Emergency Department Screening for Occult Abdominal Trauma in Physically...
This study aims to identify the prevalence of and factors associated with occult abdominal trauma in young children in order to inform evidence-based recommendations for screening practices. Official...
View ArticleVariation in Occult Injury Screening Across Pediatric Hospitals
This study investigates variance in hospital child abuse screening practices in order to understand whether child demographic information, hospital characteristics, or other factors affect adherence to...
View ArticleChildren's Stability and Well-Being Study (CSAW): Collaboration of Schools &...
To determine strategies that strengthen the child welfare and educational systems' ability to support the educational needs of children in foster care, this project is conducting cross-system focus...
View ArticleChildren’s Stability and Well-Being Study (CSAW): Evaluating an...
In partnership with the City of Philadelphia’s Department of Human Services and the Department of Behavioral Health, this project pilots the co-location of two evidence-based behavioral health...
View ArticleThe Growing Use of Psychotropic Medication Among Medicaid-enrolled Children
The broad goal of this research is to generate an evidence base for the use of psychotropic medications in Medicaid eligible pediatric populations with a long-term goal to develop programs and policies...
View ArticleOccult Injury Screening and the Detection of Physical Abuse in Young Children
Annually, over 120,000 children are substantiated as victims of physical abuse in the U.S., but the true incidence is likely higher. A major challenge in diagnosing abuse in young injured children is...
View ArticleChildren's Stability and Well-Being Study (CSAW): Opportunities for Reducing...
CSAW is a longitudinal cohort study of 450 children in the Philadelphia child welfare system whose objective is to identify intervention opportunities to reduce placement instability and improve...
View ArticleLocal macroeconomic trends and hospital admissions for child abuse, 2000 to 2009
The recent economic recession raised concerns that child physical abuse rates would increase after a long period of decline, but federal data sources have not detected such changes. According to the...
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