Background Early life adversity is related to numerous poor health outcomes in childhood;
however, dyadic interventions that promote sensitive and responsive caregiving may protect …

Empowering patients to be effective advocates for their health requires that they have
adequate information and understanding about their health conditions. Many patients have …

Pediatricians have always seen the value of preventing health harms; this should be no less
true for child maltreatment than for disease or unintentional injuries. Research continues to …

Importance Public assistance policies may play a role in preventing child maltreatment by
improving household resources among families of low incomes. The Supplemental Nutrition …

Background: In 2012, Philadelphia's Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual
disAbility Services (DBHIDS) developed an initiative to implement an evidence-based …

We examined whether Medicaid expansion, a US policy expanding Medicaid eligibility to
more low-income adults, is associated with reductions in several types of youth violence …

The psychological study of resilience has increasingly underscored the need for children
and families to access material and psychological resources to positively adapt to significant …

This study examines whether the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Medicaid expansion (ME) was
associated with changes in racial/ethnic disparities in insurance coverage, utilization, and …

Mental disorders are prevalent and associated with a substantial burden of disease.
Effective prevention at a population level is crucial in alleviating this burden. Here, we argue …

Many JAMA readers understand that child maltreatment is a pervasive public health and
costly societal problem with devastating consequences to the long-term physical health …