The Need to Focus Research on Adolescent Cannabis Use Interventions.
Published in Pediatrics
Learning More About Ways to Improve Adolescent HPV Coverage.
Published in Pediatrics
Trends in Human Papillomavirus Vaccination in Commercially Insured Children in the United States.
Published in Pediatrics
The human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine was recommended in 2006 for girls and in 2011 for boys. The Healthy People 2020 goal for 2-dose HPV vaccination coverage is 80% by age 15 for girls and boys. We used nationwide population-based data to describe trends in HPV vaccination in children. We conducted a cohort study nested within the MarketScan heal...
Brief Behavioral Interventions for Substance Use in Adolescents: A Meta-analysis.
Published in Pediatrics
Adolescents with problematic substance use (SU) are at risk for far-reaching adverse outcomes. Synthesize the evidence regarding the effects of brief behavioral interventions for adolescents (12-20 years) with problematic SU. We conducted literature searches in Medline, the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Embase, Cumulative Index to...
Digital Advertising to Children.
Published in Pediatrics
Advertising to children and teenagers is a multibillion-dollar industry. This policy statement reviews the forms of advertising that children and teenagers encounter, including newer forms of digital marketing, such as sponsored content, influencers, data collection, persuasive design, and personalized behavioral marketing driven by machine learnin...
Parent Preferences for Pediatric Clinician Messaging to Promote Smoking Cessation Treatment.
Published in Pediatrics
Insights from behavioral economics suggests that the effectiveness of health messages depends on how a message is framed. Parent preferences for smoking cessation messaging has not been studied in pediatrics, warranting further exploration to maximize benefit. We sought to assess parents' perceptions regarding the relative importance of distinct me...
Performance of the Modified Boston and Philadelphia Criteria for Invasive Bacterial Infections.
...Published in Pediatrics
The ability of the decades-old Boston and Philadelphia criteria to accurately identify infants at low risk for serious bacterial infections has not been recently reevaluated. We assembled a multicenter cohort of infants 29 to 60 days of age who had cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and blood cultures obtained. We report the performance of the modified Bost...
Resources Recommended for the Care of Pediatric Patients in Hospitals.
Published in Pediatrics
It is crucial that all children are provided with high-quality and safe health care. Pediatric inpatient needs are unique in regard to policies, equipment, facilities, and personnel. The intent of this clinical report is to provide recommendations for the resources necessary to provide high-quality and safe pediatric inpatient medical care. Copyrig...
Abusive Head Trauma in Infants and Children.
Published in Pediatrics
Abusive head trauma (AHT) remains a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in the pediatric population, especially in young infants. In the past decade, advancements in research have refined medical understanding of the epidemiological, clinical, biomechanical, and pathologic factors comprising the diagnosis, thereby enhancing clinical detect...
Benzalkonium Chloride in Albuterol Solutions: Time for a Change?
Published in Pediatrics
