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Recommended Reading: Holiday Safety Tips from the American Academy of Pediatrics
December 20, 2011 | New Public Health Post
The holidays are an exciting and warm time of year -- but they can also pose some unique dangers. To help ensure you have a safe holiday season, here are some tips from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). Trees: When setting up a tree at home, ...
Ambulatory Visit Rates and Antibiotic Prescribing for Children with Pneumonia, 1994-2007
March 1, 2011 | Journal Article
Kids with pneumonia treated after an office visit are more likely to receive broad-spectrum antibiotics despite evidence of little benefit over narrow-spectrum penicillins.
A Child's-Eye View of Nursing Comes into Focus
September 29, 2011 | Story
INQRI-funded study takes first-ever systematic look at hospitalized children's perceptions of the quality of their care.
Geographic Maldistribution of Primary Care for Children
January 1, 2011 | Journal Article
Disparities in access to care are pronounced for children, especially those living in rural areas.
Use of a Pictographic Diagram to Decrease Parent Dosing Errors with Infant Acetaminophen
January 1, 2011 | Journal Article
Pictograms improve parents' accuracy in giving their children medication, but high error rates persist.
Evaluation of Consistency in Dosing Directions and Measuring Devices for Pediatric Nonprescription Liquid Medications
December 15, 2010 | Journal Article
A study to assess the consistency and clarity of over-the-counter (OTC) pediatric liquid medication dosing directions and measuring devices found highly variable and potentially confusing directions, devices and units of measurement within and across medications.
Children's Oral Health and the Role of the Pediatrician
December 1, 2010 | Journal Article
Oral health should be part of routine health screenings and physical exams of all children, especially those with special health care needs.
Articles by RWJF Scholar Alumni in Pediatrics Journal Cover Broad Range of Topics
December 1, 2010 | Journal Article
Alumni of three scholar programs report on their studies of privacy for adolescents, methods of care, medical outcomes, the history of women in pediatrics and more.
Identifying Children with Lifelong Chronic Conditions for Care Coordination by Using Hospital Discharge Data
November 1, 2010 | Journal Article
There is no standard method for classifying children as chronically ill. This study is the first to use hospital discharge data and the Clinical Risk Groups (CRG) to identify chronically ill children. The patients came from a Seattle community clinic.
RWJF Clinical Scholars at Forefront of Effort to Create Quality Measures that Will Improve Pediatric Care
June 20, 2011 | Story
Five of seven new AHRQ-funded Centers of Excellence to be led by Clinical Scholars alumni.