New PolicyLab research shows that pregnant people who are prescribed opioids for childbirth-related pain are more likely to continue using opioids, even if they have no history of opioid use or pain conditions.
🔗 Dig into our findings here:
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02.12.2025 15:00 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
On Public Health Thank You Day, we're sending out a huge THANK YOU to all the public health heroes who work every day to keep Pennsylvanians and folks across the country healthy.
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24.11.2025 17:18 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Applications are open for the 2026 Short Course on Multilingual Approaches to Research Studies!
📆 June 1-3
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💰 Scholarships are available
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20.11.2025 17:02 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
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👏 Kudos to PolicyLab researcher Dr. Senbagam Virudachalam for her impactful testimony at City Hall yesterday on the importance of #SNAP for PA kids and families.
06.11.2025 17:58 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Cash Transfers and Healthy Birth Outcomes: Promising New Evidence and What’s Next
During the COVID-19 public health emergency in 2021, the federal government expanded the Child Tax Credit, increasing families’ access to financial resources at a time of national economic stress.…
💡 New Research: Cash Transfers and Healthier Births
PolicyLab findings show modest, unconditional support in pregnancy can improve birth outcomes.
Building on this research can help ensure all kids get a healthier start.
Read more on our blog⤵️
05.11.2025 14:54 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Most children who need mental health care have difficulty, or are unable to, obtain it. 3 of 5 youth who die by suicide do not have a documented mental health diagnosis.
We wrote about how pioneering Medicaid programs are paying for services for kids who do not have a mental health diagnosis.
24.10.2025 14:36 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Cash Transfers and Healthy Birth Outcomes
New study finds extended child tax credit payments are associated with small improvements in birth outcomes, particularly among low-income families.
During the pandemic, the expanded Child Tax Credit helped families meet basic needs like food and housing. New @policylabchop.bsky.social research links receiving the eCTC during pregnancy to small improvements in birth outcomes. Learn more: https://bit.ly/48CnBRo
23.10.2025 16:06 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
As a psychologist in primary care, I’d rather help families address difficulties early in problem development. Right now, that’s challenging because I need to make a diagnosis for insurance to cover the service. Read our blog to learn about how some states are changing that & supporting prevention.
16.10.2025 22:52 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Cash Transfers and Healthy Birth Outcomes: Promising New Evidence and What’s Next
During the COVID-19 public health emergency in 2021, the federal government expanded the Child Tax Credit, increasing families’ access to financial resources at a time of national economic stress.…
💡 New Research: Cash Transfers and Healthier Births
New PolicyLab findings: modest, unconditional support in pregnancy can improve birth outcomes.
Building on this research can help ensure all kids get a healthier start.
Read more on our blog:
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For more than 55 years, Guttmacher has been the leading research and policy organization committed to advancing sexual and reproductive health and rights worldwide.
PA state Rep. Morgan Cephas, D-192, serving communities in West Philadelphia. Chairwoman, Philadelphia House Delegation
Better housing, better health.
Research, technical assistance, and policy advocacy for safe and affordable #HealthyHousing. #LeadPoisoning #HealthyHomes #PublicHealth #NLPPWchat #NHHMchat
Health and medicine news, updates, and insights from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.
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A national nonprofit that exists to transform education to ensure students furthest from opportunity achieve outcomes that lead to fulfilling lives.
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Ralph Seal Paffenbarger Professor and Chair, Department of Medical Social Sciences, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
WLP is a public interest legal organization devoted to reproductive freedom, LGBTQ+ equality, and gender justice in Pennsylvania and beyond. Sign up--> https://shorturl.at/aG6iM
Bold ideas for racial and economic justice.
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Creating the conditions to advance energy policy outcomes through education, research, and outreach at Penn and beyond. #EnergyAtPenn
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The National Hispanic Medical Association is the premiere membership association representing the interests of 50K+ licensed Hispanic physicians.
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Improving health care delivery and population health through research and education, in partnership with health plans, delivery systems, and public health agencies.
For more than 40 years, ACNJ has worked to give every child the chance to grow up safe, healthy and educated.
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Research program at Harvard Law School exploring issues at the intersection of health law policy, biotechnology, and bioethics https://linktr.ee/petrieflom
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As a membership organization for public health practitioners and professionals from across the Commonwealth, PPHA: convenes partners, informs current and emerging public health professionals on our identified priority areas, and amplifies public health.
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