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Pennsylvania DHS Continues Push to Increase Access to High-Quality Services, Announces Telephonic Psychiatric Contracts
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PR Newswire
Jul 22, 2016
The Pennsylvania Department of Human Services continues to make progress on the recommendations put forth in PolicyLab's report that found a growing number of teens and young adults were being prescribed antipsychotics. …
Three Ways to Connect With Youth to Improve HIV Testing and Care
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Bench to Bedside
Jul 01, 2016
In this article, PolicyLab's Dr. Nadia Dowshen discusses the use of mobile health (mHealth) technology in communicating with HIV positive youth.
Time to Strengthen Parent-Pediatrician Conversations About Autism Care
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Bench to Bedside
Jul 01, 2016
A new study co-authored by PolicyLab's Dr. Alex Fiks discussed in this article, highlights the need for shared decision-making (SDM) by both providers and parents in the treatment of children with autism spectrum…
Q&A: How Computer-Simulated Hospital Systems May Improve Care
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Cornerstone
Jun 21, 2016
PolicyLab researcher Dr. Eugene Day describes computer models he and his team develop that are simulations programmed for the purpose of quality improvement.
Use of Psych Drugs in Poor Kids Has Leveled Off
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The Philadelphia Inquirer
Jun 08, 2016
This article references PolicyLab's report, published last year, on psychotropic medication use by Pennsylvania children in foster care and enrolled in Medicaid.
15 Questions: Mental Health and Pediatric Lupus
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Lupus Foundation of America
Jun 02, 2016
In a blog for the Lupus Foundation of America's "Ask the Expert" series, PolicyLab's Dr. Andrea Knight answers 15 questions offering insight into how lupus can greatly impact a child’s or teen’s mental health.
CHOP Research In the News: Racial Bias, HPV Vaccination, Patient Perspective
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Cornerstone
May 20, 2016
This article discusses a PolicyLab blog on how stresses in the emergency department can affect unconscious racial bias and research on how clinician, child, and guardian gender is associated with receipt of routine…
Applying Behavioral Economics to the Thorny Issue of Vaccine Acceptance
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HEALTH Policy$ense
May 19, 2016
This blog discusses research from Dr. Alex Fiks and Dr. Kristen Feemster, which evaluated the feasibility and impact of interventions informed by behavioral economics to increase Tdap vaccination among caregivers of young infants…
CHOP Research In the News: Team Science for Autism, Youth Violence, Award at PAS Meeting, Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
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Cornerstone
May 06, 2016
This article discusses a new PolicyLab guest blog written by researcher, Laura Johnson Faherty, MD, MPH, who is working with PolicyLab and the Center for Perinatal and Pediatric Health Disparities on neonatal abstinence syndrome …
Ask the Experts - Mental Health and Pediatric Lupus
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Lupus Foundation of America
May 01, 2016
PolicyLab's Dr. Andrea Knight was the Lupus Foundation of America’s presenter for this month’s Ask the Expert series. In her presentation, Dr. Knight offers insight into how lupus can greatly impact a child’s or teen’s mental…
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