Violence and violent injuries are a serious threat to the health of children and youth in the United States. It is crucial that pediatricians define their role and develop the appropriate skills to address this threat effectively. From a clinical perspective, pediatricians should incorporate into their practices preventive education, screening for risk, and linkages to necessary intervention an...

Child abuse is one of the most severe forms of childhood trauma which has pervasive and long-lasting effects on children, their families, and the society. These effects, impairing the development of the victims, extend far beyond childhood into adolescence and adulthood. Pediatricians are the most common group of clinicians who encounter abused children immediately. Therefore, it is important f...

BACKGROUND Low-income parents often seek help from pediatricians for early childhood social-emotional problems but seldom follow through with referrals to behavioral health services. OBJECTIVE We sought to understand low-income parents' experiences seeking help from pediatricians for social-emotional problems and how those experiences influenced decisions about accessing behavioral health ser...

OBJECTIVES To describe the pediatric interview as it is conducted in different practice settings and with children ranging in age from infancy to adolescence, and to identify pediatric history-taking strategies that varied across age groups. PARTICIPANTS AND METHODS A self-administered survey was designed and mailed to a group of pediatricians in the Chicago metropolitan area to assess common...

In a recent Oregon case, the state successfully sued for custody of an infant to prevent his human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected mother from breastfeeding him and to require antiretroviral prophylaxis. As more HIV-infected women give birth, pediatricians may increasingly face dilemmas when parents reject medical recommendations to forego breastfeeding and to administer antiretroviral pr...

Although neither pediatricians nor psychologists can provide alone for the vast needs of children and families in our increasingly complex society, these needs can be met through effective collaboration. An ideal model for collaboration would exist if pediatricians and psychologists worked together in practice teams, for which developmental-behavioral pediatricians might serve as consultants. T...

Objective: The COVID-19 is a rapidly ongoing pandemic. 368.513 cases and 10.027 fatalities have been reported in Turkey up to this day. Pregnant women newborns constitute special patient group disease. In our study, we aimed measure the knowledge level, attitude protective measures, perspective of education medicolegal issues obstetricians - gynecologists (OB-GYN) pediatricians on pregnant newb...

Introduction: Newborn hearing screening leads to the early detection of hearing impairment. The aim of screening is to decrease or remove the effect of hearing impairment on development of speech and language by timely diagnosis and effective treatment. A number of risk factors lead to delayed start of decreased hearing ability including: 1. Congenital infection with cytomegalovirus  (CMV) viru...

All professionals are concerned about maintaining the appropriate limits in their relationships with those they serve. Pediatricians should be aware that, under normal circumstances, caring for one's own children presents significant ethical issues. Pediatricians also must strive to maintain appropriate professional boundaries in their relationships with the family members of their patients. Pe...

Little is known about general pediatricians' experience and knowledge regarding the care of transgender youth. We surveyed N=50 general pediatricians practicing in an integrated Midwest health system. Few respondents had participated in medical management care for transgender patients, but one-third were willing to do so if training opportunities were made available. Notably, <60% of respondent...