Chu Lab

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NIH R01 · 2025

Modeling Adolescent Health Care Decision-Making

In the US, state- and local-level laws on medical care for minors can directly impact population health. However, the influence of real-world effects (e.g., rural access to providers) on this association is unclear. Currently, healthcare knowledge and access for minors largely differs by state, increasing the risk of negative health outcomes. Traditional efforts that apply mathematical models to examine population-level outcomes do not account for the various state healthcare laws, geospatial effects, local sociodemographics, or individual behaviors. To accurately study the impact that adolescent healthcare laws as well as other real-world effects have on adolescent health, researchers need…

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