Children Archives

10.30.2020 a baby crib with a light from it

Beginning Life Without a Home

As the Covid-19 pandemic lingers, many are concerned its effects on employment and housing will lead to more evictions and homelessness.

Guest Author Robin Clark

10.14.2020 a graph of different colored lines

Neglecting Children's Health

Between 2004 and 2016, foster care placements for abuse or neglect increased from 4.8% of all placements to 5.4%.

Fellow Pat Williams

09.24.2020 a red apple on a blue surface

Growing Out of Picky Eating

Could it be that adults now struggling with our own weight are trying to re-learn some of those picky eating behaviors of our childhood?

Guest Author Megan Pesch

07.07.2020 a graph of a number of people with different colored dots

Fostering Mortality

Attention to the special needs of foster children will be necessary to prevent the trailing effects of trauma and premature death.

Fellow Pat Williams

06.08.2020 a person wearing checkered shoes

Child Health is Adult Health

Addressing and preventing trauma in childhood could be a key factor in reducing one of America’s most common chronic inflammatory diseases.

Fellow Pat Williams

06.05.2020 a group of small plastic houses

Housing for Child Health

In Chicago, chronic eviction and housing instability meant increased odds of an underweight baby or of an infant’s death.

Fellow Edward Alexander

04.24.2020 a woman smiling at the camera

Janet Currie

PHP Fellow Gray Babbs profiles Janet Currie to understand her perspective on Covid-19 as a professor and how the pandemic will affect child mental health.

Fellow Gray Babbs

Editor Nicholas Diamond

04.02.2020 a close-up of a cracked ground

Contaminating Children

Current guidance from the EPA considers lead concentration in soil below 100 ppm as a low-risk category despite significant risks for children.

Guest Author Karen Clay

03.26.2020 a graph of a graph with black and white lines

Completion Depends on Conditions

For Black children, the idealized American nuclear family is not enough to overcome the presence of racially motivated disadvantage.

Fellow Edward Alexander

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