PolicyLab announces our first Evidence to Action brief. Evidence to Action briefs highlight our research areas in the context of local and national policy issues to advance child health and well-being.

PolicyLab's Fall 2009 Evidence to Action brief, Securing Child Safety, Well-Being, and Permanency Through Placement Stability in Foster Care, presents Year 1 findings from the Children's Stability and Well-Being Study (CSAW). CSAW is a longitudinal evaluation of 450 children in the Philadelphia child welfare system. This brief examines the issue of placement stability and identifies areas for federal and state policy interventions to improve outcomes for children in child welfare and their families.

Editorial: Socioeconomic Status & Child Well-Being

"Universal access will not by itself translate into universal health."

In this article, Poorer Health: The Persistent and Protean Connections Between Poverty, Social Inequality, and Child Well-Being, PolicyLab researchers examine the mechanisms by which low socioeconomic status impairs child health in order to inform policy efforts aimed at improving the well-being and outcomes of children.

Pursuing Optimal Child Health and Well-being.

Presentations & Events

PolicyLab at CARES Institute's Statewide Symposium

PolicyLab’s senior co-director Kathleen Noonan and post-doctoral fellow Susan Dougherty presented a talk entitled “Doing Better by Child Neglect: Elements of Improved Local and State Systems of Care” at the CARES Institute’s 5th annual statewide symposium on April 13, 2010 in New Jersey. Their talk explored the ways in which local systems of care can identify initiatives and existing opportunities to improve their human service systems in order to best respond to neglected children.

$9.7 Million in Grants to Improve the Health of PA's Children

CHOP is among seven Pennsylvania hospitals awarded federal funds to improve health care quality and delivery systems and to utilize health information technologies.

PolicyLab, in partnership with CHOP’s Center for Pediatric Clinical Effectiveness and Center for Biomedical Informatics, will lead CHOP’s team on this five year project.