Children Archives

10.18.2017 Risk of Suffocation 0-15 months Warning Label

Air Mattresses and Infant Deaths

Air mattresses are increasingly seen as an affordable and transportable sleep surface. However, there were 108 cases of infant death between 2004 and 2015 involving air mattresses, and this figure may be vastly underreported.

Guest Authors Jennifer Doering, Trina Salm Ward

09.26.2017 Detroit Life Is Valuable Everyday (DLIVE). Calvin Evans, Dr. Tolulope Sonuyi, Ray Winans.

DLIVE

Detroit Life Is Valuable Everyday (DLIVE) is a hospital-based, community-focused violence intervention initiative that works with youth/young adults who have sustained acute intentional violent trauma.

Fellow Qing Wai Wong

08.28.2017 a child walking on a dock over water

Swimming Lessons: First Line of Treatment for Children with Autism

Swimming classes should be top priority for children with autism, at high risk of injury-related death, especially drowning.

Guest Author Guohua Li

05.24.2017 WHO bar graph showing 1.7 million deaths of children linked to the environment

Polluted Air, Dirty Water, and Child Health

Indoor and outdoor air pollution and smoke are responsible for an estimated 570,000 deaths in children under 5. While child deaths attributable to environmental hazards decreased from 37% to 26% from 2002 to 2012, continued progress is in a precarious state.

Fellow Madeline Bishop

05.10.2017 Closeup of the top of a cup of soda with a plastic top and straw

Legislate Sodas Out of Combo Meals

Decoupling sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) from kid-sized combo meals is a small change on both the policy and industry side that can have a meaningful effect on childhood obesity.

Guest Authors Jonathan Cantor, Andrew Breck, Brian Elbel

05.09.2017 Boston Police Operation Hoodie Ice Cream Truck with Balloons

Commissioner William Evans and Conan Harris

PHP Fellow Qing Wai Wong spoke with Boston Police Commissioner William Evans and Conan Harris, director of My Brother’s Keeper, about Boston’s efforts to support youth in the city and the changing role of the police force.

Fellow Qing Wai Wong

04.19.2017 Map of US showing School-Based Health Centers

Health Equity
Child and Adolescent Health

School-Based Health

Many vulnerable students are not able to access health care due to transportation or financial barriers. School-based health centers, while not yet widely implemented, have positive influences on both health and education outcomes.

Fellow Qing Wai Wong

02.27.2017 Diagram showing the school-to-prison pipeline

The School-to-Prison Pipeline

Exclusionary school discipline, disproportionately experienced by children of color, LGBTQ children, and children with disabilities, is strongly associated with delinquency and criminal justice involvement.

Fellow Maggie Thomas

02.15.2017 A boy in a swing against the sky

New Challenges for Insuring Kids in Working Families

A recent study from PolicyLab at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia demonstrates some surprising shifts in the way that working families keep their kids insured.

Guest Author Doug Strane

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