Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital
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RCRC Toolbox Issue Brief: Emergency Shelters and Housing Security
This webpage is about the challenges faced by children and families in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria. It describes how many families were not prepared …
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RCRC Toolbox Issue Briefs: Why Children Should Be the #1 Disaster Priority (Introduction)
This webpage serves as an introduction to a set of issue briefs that aim to raise awareness about children's disaster resilience among legislators and decision-makers …
RCRC Toolbox Issue Brief: Mental Health and Well-Being: Executive Summary
This resource describes various programs and budget requests by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) for 2019. It highlights efforts to address …
RCRC Toolbox Issue Brief: Food Security and Poverty: Executive Summary
This issue brief is about the food security challenges faced by Puerto Rico and North Carolina. It describes how existing problems made the damage worse, …
Human-Centered Design to Create an Emergency Care Action Plan for Children With Medical Complexity
2025
· University of Vermont,
· University of Massachusetts,
· Columbia University,
· University of Rochester,
· Yale University,
· University of California San Francisco
This article discusses the application of Human-Centered Design (HCD) principles to create an Emergency Care Action Plan (ECAP) for Children with Medical Complexity (CMC). The …
Children in Disasters: Do Americans Feel Prepared?
2016
· Columbia University
The website is about how prepared Americans feel when it comes to protecting children during disasters. It describes a survey that was done to find …
Improving Documentation of Firearm Access During Pediatric Emergency Visits for Suicidal Ideation
This study aimed to increase documentation of firearm access and storage among children in the emergency department (ED) with suicidal ideation or self-injury to 80% …
An Activation Failure: Factors Associated With Undertriage of Pediatric Major Trauma Victims
2025
· University of Wisconsin - Madison,
· Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital,
· Northwestern University
This study looks at why some children with major injuries don't get the urgent care they need. It describes how many kids who should have …
Immunization for Respiratory Syncytial Virus-Promises and Pitfalls
This editorial discusses the potential benefits and challenges of vaccines for the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). It explains how RSV affects children and older adults, …
Supporting Youth Mental Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic
2021
· Northwestern University,
· Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital,
· Brown University,
· Hasbro Children’s Hospital
This commentary discusses how the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated youth mental health issues, and highlights the insufficiencies in the U.S. mental health infrastructure for children. Emergency …