Child sex trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation of children (CSEC) are major public health problems in the United States and throughout the world. Despite large numbers of American and foreign youth affected and a plethora of serious physical and mental health problems associated with CSEC, there is limited information available to pediatricians regarding the nature and scope of human ...

The use of quality improvement (QI) methods and safety principles can improve child health outcomes and reduce harm. Multi-institution collaboratives have achieved improved results by identifying and implementing best practices and by using rigorous improvement methodology. Children’s hospitals and their partner academic institutions have redesigned not only specific aspects of patient treatmen...

OBJECTIVES To determine if a standardized global child health (GCH) modular course for pediatric residents leads to satisfaction, learning, and behavior change. METHODS Four 1-hour interactive GCH modules were developed addressing priority GCH topics. "Site champions" from 4 Canadian institutions delivered modules to pediatric residents from their respective programs during academic half-days...

INTRODUCTION Most studies of drowning in Bangladeshi populations to date have described mortality and trends. We sought to identify associations between socioeconomic status and child-care practices and nonfatal drowning in rural Bangladeshi children. MATERIALS AND METHODS This community-based case-control study was conducted in rural children aged 1-5 years in Raiganj subdistrict of Banglade...

BACKGROUND Leading children's hospitals in high-income settings have become heavily engaged in international child health research and educational activities. These programs aim to provide benefit to the institutions, children and families in the overseas locations where they are implemented. Few studies have measured the actual reciprocal value of this work for the home institutions and for in...

When it comes to global health, there is no 'them'... only 'us.'" - Global Health Council There is a major anomaly in child health research. The majority of pediatric research resources and expertise is located in the developed world, whereas the vast majority of childhood disease and mortality is in the developing world. This disequilibrium has been referred to as the "10/90 gap", suggesting ...

Early childhood education is at the nexus of basic developmental science, policy research and analysis, and the applied disciplines of education and prevention science. The field has become one of the most vibrant areas of scientific activity in terms of the connections among scientific advances and theory, program design, policy, and classroom practices. But despite the potential links between...

Process evaluation was used to examine the implementation of a randomized, controlled trial of an education intervention that improved infant growth in Trujillo, Peru. Health personnel delivered the multi-component intervention as part of usual care in the government health centers. Quantitative and qualitative methods were used to examine process indicators, which included the extent of delive...

The skills of early child care providers have been shown to influence how well child care experiences meet the needs of young children and the overall quality of this care. One influence on the skills of providers is their formal and informal training and education. The term professional development refers to all types of facilitated learning opportunities, both formal educational opportunities...

quality and safety of patient care remarkably depend on the competency of healthcare providers. as predominant caregivers, nurses crucially influence the quality of patient care (1). on the other hand, as major educational organizations, nursing schools must offer competent expertise to the students in order to warrant high-quality patient care. in this regard, finding efficient methods to grad...