Use of a Pictographic Diagram to Decrease Parent Dosing Errors with Infant Acetaminophen
January 1, 2011 | Journal Article
Pictograms improve parents' accuracy in giving their children medication, but high error rates persist.
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Literacy and Child Health
February 1, 2009 | Journal Article
Research on health literacy and child health outcomes is in its infancy, but evidence suggests improving health literacy should be part of any framework to improve children's health. Four specific interventions are recommended for evaluation.
An Assessment of the Shared-Decision Model in Parents of Children with Acute Otitis Media
December 1, 2005 | Journal Article
The authors conducted a cross-sectional survey of 466 parents to determine whether physician style affected (1) parents' proclivity for using antibiotics to treat children's acute otitis media (AOM) and (2) parents' rating of care by the physician. ...
Will Mothers Discuss Parenting Stress and Depressive Symptoms with Their Child's Pediatrician?
March 1, 2004 | Journal Article
Mothers often turn to family and friends for emotional support. The study suggests that they are interested in receiving information about stress and depression. The authors suggest that their research could point toward development of a strategy to ...
Shaniqua Ballard's Story
March 24, 2010 | Program Result Report
Shaniqua Ballard was living without much hope in a shelter for pregnant women, with little money and no health insurance, until she discovered the Developing Families Center, where she received obstetric and well-woman care, and enrolled her children in the child development program.
Effect of a Clinic-Based Referral System to Head Start: A Randomized Controlled Trial
August 25, 2004 | Journal Article
A Randomized Controlled Trial
Project Expands Well-Baby Care for Infants Born to Low-Income Women
January 31, 2004 | Program Result Report
The Gift of Life Foundation worked to remove barriers to care for infants born to low-income mothers in Montgomery's four-county region and to help prevent babies from "falling through the cracks" of the health care system there.
Pediatric Visits Promote Early Childhood Literacy and Enhance Language Development in 1,400 Practices
June 1, 2003 | Program Result Report
Boston University Medical Center expanded the Reach Out and Read program, which trains pediatric providers in counseling parents about reading to their children and provides practitioners with books to give them at well-child visits.
Glenn Flores, MD, FAAP
November 5, 2006 | Story
"The Clinical Scholars Program provided me with a rigorous background in research methodology that was crucial," says Flores.
Children's Futures: Improving Health and Development Outcomes for Children in Trenton, N.J.
National Program
To employ a comprehensive set of interventions to improve the health of children in Trenton, New Jersey.