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Aug 16, 2022
The Benefits of Healthy School Start Time Policy for Teens and Beyond
This fall, California will implement the first statewide school start times policy. C.A. Senate Bill 328, passed in 2019, requires high schools to…
Aug 10, 2022
Supporting Students, Staff and Families Through Challenging Times: Oakland Unified School District’s Experience
Prior to the start of the pandemic, Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) was a district in which more than 70% of students qualified for free and…
Aug 08, 2022
Supporting School Nurses to Improve Student Health
The pandemic upended education and forced teaching and other school services online. Yet when in-person schooling returned, a shortage of staff and…
Aug 04, 2022
COVID-19 Outlook: Schools Update Health and Safety Plans For the New Academic Year
As schools begin to open across the United States, leaders of schools and early care and education settings are busy assessing the current state of…
Aug 03, 2022
Black Breastfeeding Matters: Mitigating Racial Inequities in Child Health Outcomes
Breastfeeding/chestfeeding has numerous well-described short- and long-term health benefits for infants and caregivers. A recent survey of…
Aug 02, 2022
No Time to Pump the Brakes… The Need for Workplace Lactation Policy is Now
As we welcome World Breastfeeding Week 2022, we support the World Alliance for Breastfeeding Awareness’s campaign to focus on the significant…
Aug 01, 2022
Policies Supportive of Breastfeeding Improve Parent Health and Productivity
This past June, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) updated their policy statement, “Breastfeeding and the…
Jul 28, 2022
Community Health Needs Assessment Highlights Importance of Addressing Mental Health and Community Violence
When asked recently about the most pressing unmet health needs in their community, people across southeastern Pennsylvania identified priorities…
Jul 21, 2022
One Size Doesn’t Fit All: The Need to Improve Eating Disorder Assessment Tools
Eating disorders are serious psychiatric illnesses associated with high morbidity, mortality and psychosocial impairment. They can affect anyone…
Jul 06, 2022
Supporting Early Literacy for Babies and Toddlers in Military Families With Recent Federal Action in 200 Words
When caregivers read aloud with their children in the earliest years, it helps stimulate healthy brain development and form the safe, stable,…
Jul 05, 2022
New Federal Efforts to Protect LGBTQI+ Youth Health in 200 Words
Transgender and gender-diverse youth often face discrimination and barriers in accessing health care, which can lead to significant harmful mental…
Jun 28, 2022
A New Framework for Measuring Racial Equity in Policy
Recent major events, including the COVID-19 pandemic (with its disproportionate effect on communities of color) and high-profile incidents of racial…
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