Tummy time in infants is associated with positive health outcomes
1. In a systematic review, awake prone positioning (tummy time) in healthy infants was positively associated with total development, gross...
Room costs account for majority of pediatric hospitalization costs across common diagnoses
1. In a national, cross-sectional study of pediatric hospitalizations for 8 of the most common inpatient diagnoses in 2017, room...
Insurance coverage rates among poor new mothers increased after Medicaid expansion
1. After the expansion of Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), there was an increase in Medicaid coverage rates...
Early childhood behaviors and family structure associated with peer victimization
1. On examination of a large Canadian cohort, four developmental trajectories of early childhood self-reported peer victimization were identified. 2....
Type of e-cigarette impacts risk of subsequent cigarette smoking
1. Among those surveyed, individuals who reported using modifiable e-cigarettes, known as “mods,” smoked more than 6 times as many...
Policy statement outlines recommendations on management of infants born to mothers with COVID-19
1. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends that newborns born to mothers affected by or being tested for COVID-19...
Short and late sleep associated with adiposity in children
1. Children aged 2 to 6 years with actigraphy scores indicating short sleep duration or late sleep onset exhibited greater...
Adolescent cigarette smoking frequency and amount has decreased while e-cigarette use increased
1. In a cross-sectional study using national survey data from 2011 to 2018, there was a significant negative trend in...
Pediatric discharge transition survey demonstrates congruence with other validated tools
1. In this study, the Pediatric Transition Experience Measure (P-TEM) – an 8-item, parental response survey assessing the quality of...
Family resilience and neighborhood cohesion associated with improved health care use
1. Families including children with special health care needs (CSHCN) reported significantly lower odds of unmet health needs when they...