INTRODUCTION: Despite many recommended strategies for obesity prevention during infancy, effectively delivering recommendations to parents in clinical settings is challenging, especially among high-risk populations. This study describes and compares mothers’ and clinicians’ priorities…

Unintended pregnancy and abortion rates are higher in the United States than in most other developed countries. The problem of unintended pregnancy disproportionately affects adolescent women. Almost half (49%) of all pregnancies in the United States, and 80-90% among adolescent and…

OBJECTIVES: Participation in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) has been associated with lower breastfeeding initiation and duration. This study examines breastfeeding-related factors among WIC participants and nonparticipants that…

OBJECTIVES: Mood and anxiety disorders are associated with greater inpatient care utilization in children with chronic illness. We sought to investigate the association of mood or anxiety disorders and outcomes for hospitalized pediatric patients, using pneumonia as a model. METHODS:…

Every day, four to eight children in the United States die from abuse or neglect at the hands of their parents or caretakers. No one knows the exact number, and there has been little progress in preventing these tragic deaths. Most of the children who die are infants or toddlers…

This guide identifies practices and techniques to be employed by Camden Coalition's Care Teams with patients to establish an Authentic Healing Relationship (AHR). It can be used to track progress in supporting patients to reach their goals. The practices and techniques below are not…

BACKGROUND: Many pediatricians are now required to participate in American Board of Pediatrics Maintenance of Certification (MOC) Part IV programs focused on improving health care quality, but the benefits of participation are unproven. METHODS: Twenty-seven primary care…

OBJECTIVES: Cervical imaging practices are poorly understood in young children with Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). We therefore sought to: identify child-level and hospital-level factors associated with performance of cervical imaging of children with TBI from falls and abusive…

BACKGROUND: Previous studies attempting to distinguish preventable from nonpreventable readmissions reported challenges in completing reviews efficiently and consistently. OBJECTIVES: (1) Examine the efficiency and reliability of a Web-based fault tree tool designed to…

OBJECTIVES: To describe the prevalence of chronic conditions in the reproductive period among young mothers with a relationship to child welfare and to describe medication discontinuity from the preconception to postpartum period. METHODS: Retrospective cohort of mothers aged…