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Similar to many U.S. urban areas, children and adolescents in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, face significant challenges to their health and well-being. Pittsburgh ranks among the worst compared to similar U.S. cities on multiple indicators: air quality, maternal and infant health, employment, childhood literacy, school discipline, violence, and poverty, particularly affecting Black children and families. These interconnected problems stem from deep-rooted structural inequities and systemic racism embedded in our history and each cannot be addressed in isolation.

To address these challenges, The Pittsburgh Study (TPS) established research-practice partnerships to address child thriving and racial equity. Since 2018, TPS has brought together over 240 community members and organizations, alongside health professionals and scientists, to blend community insights with scientific rigor. This transdisciplinary, cross-sector coalition is poised to implement systems-based, cross-cutting solutions that integrate health care, education, social services, legal systems, public safety, environmental and public works, and other institutions into its approach.

TPS will use collective visioning, rapid data-driven actions, and citizen science to improve equity in child health. This collective impact initiative will implement evidence-based practices from pregnancy through adolescence and embrace diverse partners to design community-led solutions. Questions will be designed collectively and findings disseminated with communities, fostering transparency and trustworthiness.

By centering community voices and formalizing systems integration across academic, governmental, and community sectors, TPS will disrupt persistent structural barriers and siloing that inhibit the well-being of children and communities. Through collective convergence, TPS will build the future our community members envision and demand: where all children thrive.

The Pittsburgh Study is made possible through the generous support of our core funders: UPMC Children’s Hospital Foundation, The Shear Family Foundation, PNC, Verizon, CentiMark, and the University of Pittsburgh.