June 1, 2009
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Concerns about the safety and efficacy of over-the-counter cold medications have led to a recent U.S. Food and Drug Administration public health advisory against their use in children 2 years of age. This study's goal was to examine caregiver understanding of the age indication of over-the-counter cold medication labels and identify factors, associated with caregiver understanding.
April 1, 2006
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A number of negative health consequences in children have been associated with overexposure to media. The goal of this research was to better understand parental approaches to influencing children's use of media (television, video and computer). An ...
April 1, 2006
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In 2000, a heptavalent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7) was licensed and recommended for all children aged 2 to 23 months. This study compares the rates of invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) in young infants before and after the addition of PC ...
September 1, 2006
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In this study, the authors test their hypothesis that excess fetal exposure to glucocorticoid programs increases relative adiposity and central adiposity. They examined associations of plasma levels of corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) in the la ...
October 1, 2006
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When primary care physicians refer children to specialty physicians, it is important that the physicians communicate effectively with each other in order to provide patients with optimal care. Though pediatricians have identified lack of communicati ...
January 1, 2005
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Racial/ethnic disparities in health care have received much national attention recently, but few studies have focused on disparities among children. We studied disparities in early childhood health and health care. This study analyzed data for 2,608 ...
December 1, 2005
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Latino children run the highest risk of being uninsured in the United States; 21 percent lack health insurance. The State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) was founded in 1997 to provide coverage to uninsured children. Past studies have es ...
December 1, 2005
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The authors conducted a cross-sectional survey of 466 parents to determine whether physician style affected (1) parents' proclivity for using antibiotics to treat children's acute otitis media (AOM) and (2) parents' rating of care by the physician. ...
June 1, 2004
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Since about 1996, doctors have routinely prescribed antibiotics such as ampicillin for pregnant women to prevent their newborns from getting group B streptococcal infections. Some recent studies suggest that low-birth-weight infants now develop othe ...
June 1, 2004
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The risk of serious bacterial infection (SBI) in febrile infants who are classified as low risk (LR) or high risk (HR) by the Rochester criteria has been established. LR infants average a 1.4 percent occurrence of SBI, whereas HR infants have an occ ...