse and neglect cases diagnosed by doctors between 2004-2007 were found to have a "substantiated report" in the Army's Family Advocacy Program system. …
Child Abuse in Army Families Likely Under-Reported: Study
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Military.com
Dec 14, 2016
PolicyLab researchers found that only 20 percent of U.S. Army dependent child abuse and neglect cases diagnosed by doctors between 2004-2007 were found to have a "substantiated report" in the Army's Family Advocacy Program system. …
Child Abuse Cases in Army Families May Be Under-Reported
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U.S. News and World Report
Dec 14, 2016
A new PolicyLab study found that one in five U.S. Army soldiers’ children who received a medical diagnosis of child abuse or neglect had a corresponding report substantiated by the U.S. Army Family Advocacy Program.
Report: Child Abuse in Army Families Under-Reported in ‘Broken’ System
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Stars and Stripes
Dec 14, 2016
A new PolicyLab study found that between 2004-2007, one in five U.S. Army soldiers’ children who received a medical diagnosis of child abuse or neglect had a corresponding report substantiated by the U.S. Army Family Advocacy…
Up To 1 In 5 Army Child Abuse Cases May Never Be Investigated
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Forbes
Dec 14, 2016
A new PolicyLab study found that one in five U.S. Army soldiers’ children who received a medical diagnosis of child abuse or neglect had a corresponding report substantiated by the U.S. Army Family Advocacy Program.
Under-Reporting of Child Abuse Suspected Within U.S. Army
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Physician's Briefing
Dec 14, 2016
A new PolicyLab study found that one in five U.S. Army soldiers’ children who received a medical diagnosis of child abuse or neglect had a corresponding report substantiated by the U.S. Army Family Advocacy Program.
Many Parents With Job-Based Coverage Turn To Medicaid, CHIP To Insure Kids
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California Healthline
Dec 12, 2016
Lower income parents who have health insurance through their employers are increasingly likely to forgo family coverage and enroll their kids in Medicaid or CHIP instead, a new PolicyLab study found.
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