by Diana Procopis | Mar 3, 2021 | News
Study of nearly 7,000 elementary school students demonstrates success of school-based model and its potential to reduce health disparities and save federal dollars. Dental cavities are the most common chronic disease in children, and one in five elementary school...
by Diana Procopis | Feb 25, 2021 | News
Our students have been exposed to an inconceivable amount of trauma, social isolation, death and illness, food insecurity and economic precarity resulting from familial job loss. In one study conducted in June 2020, around 30% of teens reported increased depression...
by Diana Procopis | Feb 23, 2021 | News
Thousands of Children in Brooklyn Have Not Seen a Dentist in More Than a Year Nearly a year into the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, school-based dental clinics across New York remain closed based on state guidance to help prevent the spread of COVID-19. This...
by Diana Procopis | Feb 23, 2021 | News
School-based health clinics have become a community lifeline for many local families amid the coronavirus pandemic, but nearly a year after widespread shutdowns began, some school-based health services still remain unavailable. While physical and mental health...
by Diana Procopis | Feb 22, 2021 | News
There have been fewer than 250 children who have died from the coronavirus. More than three-quarters of the deaths were in children of color. Overall, kids make up about 13% of the coronavirus cases in the US. Continue reading here. Continue reading...
