Sentences with phrase «pediatric health outcomes»

Suboptimal breastfeeding in the United States: Maternal and pediatric health outcomes and costs.

In the first study ever to combine maternal and pediatric health outcomes from breastfeeding in a single model, Harvard researcher Dr. Melissa Bartick and colleagues published a new study showing that most of the impact from optimal breastfeeding the US in on maternal health.

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Using data from the Pediatric Health Information System database, a large, regionally diverse system, the researchers examined racial disparities in the treatment and outcomes of hospitalized white and black pediatric patients with moderate to severe Crohn's disease.

«While racial disparities in surgical outcomes have been reported in adult health care, less is known about possible disparities in pediatric surgery,» said first author David I. Chu, M.D., a fellow in Pediatric Urology at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP).

A collaborative care management model in pediatric practice (DOCC) enhanced access to and completion of behavioral health services, child and parental outcomes, consumer satisfaction, and provider practices, relative to EUC.

In a recent policy statement, «The Future of Pediatrics: Mental Health Competencies for Pediatric Primary Care,» the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) also recognized the unique advantage of the primary care clinician for surveillance, screening, and working with families to improve mental health outcomes.29 The AAP Medical Home Initiative30 and the AAP policy statement on the family31 addressed family - centered pediatricHealth Competencies for Pediatric Primary Care,» the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) also recognized the unique advantage of the primary care clinician for surveillance, screening, and working with families to improve mental health outcomes.29 The AAP Medical Home Initiative30 and the AAP policy statement on the family31 addressed family - centered pediatrichealth outcomes.29 The AAP Medical Home Initiative30 and the AAP policy statement on the family31 addressed family - centered pediatric care.

Reducing rates of maltreatment, supporting struggling families and improving pediatric and adult outcomes for victims requires community - wide strategies, with true collaboration between child welfare, judicial, education, health and mental health colleagues to advocate for programs that are adequately tested and shown to be effective.

If the home visiting programs and pediatric community can work collaboratively to address the outcomes desired, our communities, families, and society have the opportunity for improved public health for all.

EIP showed favorable impacts on 8 outcomes, including fewer days and episodes of hospitalization, relative to those in the comparison group, covering a range of 6 weeks to 2 years postpartum.13, 23,24 EIP also showed a favorable effect on the percentage of children who were adequately immunized by 1 year, but the difference was no longer statistically significant by 2 years.13, 24 Early Start demonstrated favorable effects on 3 outcomes, including percentage who received well - child visits and dental service.25 — 27 HFA had favorable results for 4 health care outcomes, such as the number of well - child visits and whether the child had health insurance.28 — 31 HFA had an unfavorable effect on the number of pediatric emergency department (ED) visits.32 The research showed that Healthy Steps had a beneficial effect on 2 outcomes: 1 - month well - child visits and diphtheria toxoid, tetanus toxoid, and pertussis vaccinations.33 Finally, NFP had favorable results on 3 outcomes measuring the number of ED visits at different follow - ups but an unfavorable / ambiguous effect on number of days hospitalized between 25 and 50 months.34, 35 The research on 2 programs (Oklahoma's CBFRS and PAT) showed no effects on measures of health care use or coverage.36 — 40 The research on 5 programs (Child FIRST, EHS, Family Check - Up, HIPPY, and PALS for Infants) did not report health care coverage or usage outcomes.

The intent of this review was to provide a framework for conceptualizing pediatric service provision in terms of specific developmental health care outcomes and to explore whether the current evidence base supports this kind of approach for evaluating health services intended to promote optimal development or prevent developmental morbidity.

Summary: (To include comparison groups, outcomes, measures, notable limitations) The study examined the effectiveness of collaborative - care, cognitive - behavioral therapy (CBT) program adjunctive to selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) treatment in health maintenance organization (HMO) pediatric primary care.

Prior research has established the influence of maternal depression on the child's behavioral and emotional health3, 27,28 and its relevance for pediatric practice.29, 30 Several studies have analyzed the independent effects on children of mothers» and fathers» mental health, but few have examined the more clinically relevant question of how the mental health of parents jointly influences child outcomes.16, 31,32 The largest study of the joint effects of mothers» and fathers» mental health on children was a population - based study of twins and their parents.16 Similar to our results, the combination of maternal and paternal depression was associated with the largest increase in children's depressive symptoms.

In addition, in areas of particular interest to pediatric psychologists, such as regimen adherence behavior in youth with chronic conditions, numerous studies have recommended that parents maintain a high level of oversight of youth, in order to ensure optimal regimen adherence and good health outcomes (Silverstein et al., 2005).

The broader empirical pediatric psychology literature has also found few links between overcontrol, overinvolvement, or overprotection and poor child adjustment or health outcomes to date (Berg et al., 2007; Mullins et al., 2004; Wiebe et al., 2005) and in fact overcontrol has been shown to serve as a protective factor in certain contexts (Tolou - Shams, Paikoff, McKirnan, & Holmbeck, 2007).