Early childhood food insecurity linked to poor health and development, not obesity
1. Young children in food insecure households had higher odds of caregiver-reported fair or poor health and developmental risk, compared...
Decrease in admissions, testing of patients with brief resolved unexplained events
1. After the 2016 change in the American Academy of Pediatrics’ (AAP) guidelines for brief resolved unexplained events (BRUEs), both...
Pivotal response treatment improves social communication in children with autism spectrum disorder
1. Pivotal response treatment (PRT) is an intervention designed to increase motivation to interact by rewarding effort with natural reinforcement....
Differences in NICU quality and access leads to racial disparities in neonatal outcomes
1. A systematic review found multiple studies showing that infants of color had lower access to high-quality care and were...
Strong family relationships associated with improved asthma symptoms in dangerous neighborhoods
1. In this cross sectional study, children with asthma living in dangerous neighborhoods were less likely to have asthma symptoms...
Stricter state gun laws associated with lower pediatric firearm injury
1. Stricter state gun laws, as measured by a scorecard, were associated with decreased firearm-related mortality rate in children, after...
Parental, neighborhood support decrease negative impact of adverse childhood events
1. In this cross-sectional study, researchers discovered that as children’s adverse childhood events (ACEs) scores went up, their school performance...
Social robots increase joy, decrease sadness in hospitalized pediatric patients
1. In this randomized control trial, researchers discovered that social robots were associated with improved affect in pediatric hospitalized patients...
High rates of oophorectomy for benign ovarian neoplasms in pediatric population
1. In this multicenter retrospective cohort study, pediatric patients with an ovarian neoplasm had high rates of oophorectomy despite low...
Adolescents with mental health problems at higher risk for e-cigarette use
1. High rates of externalizing mental health problems among adolescents were strongly associated with initiation of e-cigarette use, combustible cigarette...