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Mashup Score: 0The Hunger Vital Sign™ - Children's HealthWatch - 1 year(s) ago
What is the Hunger Vital Sign™? In 2010, Drs. Erin Hager and Anna Quigg and the Children’s HealthWatch team developed the Hunger Vital Sign™, a validated 2-question food insecurity screening tool based on the U.S. Household Food Security Survey Module to identify households at risk of food insecurity. The Hunger Vital Sign™ identifies households as being at risk for food insecurity if they…
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Mashup Score: 0ʻI didn't have to worryʼ - How the Child Tax Credit Helped Families Catch Up on Rent and Improved Health - Children's HealthWatch - 2 year(s) ago
In July 2021, nearly 60 million children in 35 million families across the United States started receiving crucial financial relief through monthly payments from the advance Child Tax Credit (CTC). This report highlights the economic, health, and mental health experiences of families with young children during the pandemic and the impact of the advance Child […]
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Mashup Score: 1SNAP Is Medicine for Food Insecurity - Children's HealthWatch - 4 year(s) ago
As we awoke this month to another dispiriting report of the numbers of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infections and deaths, a new set of horrifying statistics hit the airwaves. By the end of April 2020, 2 in 5 households with children <12 were food insecure (meaning they were unable to afford enough food for all […]
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A fantastic episode of @Liver_Talks featuring the one & only @AniKardashianMD 🤩 of @USC_KeckGILiver talking about food, insecurity & disparities for patients w/chronic liver disease! Clinic screening tool: 2️⃣ question hunger vital sign https://t.co/MF9FqYcLZj #livertwitter https://t.co/b7f1xQfaCc