Our Blog
Helping to understand children's health research, policy & practice
Aug 17, 2021
New Challenges Await College Students Ahead of an Uncertain Academic Year. How Can We Support Them?
A new academic year approaches, and as mental health providers who predominantly work with adolescents, we reflected on how college students and…
Aug 11, 2021
Lessons Learned From a Year of School Surveillance
The word “uncertain” comes to mind when we think of the 2020-21 school year. In fall 2020, when we were both undergraduate students…
Aug 05, 2021
COVID-19 Outlook: The Uncertainty of What is to Come
With COVID-19 cases increasing across the country again, the importance of following local data is now more critical than ever. In parts of the South…
Jul 27, 2021
How COVID-19 Highlighted the Need for Teen Mental Health Screening in 200 Words
The COVID-19 pandemic—and school closures, disrupted routines, social isolation, family illness and financial hardships that accompanied it…
Jul 22, 2021
Picture This!: Exam Rooms as Examples of Ways to Integrate Play…Everywhere!
Walking into my (Danielle) clinical office, three exam rooms sit ready, filled with families each waiting to be seen. The day starts with a 10-year…
Jul 20, 2021
COVID-19 Outlook: A Summer Resurgence as Schools Plan for Fall
As COVID-19 incidence rates decreased in late spring 2021, our team stopped providing weekly COVID-Lab blog updates but noted we would…
Jul 07, 2021
A Life-changing Experience: My Takeaways from Modeling a Global Pandemic
I didn’t know I would become a biostatistician when I was studying biology at Wuhan University in Wuhan, China, 15 years ago—just like I…
Jun 25, 2021
Supporting the Mental Health of LGBTQ+ Youth Following COVID-19’s Impact
LGBTQ+ youth face a number of unique challenges to their emotional and physical well-being, and the COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionally affected…
Jun 17, 2021
How Have Rates of Childhood Obesity Changed Amid COVID-19 in 200 Words
Strategies to protect families from COVID-19, like “shelter-at-home” recommendations, made it difficult for youth to engage in…
May 25, 2021
Maternal & Child Health Need Indices Explainer: A Tool to Support PA Communities
Maternal-child health (MCH) is a public health priority for the United States. The well-being of children and their caregivers determines the health…
May 21, 2021
How Health Systems Can Help Address Language Barriers to Achieve Digital Health Equity
The parents of a 7-year-old girl call their clinic with concerns about the health of their daughter. A telehealth visit is scheduled. On the day…
Check out our Policy Tools View Policy Tools