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1 month ago | 
news.vumc.org | Jake Lowary |Doug Campbell
More than 1,000 parents across Tennessee were polled in late 2024 by a team of clinicians and researchers at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt to gauge their concerns about issues impacting their child’s health, including health insurance, access to health care and other areas affecting the well-being of their children. Nearly half (47%) of Tennessee children had public health insurance (TennCare or CoverKids) in 2024.
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Nov 27, 2024 | 
news.vumc.org | Jake Lowary |Doug Campbell
TIME Magazine declared in 1982 the personal computer the “Machine of the Year,” swapping out its famous “Man of the Year” title to document the rise of home computing — but one Vanderbilt University Medical Center researcher had already started unlocking the power of computerized databases for health care research.
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Mar 19, 2024 | 
news.vumc.org | Jake Lowary
Over 40% of Tennessee families with children say they are food insecure; 70% have changed spending on foodby Jake LowaryThis year’s Vanderbilt Child Health Poll shows that over 40% of Tennessee families report they are food insecure ― a similar proportion from last year. Most families (71%) say they have continued to change food spending habits due to high prices.
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May 24, 2023 | 
news.vumc.org | Jake Lowary
by Jake LowaryThe latest analysis of the 2023 Tennessee Child Health Poll, released during National Mental Health Awareness Month, has found that roughly 29% of Tennessee parents are concerned their child has undiagnosed anxiety or depression.
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May 17, 2023 | 
news.vumc.org | Jake Lowary
by Jake LowaryThe latest analysis of the 2023 Tennessee Child Health Poll, released during National Mental Health Awareness Month, has found that roughly 29% of Tennessee parents are concerned their child has undiagnosed anxiety or depression.
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Apr 12, 2023 | 
news.vumc.org | Jake Lowary
Apr. 12, 2023, 3:25 PM by Jake LowaryA new analysis of the Tennessee Child Health Poll data finds that most Tennessee parents who own firearms agree with ways to safely store their firearms that have been shown through peer-reviewed research to reduce the risk of unintended harm to children.
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Mar 23, 2023 | 
news.vumc.org | Jake Lowary
by Jake LowaryAn increasing number of Tennessee parents are reporting their families are food insecure. Up more than 30% in just one year, 41.2% of Tennessee parents reported low or very low food security compared to 31.3% last year. The latest release of the poll of more than 1,000 Tennessee parents by the Vanderbilt Center for Child Health Policy asked parents a series of questions focused on food security and changes in food spending due to increases in food prices.
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Mar 9, 2023 | 
news.vumc.org | Jake Lowary
School-based gun violence was among the top five concerns identified by Tennessee parents in the 2022 Vanderbilt Child Health Poll, and the highest majority of parents, 83%, agree that schools are safer if one or more school resource officers work in the school. Generally, a majority of Tennessee parents agree on several firearm-related school safety measures.
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Mar 2, 2023 | 
news.vumc.org | Jake Lowary
by Jake LowaryPatients with serious pneumococcal infections, including pneumonia and sepsis, are at a substantially increased risk of heart attack after the onset of infection according to a Vanderbilt study published in Clinical Infectious Diseases. Prior work has demonstrated that infections can potentially lead to systemic inflammatory responses that can trigger the development of major cardiovascular events, including heart attack.
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Feb 23, 2023 | 
news.vumc.org | Jake Lowary
by Jake LowaryAt the start of the COVID-19 pandemic the rate of Tennessee uninsured children more than doubled as the state experienced the highest spike in unemployment since the Great Depression. The latest analysis of the annual Vanderbilt Child Health Poll of Tennessee parents shows the rate of uninsured children in the state has returned to prepandemic levels at 3.7%, yet concerns remain for the future of child health insurance coverage.
