Tag: children

2016 collection of academic research that looks at how mandatory school uniforms impacts student achievement, attendance and behavior as well as the presence of gangs in public schools.

Do food labels work? This roundup highlights studies that explore effects of food labeling campaigns on consumer perceptions and purchases.

Lead exposure in childhood is linked to antisocial behavior in adolescence, suggests a new study published in Criminology.

Death after surgery is more than twice as likely for black children than white children. New models indicate differing risk factors.

Research on child abuse in America, with a focus on incidence, risk factors and sentencing.

Beyond race, factors including income, education level, insurance status and health literacy are linked to children’s asthma outcomes, including severity of and control over the condition.

The Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) currently provides low-cost insurance coverage to 9 million children. In September 2017, Congress failed to pass legislation reauthorizing the program, which now faces an uncertain future. We’ve collected the latest scholarship on the program to highlight the stakes in this legislative battle.

Infants whose mothers lack a high school education are, in some states, more than twice as likely to die as those born to mothers with four years of college or more.

Type 1 diabetes diagnoses have rapidly risen for Hispanic youth in comparison to other racial and ethnic groups, a recent study finds.

Despite major changes in media and technology over the past 20 years, a new study of children's news habits finds that "parents are still at the core of developing news interest and patterns of consumption."