To date, no studies have examined policymaker language characterizing firearm violence. Investigating this provides a critical interpretation of policymakers’ perceptions of the issue and its downstream health and public health…

Author:

Vivek Ashok

Through this study, our team will utilize mixed methods to compare clinical and social variables between pediatric kidney transplant recipients from families who prefer a language other than English and those who prefer English, with a…

Author:

Stephanie Kerkvliet, MD

Through this study, we plan to describe and understand the experiences of school nurses in caring for SGM youth across the U.S., including to explain barriers and facilitators to education and/or the provision of quality care. We also…

Author:

April Ancheta, PhD, RN

Through this project, we aim to identify communities in Pennsylvania where crisis pregnancy centers are available in the local service landscape while comprehensive maternal health services are inadequate. We also aim to better…

Authors:

Jennifer Whittaker, Xi Wang

Through this project, we plan to establish the feasibility and acceptability of randomizing monthly UCTs in the NICU, understand caregivers’ lived experiences, and explore the efficacy of monthly UCTs on caregiver psychological stress…

Authors:

Zoe Bouchelle,

Timothy Nelin, MD

Following changes to prescribing guidelines in 2015, our team will examine longitudinal trends in psychotropic prescribing rates among Medicaid-enrolled children in Pennsylvania from 2016 to 2021. The analysis will pay particular…

Authors:

Meredith Matone, Doug Strane

Our team consolidated best practices to help pediatric researchers engage in anti-racist research practices and we plan to disseminate creatively to interested groups. We reviewed existing literature to identify best practices for…

Author:

Kate Wallis

Our team is evaluating the impact of neighborhood greenspace on the risk of child maltreatment in Philadelphia. Given our emphasis on addressing neighborhood investment as part of this project, we created a community advisory group made…

Author:

Yuan He

This project sought to assess and understand the impact of the pandemic on immigrant mothers’ access to prenatal health care using a mixed-methods approach. We chose to focus on access to prenatal care for two reasons: 1) pregnancy has…

Authors:

Xi Wang, Deanna Marshall

Through a multi-methods approach, our team is working to detail the experiences of families and providers who utilize, and determine the acceptability, benefits of, and concerns raised by the use of telehealth for these types of…

Authors:

Kate Wallis, Katherine Kellom

Using a qualitative, youth-centered approach, our team aimed to understand the experiences of adolescents and young adults who menstruate and live in poverty in the U.S., identify the barriers and facilitators to adequate menstrual…

Authors:

Shelby Davies, Nadia Dowshen,

Deborah Thomas, PhD

, Sarah Wood