Geospatial analysis of social determinants of health identifies neighborhood hot spots associated with pediatric intensive care use for life-threatening asthma

JR Grunwell, C Opolka, C Mason… - The Journal of Allergy and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Social determinants of health are associated with asthma prevalence and
healthcare use in children with asthma, but are multifactorial and complex. Whether social …

Mental health revisits at US pediatric emergency departments

AM Cushing, DB Liberman, PK Pham… - JAMA …, 2023 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Pediatric emergency department (ED) visits for mental health crises are
increasing. Patients who frequently use the ED are of particular concern, as pediatric mental …

[PDF][PDF] Screening for social determinants of health in the pediatric intensive care unit: recommendations for clinicians

M Akande, ET Paquette, P Magee, MA Perry-Eaddy… - Critical care clinics, 2023 - Elsevier
Disparities in the risk, care, and outcomes of critical illness in children are prevalent and
unacceptable. Widespread implementation of SDoH screening in our PICUs is an important …

The association of the childhood opportunity index on pediatric readmissions and emergency department revisits

JL Bettenhausen, C Noelke, RW Ressler, M Hall… - Academic pediatrics, 2022 - Elsevier
Objective Reutilization following discharge is costly to families and the health care system.
Singular measures of the social determinants of health (SDOH) have been shown to impact …

Measuring disadvantage: A systematic comparison of United States small-area disadvantage indices

S Lou, S Giorgi, T Liu, JC Eichstaedt, B Curtis - Health & place, 2023 - Elsevier
Extensive evidence demonstrates the effects of area-based disadvantage on a variety of life
outcomes, such as increased mortality and low economic mobility. Despite these well …

State-level anti-immigrant sentiment and policies and health risks in US Latino children

N Slopen, AJ Umaña-Taylor, JP Shonkoff… - …, 2023 - publications.aap.org
BACKGROUND Although systemic inequities, broadly defined, are associated with health
disparities in adults, there is a dearth of research linking contextual measures of …

Epidemiology and Severity of Illness of MIS-C and Kawasaki Disease during the COVID-19 Pandemic

MJ Molloy, KA Auger, M Hall, SS Shah… - …, 2023 - publications.aap.org
METHODS We included hospitalizations of children with MIS-C and KD from April 2020 to
May 2022 from the Pediatric Health Information System administrative database. Our …

Insight into the role of the child opportunity index on surgical outcomes in congenital heart disease

J Mayourian, E Brown, K Javalkar, E Bucholz… - The Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Objective To use neighborhood-level Child Opportunity Index (COI) measures to investigate
disparities in congenital heart surgery postoperative outcomes and identify potential targets …

Association of neighborhood resources and race and ethnicity with readmissions for diabetic ketoacidosis at US children's hospitals

KR Bergmann, A Nickel, M Hall, G Cutler… - JAMA Network …, 2022 - jamanetwork.com
Importance The Child Opportunity Index 2.0 (COI) assesses neighborhood resources and
conditions that influence health. It is unclear whether the COI scores are associated with …

Neighborhood child opportunity and emergency department utilization

SV Kaiser, M Hall, JL Bettenhausen, MR Sills… - …, 2022 - publications.aap.org
METHODS This was a retrospective cohort study of the Pediatric Health Information
Systems, a database from 49 United States children's hospitals. We analyzed children aged …