More pediatrics than family practice residencies offered structured teaching of pulmonary auscultation (21.5% vs. 9.7%, P < 0.004). When compared to internal medicine programs, this difference showed a trend toward significance (21.5% for pediatrics and 14.1%, for internal medicine, P = ...
No information was collected on whether practitioners were full time or part time, and no differentiation was made between type of practitioner (eg, nurse practitioner vs pediatrician). Age-sex register Practices were asked to enumerate the number of patients visiting the practice during the 2-...
This practice would help ensure that parents/guardians are receiving this health information from a credible source, as well as create opportunities for parents/guardians to ask questions. Other countries that have successfully implemented, and transitioned multi-component interventions into standard ...
Regular smoking (by residents or visitors) is less common in homes without children than in homes with children (32% vs 36%, P<.001). However, controlling for the independent variables that appear in Table 1, except for parents or adults in the household and age of youngest child, which...
It is important to detect children with Early Symptomatic Syndromes Eliciting Neurodevelopmental Clinical Examinations (ESSENCE) in order to implement early intervention and support for the child and family. Standardized instruments for assessment in dif
-Choose the number of questions in each practice quiz: 25, 50, 75, 100 or all. -Opt to include questions from previous quizzes. -Learn further from interactive questions at the end of each case, with explanations. -Sort cases by name or by case number. ...
Family structure was classified as whether the youth respondent was living with 1 biological parent, 2 biological parents, 1 nonbiological parent, or 1 biological and 1 nonbiological parent. Age, race/ethnicity, and parents’ marital status (married vs not married) also were included. Neighborhood...
placebo group, demonstrated a trend towards reduced absenteeism (2.2 days vs. 3.0 days, p = 0.096). However, the dose of vitamin D chosen (400 IU per day), may not have been sufficient to raise 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels enough to impact significantly on viral URTI (72 nmol/L in ...
In practice, a community-wide commitment to increasing early access to palliative services for terminal pediatric oncology patients has had positive impacts: reduction of patient and parental suffering [48]. These effects are attributed to improved family’s understanding of their child’s prognosis, ...
Food allergies are common and increasing in prevalence, representing a major health concern in many countries around the world. In an effort to diminish the burden of food allergy, many research studies have focused on prevention, and recent findings hav