Child and Adolescent Health
In this blog, we use MNHA data to better understand access to mental health care and health care affordability in Minnesota. Our study's results suggest that individuals with unmet needs for mental health care in Minnesota may also have difficulty accessing it due to cost barriers.
Children's health insurance coverage in 2024 saw uninsurance rise for the second straight year for both all and low-income children. Learn the details and state-level findings in this blog.
This blog reviews SHADAC analysis of 2024 American Community Survey (ACS) data on health insurance coverage rates, including detail by state, age group, and coverage type.
Children’s health surveys allow public health researchers to better understand the health and health-related issues facing the U.S. population, and how survey data can be effectively used to address these concerns in both the short- and long-term. Learn more in this blog.
This issue of gaps in care for teen health and young adults was the focus of a recent research study by SHADAC Research Fellow Robert Hest and SHADAC co-founder Kathleen Call published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.
Senior Research Fellow Colin Planalp presented his research on adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and their pernicious role in undermining the health of both children and adults in SHADAC’s free webinar on April 24th. View the video, transcript, and slides in this post.
In this brief, titled "Cannabis Use Across the States in the Early Legalization Era", we use data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) to understand how legalization may be impacting cannabis use prevalence between states and age groups.
Adolescent drug overdose deaths saw a concerning increase during the pandemic, becoming the third leading cause of death for adolescents. Learn more in this latest blog from SHADAC.
Social determinants of health are social factors that impact an individual or community’s health.
The page provides data for children's uninsurance by race and ethnicity from 2017 through 2022...