Shale Wong, MD

Publications

• Wong SL, Talmi A. Open communication: Recommendations for enhancing communication among primary care and mental health providers, services, and systems. Families, Systems, & Health, Vol 33(2), Jun 2015, 160-162.
• Dreyer B, Chung PJ, Szilagyi P, Wong SL. Child Poverty in the United States Today: Introduction and Executive Summary. Academic Pediatrics, 2016; Volume 16 , Issue 3 , S1 - S5
• Dreyer B, Chung PJ, Szilagyi P, Wong SL, Guest editors. Child Poverty in the United States. Supplement to Academic Pediatrics, 2016; v16; n35: S1-S162.
• Wong SL, Chung PJ. Childhood obesity: research as a springboard for physical activity policies. Pediatric Research, 2016 Jun; 79(6):808-9.
• Wong SL, Green LA, Bazemore AW, Miller BF. How to Write a Health Policy Brief. Families, Systems & Health. Advance online publication. 2016 Dec 01. DOI.org/10.1037/fsh0000238
• Wong SL, Balasubramaniam V. A healthier future requires policy informed by lifespan science. Pediatr Res. 2017 Feb;81(2):280-281. PubMed PMID: 27846198
• Denne SC, Wong SL, Chung PJ. Growth and development in late-preterm infants: what can public policy do?. Pediatr Res. 2017 Aug;82(2):178-179. PubMed PMID: 28422944
• Shah S, Wong S, Bearer C, Brumberg H. Environmental health reform in a synthetic world. Pediatr Res. 2017 Sep;82(3):373-375. PubMed PMID: 28700570
• Wong SL, Green LA, Bazemore AW, & Miller BF. How to write a health policy brief. Families, Systems, & Health. 2017 Mar;35(1):21-24.
• Wong SL, Balasubramaniam V. A healthier future requires policy informed by lifespan science. Pediatric Research. Advance online publication. 2016 Dec 07. DOI:10.1038/pr.2016.243
• Aschner JL, Raphael JL, Wong SL. The 2020 Census and the child undercount: a threat to pediatric research and the health and wellbeing of children. Pediatr Res. 2019 Sep;86(3):289-290. PubMed PMID: 31228863
• Shah S, Brumberg HL, Kuo A, Balasubramaniam V, Wong S, Opipari V. Academic Advocacy and Promotion: How to Climb a Ladder Not Yet Built. J Pediatr. 2019 Oct;213:4-7.e1. PubMed PMID: 31561780
• Wong SL, Raphael JL. Are you listening to our children: empowering youth advocates. Pediatr Res. 2020 Feb;87(3):432-433. PubMed PMID: 31896125
• Lopez MA, Wong SL, Raphael JL. Health policies to address adverse childhood experiences: taking a whole child approach. Pediatr Res. 2020 Jul;88(1):8-10. PubMed PMID: 32289812
• Gold S, Vagnini KM, Gilchrist E, Wong S, Jetty A, Jabbarpour Y, Petterson S, Westfall JM. Primary care doctors are well-trained to treat common mental health conditions. The Medical Care Blog, August 6, 2020. ?https://www.themedicalcareblog.com/primary-care-and-mental-health/
• Shah P, Young J, Wong S. Medicine Beyond Borders – A Call to Action: Providing Care via Forensic Examinations and Legal Referrals. September 2020
• Scott VC, Gold SB, Kenworthy T, Snapper L, Gilchrist EC, Kirchner S, Wong SL. Assessing cross-sector stakeholder readiness to advance and sustain statewide behavioral integration beyond a State Innovation Model (SIM) initiative. Transl Behav Med. 2021 Jul 29;11(7):1420-1429.
• Sudanagunta SP, Gilchrist EC, Haasz M, Wong SL. Policy Pathways to Address American Youth Firearm Injury and Death, Farley Health Policy Brief #17, March 2021.
• Gold, S. B., Wong, S. L., Green, L. A., & Dickinson, W. P. (2021). Something Republicans and Democrats can agree on: Support for integrated behavioral health. Families, Systems, & Health, 39(4), 665.
• Polaha, J., Sunderji, N., Wong, S. L., & Gold, S. B. (2021). What to do with that policy paper (and why). Families, Systems, & Health, 39(3), 409-412. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/fsh0000645
• Hemeida, S., & Wong, S. (2022). Integrating legal services to improve behavioral health, a challenge met from a different angle. Families, Systems, & Health, 40(4), 609–612. https://doi.org/10.1037/fsh0000773
• Gold SB, Wong SL, Green LA, Dickinson WP. Something Republicans and Democrats can agree on: Support for integrated behavioral health. Fam Syst Health. 2021 Dec;39(4):665-669. PubMed PMID: 34914464
• Wong SL. Inequities in behavioral health: What do we really know?. Fam Syst Health. 2022 Sep;40(3):420-421. PubMed PMID: 36095228
• A Model of Advocacy to Inform Action. J Gen Intern Med, 2022 Nov 2;1-5. doi: 10.1007/s11606-022-07866-x
• Economic Burden of Mental Health Inequities https://satcherinstitute.org/research/ebmhi/
• Earnest M, Wong SL, Federico S, Cervantes L. A Model of Advocacy to Inform Action. J Gen Intern Med, 2022 Nov 2;1-5. doi: 10.1007/s11606-022-07866-x
• Hemeida S, Wong S. Integrating legal services to improve behavioral health, a challenge met from a different angle. Fam Syst Health. 2022 Dec;40(4):609-612. doi: 10.1037/fsh0000773. PMID: 36508636
• Eugene S. Farley, Jr. Health Policy Center. (2023). Impact Report. Available at: https://medschool.cuanschutz.edu/farleyhealthpolicycenter/our-impact

Practice Locations

Children's Hospital Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
13123 East 16th Ave
Aurora, CO 80045
720-777-1234

Children's Hospital Colorado Child Health Clinic
860 N Potomac Cir
Aurora, CO 80011
720-777-2740

Hospital Affiliation

• Children's Hospital Colorado

Specialty Information

Specialties

• Pediatrics, Board Certification (2005)

Conditions & Treatments

• Primary Care