In partnership with community members and national experts, the Rx Kids Research Network has created a robust and comprehensive research plan to evaluate the program’s impact.
What We Research
Rx Kids researchers are investigating:
Families’ Basic Needs
- Economic stability
- Material hardship
- Food insecurity
- Housing instability
Maternal & Infant Health
- Prematurity
- Birthweight
- Infant mortality
- Maternal mortality
- Postpartum depression
- Breastfeeding initiation and maintenance
Early Childhood Health
- Lead screening
- Immunization
- Early literacy
- Stress biomarkers
- ACES/PCEs
- Child welfare
- Neurocognitive development
Adult Health
- Parental stress
- Wellbeing
- Dignity and trust
- Happiness and hope
- Substance use
- Physical and mental health
- Partner violence
Health Processes
- Maternal-infant support programs
- Safety net demand
- Enrichment participation
- Prenatal and well child visit attendance
- Child protective services involvement
- Inpatient hospitalization
Community Benefits
- Birth rate
- Employment rate
- Civic engagement
- Economic reinvestment
- Neighborhood safety
- Population stability
