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How Climate Change Affects Children: AAP Policy Explained When pediatricians take care of children, we aren't just thinking about their health and safety now—we are thinking about their health and safety in the future, too. When we talk with parents about healthy diet and exercise, we aren't just...

In this global health crisis, the web is both a lifeline and a critical force in helping to curb the spread of Covid-19. Without public health information at our fingertips, many would be dangerously under-informed about the scale and severity of the situation. Without the option to work and learn...

The policy brief outlines guidance for providing universal access to an online world that is safe and empowering for everyone. In this global health crisis, the web is both a lifeline and a critical force in helping to curb the spread of Covid-19. Without public health information at our fingertips...

Educational and public health systems have implemented psychosocial intervention programs to alleviate the mental health impacts of trauma on children all around the world. Crises that induce such trauma include natural disasters, armed conflict, civil and political unrest, and public health crises...

Introduction Environmental racism negatively affects both the mental and physical health of low income, minority citizens of the United States of America. Environmental racism is defined as “[A] term [that] is used to describe environmental injustice that occurs within a racialized context both in...

The everyday lives of children growing up in Western English-speaking countries are shaped by the ubiquitous presence of digital and interactive multimedia, often presented via technologies such as tablets and smartphones (i.e., touchscreens). Digital technologies are pervasive in homes, schools...