This article examines the impact of flexible funding on child welfare outcomes, highlighting Ohio child welfare directors’ insights on community partnerships and federal success measures.
This study examines factors predicting prosecution and conviction in child maltreatment cases in North Carolina, highlighting case characteristics such as concurrent charges and the age of the child victim.
This study analyzes changes in hospital maternity care practices and lactation support from 2009–2014 in New York, revealing improvements in breastfeeding support but also barriers like limited resources and inconsistent lactation support.
This study evaluates Iowa's anti-bullying law, finding a decrease in bullying over time but no improvement in teacher intervention. The law’s effectiveness in reducing bullying was mixed, with teacher response worsening post-enactment.
This article discusses New York's legislative efforts from 2009–2013 to improve hospital breastfeeding support. By 2013, 75% of hospitals complied with WHO recommendations, and by 2014, all hospitals had fully compliant breastfeeding policies.
This article evaluates 24 state legislative strategies for reducing nonmedical vaccine exemptions. It offers evidence-based suggestions to improve vaccination requirements and reduce exemptions across diverse population groups.
This article examines how local enforcement of immigration laws under Section 287(g) impacts health services use among Hispanic/Latina women, focusing on prenatal and childcare access in affected counties.
This study evaluates the impact of coach education on concussion reporting in high school athletes after the passage of concussion laws, finding that video and quiz education improved coach awareness.
Los Angeles shared-use agreements (2010–2012) expanded school facilities for physical activity in under-resourced areas, addressing cost and sustainability to reach 165,000 kids and 500,000 adults at $0.38 per person.
State laws that set strict standards for children to be exempted from vaccines on religious or philosophical grounds could reduce the number of whooping cough cases, but not measles, mumps, haemophilus influenza type B (Hib) or Hepatitis B.
This dataset examines state laws on child restraint systems, detailing height, weight, and age requirements designed to reduce injuries and fatalities in automobile accidents involving children.
This article discusses fortifying corn masa flour with folic acid to reduce neural tube defects in Hispanic communities, a strategy to address health disparities and improve maternal health outcomes.
