Institute for Child Health Policy

Straight talk about vaping for parents

Candy-flavored vapes, cleverly disguised devices and ads marketing e-cigarettes directly to teens … It’s easy to see why vaping has skyrocketed among teens recently. Today about one in five high […]

Rigged Monopoly game sheds light on food insecurity, overeating in novel UF study

Pregnancy and the Pandemic

How are pregnant women handling the stress and anxiety of the COVID-19 pandemic? To find out, ICHP Associate Director Matthew Gurka, Ph.D. and co-PI Kelly Gurka, Ph.D., assistant professor in […]

Maintaining Healthy Habits in Hard Times

As the U.S. braces for a second wave of coronavirus cases this fall against a backdrop of ongoing political and social unrest, many parents and children are understandably stressed. “These […]

ICHP, Zucker Center, UF host virtual summit on opioid use during pregnancy