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Nevada Institute for Children's Research and Policy News

Current Children's Research and Policy News

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People |

The native Nevadan and triple alumna is devoted to making our community better through the Nevada Institute for Children's Research & Policy.

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Campus News |

A collection of news stories highlighting remembrance, recovery, and progress at UNLV.

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Campus News |

A collection of news stories highlighting health, recovery, and celebration at UNLV.

Political Science Major Su-Hanah Andrews studies on the 2nd floor of Hospitality Hall
Campus News |

UNLV takes on another school semester with precaution and discovery.

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Business and Community |

UNLV child advocacy expert Amanda Haboush-Deloye examines the pandemic’s impact on abused youth, and how medical professionals and others can help reverse the trend in unreported cases.

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Business and Community |

Ninth annual check of state’s entering kindergartners showed more have health insurance, yet barriers to health care access still exist.

Children's Research and Policy In The News

KSNV-TV: News 3

A Children's Day celebration took place at City Hall on Sunday. City Council and North Las Vegas Mayor Pamela Goynes-Brown hosted several children in partnership with the UNLV Nevada Institute for Children's Research and Policy.

Carson Now

Community partners will plant pinwheels in the legislative lawn Friday, April 5 from 10 to 11:30 a.m. to symbolize every child’s right to a safe, healthy, and happy life, and to impress upon the community that child abuse and neglect are serious problems.

Nevada Today

Both Schools of Public Health in Nevada aim to reduce leading causes of childhood death, abuse, neglect and other challenges

KSNV-TV: News 3

Saturday's free event, held in collaboration with the Nevada Institute for Children's Research and Policy at UNLV, took place at the North Las Vegas Alexander Library.

KLAS-TV: 8 News Now

UNLV’s Nevada Institute For Children’s Research and Policy sponsors the “Strong Start Clark County” Youth Mayor program.

Elko Daily

“Ialways tell people, it took 40 to 50 years to get where we are,” pediatrician Steven Shane said while discussing childhood and adult obesity in Nevada and throughout the U.S. “We can’t expect to turn the tide and get back to where weight status was in the 1970s overnight.”

Children's Research and Policy Experts

An expert in health disparities, children's health, and culturally responsive health communication.
An expert on child maltreatment and fostering healthy family environments.
An expert on lead exposure and poisoning prevention, as well as vaccine equity.
A mental health expert with particular interest in child well-being.

Recent Children's Research and Policy Accomplishments

Samantha Smith, Erika Marquez, Amanda Haboush-Deloye, Tiana Tu, Aaliyah Goodie (all Nevada Institute for Children's Research and Policy), and David Perez (Nevada Department of Health and Human Services) published an article on "Role of community engagement in advancing vaccine equity" in the journal Frontiers in Public Health. The COVID-19…
Lung-Chang Chien (Epidemiology and Biostatistics), Erika Marquez, Samantha Smith, Tiana Tu (all Environmental and Occupational Health), and Amanda Haboush-Deloye (Nevada Institute for Children's Research and Policy) co-published an article titled, "Exploring the role of the social vulnerability index in understanding COVID-19 immunization rates,"…
Amanda Haboush-Deloye (Public Health; Nevada Institute for Children's Research & Policy) presented "Essentials for Childhood: Upstream Prevention" at the Washoe County Prevention Conference on May 31 in Reno, Nevada.   The aim of this presentation was to understand that while the association between chronic exposure to adverse childhood…
Amanda Haboush-Deloye (Nevada Institute for Children's Research and Policy) and Kristen Clements-Nolle from the University of Nevada, Reno have secured nearly $2.5 million in funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). This five-year grant will focus on preventing adverse childhood experiences (ACE) and promoting positive…
Jay Shen (Center for Health Disparities Research; Healthcare Administration and Policy) is currently leading an interdisciplinary team to conduct the COVID-19 Health Disparity Assessment and Healthcare Equity Modeling project, funded by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention through the Southern Nevada Health District, with a total…
Erika Marquez (Environmental and Occupational Health) and Amanda Haboush-Deloye (Nevada Institute for Children's Research and Policy) received a $1.99 million grant from the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection to fund a "NVCLPPP Building Local Capacity" project. With this funding, the project will implement the following strategies:…