AAP recommends life support training for general public
1. The Committee on Pediatric Emergency Medicine of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has published a statement in support of ...
Tag: general pediatrics
Study reveals suburban clinicians’ perspectives on screening for food insecurity
1. In a mixed methods study of screening for food insecurity (FI) among 6 suburban practices, 3 major themes emerged. ...
Higher rates of child abuse deaths in poorer communities
1. Using nationally representative retrospective data of children 0 to 4 years old, authors found that children living in counties ...
AAP issues policy statement on children in kinship care
Statement Rundown: There is growing evidence that children unable to live with their biological parents fare better when living with extended ...
AAP releases 2017 recommendations for preventive pediatric health care
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has released a policy statement for the Periodicity Schedule, a document that addresses updated ...
AAP releases 2016 recommendations for childhood and adolescent immunizations
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has published the newest recommendations for immunizations of children and adolescents. These changes include: ...
Primary care physicians play substantial role in pediatric mental health
1. In a nationally representative sample of children age 2 to 21 years old, over a third of patients with ...