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KidsData

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Facts about the #health and well-being of #California kids from www.kidsdata.org, #KidsData is a program of PRB

#Data #Facts #PublicHealth #PublicPolicy #Education #Equity #HealthEquity #SocialJustice #EnvironmentalJustice #Disability #SDOH #ACEs #MedMastodon

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KidsData, to DadBin
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💭 Thoughts on this complicated topic?

At least 29 states have policies restricting or eliminating exclusionary discipline, and a 2016 national survey found that 17,000 3- and 4-year-olds had been expelled in the previous year, Jenny Gold reports.
https://lat.ms/3Tiba5w

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KidsData, to statistics
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Popular discussion of the harm caused by guns focuses on deaths, overlooking non-fatal injuries. But for every kid in the U.S. who dies from a shooting, 2 more are treated for bodily harm.

At the link, see our analysis of the latest California data: https://www.kidsdata.org/blog/?p=10847

@medmastodon @publichealth

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Reporter Jenny Gold analyzed state Medi-Cal data for 2021. Her findings on health care access for kids in the California public insurance program are sobering:

🟡 60% of babies—and 75% of Black babies—did not get their recommended well-child visits in their first 15 months of life.

🟡 65% of 2-year-olds were not fully vaccinated, leaving them vulnerable to vaccine-preventable diseases like measles.

🟡 Half of children did not receive a lead screening by their second birthday.

Story here: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-02-26/california-babies-arent-getting-vital-preventive-care

@publichealth @pediatrics

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And a newer research brief (linked below) looks at how state policies are associated with shorter (or longer) life expectancy.

California does well by several measures, but Medicaid/Medi-Cal has been... well... you saw the LA Times piece.

https://www.prb.org/resources/liberal-u-s-state-policies-linked-to-longer-lives/

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Who are the 1.4 million children in California who have special health care needs?

In the 2nd installment in our series, KidsData News is examining what the data tell us about these children, who represent 16% of all Californians under age 18.

Read here: https://bit.ly/4asK15u

@pediatrics @edutooters

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@ucaccessnow @pediatrics @edutooters

Thank you, truly, for your feedback.

We strive to resist both systemic and internalized ableism and are open to suggestions.

A little bit of background before we ask the important question...

We're not using CSHCN interchangeably with disability (though they are related). We're referring to a specific federal definition “those who have or are at increased risk for a chronic physical, developmental, behavioral, or emotional condition and who also require health and related services of a type or amount beyond that required by children generally."
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK132160/

So now the important question:

Is there a term you'd recommend?

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Children w special health care needs (CSHCN) are more likely to have multiple adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) than their peers. The share of CSHCN who have experienced 4+ ACEs is more than 5X that of children without special health care needs.
https://www.kidsdata.org/blog/?p=11068

#Disability #Health #PublicHealth #adversity #resilience #Pediatrics

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These experiences can disrupt healthy development and lead to behavioral, emotional, academic, and health problems throughout life. The more traumatic childhood events experienced, the more likely the impact will be substantial and long lasting, especially if the child does not receive the right support in the aftermath.

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If you want to learn more about why childhood adversity is problematic, we have a video explainer

https://www.kidsdata.org/pages/adversity

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Data from 58 countries and 12,000 US school districts show that the rate of learning decreases with a rise in the number of hot school days.

https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33020588

@edutooters

(Photo by Hans Reniers, via UnSplash, shows a child who is sweating.)

KidsData, to Health
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Looking back at your
childhood, before age 18 did you feel that no one in your family loved you or thought you were special?

This childhood adversity question was added to BRFSS survey in 2021.

In California 13% of respondents answered “yes."

Learn more: https://www.pacesconnection.com/fileSendAction/fcType/5/fcOid/532057831089994134/fodoid/532057831089994130/FINAL%20BRFSS%20Report_Oct.%202023.pdf

@medmastodon @publichealth

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Among California kindergartners, chronic absenteeism has soared—from 16% pre-pandemic to 40% in 2021-22 and 36% in 2022–23.

More findings in this important new Policy Analysis for California Education report by Hedy Chang, Belen Chavez, and Heather Hough.
➡️ https://bit.ly/3HEyvY

@edutooters @educationecon

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Children exposed to neighborhood violence:
🔵Experience more frequent depression and anxiety symptoms
🔵Face unmet mental and physical health care needs
🔵Have worse access to prescription drugs
🔵Have increased acute care utilization
according to a new study

https://www.ajpmonline.org/article/S0749-3797(24)00023-0/fulltext

@pediatrics @medmastodon @publichealth

KidsData, to Health
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📰 PRB in the News: Psychologist Vanessa Scaringi cites our Losing More Ground report in her piece for TIME on the rise of the "soft girl" and "tradwife" subcultures—and the consequences for American women and girls.
https://bit.ly/49w1ERC

@demography @sociology

KidsData, to Health
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❤️ Preeclampsia and gestational diabetes can affect the heart health of both mother and child, suggests a new study led by The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center.

The study, which included 3,317 mother-child pairs, examined the childrens' BMI, blood pressure, cholesterol, and glucose at ages 10 to 14 using data from the Hyperglycemia and Adverse Pregnancy Outcome (HAPO) study.

“This presents an opportunity for us to intervene early in childhood and recommend healthy changes for the family to help improve their child’s health later in life,” said lead researcher Kartik Venkatesh. https://bit.ly/43CRRHo

@medmastodon @pediatrics

KidsData, to mentalhealth
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Mental health conditions are common among children with special health care needs (CSHCN).

According to 2022 data from the National Survey of Children’s Health, 51% of CA CSHCN ages 3-17 had 1+ diagnosed mental health conditions—attention deficit disorder or attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, anxiety problems, behavioral or conduct problems, or depression—compared with just over 5% of their peers without special health care needs.

Learn more: https://www.kidsdata.org/blog/?p=11068

@pediatrics @publichealth @medmastodon

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🧡 Happy Social Work month! If you know one of the 847 school social workers serving California's children, consider thanking them for the important work they do, which research links to better academic and behavior outcomes for kids.

🔗 More data on school support staff: https://bit.ly/49PTROv

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California has only 1 pediatric medical toxicologist for its 8.7 million children & 1 child abuse specialist for every 258,000 kids, Claudia Boyd-Barrett writes for California Health Report. Such shortages put children at risk, especially those needing specialty care.

https://www.calhealthreport.org/2024/04/29/california-kids-wait-months-or-years-for-specialty-care-heres-what-would-help/

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🍎 Average U.S. public school spending per student rose 8.9% to $15,633 in FY2022 from the previous year, says new data from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Among the nation's 100 largest school systems, San Francisco Unified ranked third for highest spending per student ($23,654). https://bit.ly/4bgIWxD

#Education #Children #Youth #PublicPolicy @edutooters

KidsData, to Health
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📢 Funding opportunity:
The Center for Antiracism Research for Health Equity at the Univ of MN is awarding grants of up to $72,000 to early & mid-career scholars committed to developing novel measures and approaches to studying the impact of structural racism on population health.
https://carhe.umn.edu/our-work/ignite-spark-scholars-program

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"About 20% of parents reported difficulty getting infant formula in summer 2023, down from 35% in fall 2022," according to new analysis by the Census Bureau.
https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2024/04/infant-formula-shortage.html

@pediatrics @publichealth

KidsData, to Health
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📢 Funding opportunity:
The Dept. of Health and Human Services' Office of Minority Health has a funding opportunity for Community Level Innovations for Improving Health Outcomes

Details: https://grants.gov/search-results-detail/349434

@publichealth @pediatrics @medmastodon @sociology @demography @economics

KidsData, to food
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Expanded SNAP Benefits Boosted Food Security During the COVID-19 Emergency

New brief from PRB summarizes research by Patrick Brady and colleagues:

https://www.prb.org/articles/expanded-snap-benefits-boosted-food-security-during-the-covid-19-emergency-study-finds/

#FoodSecurity #Nutrition #SNAP #FoodStamps #PublicPolicy @publichealth #PublicHealth

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In 2022, close to 6% of U.S. kids ages 5-17 were chronically absent from school due to health-related reasons, says a new report from the CDC's National Center for Health Statistics.

White and Hispanic kids and those from the lowest-income households were more likely to miss class due to such factors.

More in this story by Steven Ross Johnson at U.S. News & World Report:
https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2024-03-14/study-health-issues-keep-millions-of-kids-chronically-out-of-school

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👀 New data out from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show a worrying trend: prenatal care rates dropped substantially in 2022—a smaller share of births got 1st trimester prenatal care and a larger share didn't got late or no care compared with 2021 and 2020.

https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr73/nvsr73-02.pdf

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