BACKGROUND: Despite an increasing prevalence of diagnosed attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) among children, the impact of ADHD on utilization and costs of health care services is largely unknown. OBJECTIVE: To examine differences in health care utilization and costs…

OBJECTIVE: To determine the risk of hospitalization associated with prenatal care use and indicators of socioeconomic status and social support among infants of teenage mothers. DESIGN: Population-based case-control study. SETTING: Nonfederal hospitals in Washington State. …

This Research at a Glance brief describes the goals, methods and findings of a PolicyLab project designed to help families and clinicians make decisions about ADHD treatment.

This Research at a Glance brief presents findings from a recent study of refugee health, including findings that refugees are more likely to have worse health status, chronic disease, disabling pain, and higher rates of uninsurance than other immigrants.

This Research at a Glance brief documents the effectiveness of providing decision support strategies and tools to clinicians for promoting the initiation of the HPV vaccine series, and it documents the effectiveness of providing decision support strategies and tools to families…

This Evidence to Action brief highlights the risks associated with childbearing during adolescence, for both the mother and the child, and it recommends practical, data-driven actions for reducing pregnancy during adolescence. Adolescent pregnancy continues to be one of our…

This Evidence to Action brief highlights PolicyLab's work related to developmental screenings for young children. Developmental delays affect between 10 and 13 percent of U.S. children under the age of three; however, only two to three percent of children in this age group receive…

This Evidence to Action brief provides an overview of data collection systems and identifies strategies to improve tracking of child abuse and neglect cases. Nearly one out of every 100 children in the United States were identified by state child protective service (CPS) agencies as…

The global rise in non-communicable disease (NCD) suggests that US-based refugees are increasingly affected by chronic conditions. However, health services have focused on the detection of infectious disease, with relatively limited data on chronic NCDs. Using data from a…

This Research at a Glance brief provides an overview of an ongoing research project examining the effectiveness of patient portals as mechanisms to improve provider-patient relationships and improve care for children with asthma. For more information, see the project page, AAP…