The Bottom Line Exposure to community or domestic violence has an enormous effect on a child’s health. Evidence-based interventions — like the expanded Child Tax Credit, continuous Medicaid enrollment, and hospital-based violence prevention programs, such as...
The Bottom Line New research led by Boston Medical Center offers the strongest evidence to date that the TEAM UP model, which integrates mental health into pediatric primary care, can improve access to mental health care for Medicaid-enrolled children. Context More...
The Bottom Line Children who have at least one parent incarcerated are statistically less likely to access healthcare and use the care system, which researchers attribute to barriers such as losing their health insurance and having fewer caregivers to help them make...
The Bottom Line Parents and guardians want easily accessible financial services in institutions they trust, which builds upon their own efforts to foster a better economic future for themselves and their children. Medical settings can meet these needs by embedding...
New research describes the Engagement and Access to Special Education (EASE) clinic at Boston Medical Center as a model to improve support for parents whose children require special education, including the development of individualized education plans (IEPs) that fit...