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Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2012;166(4):298. doi:10.1001/archpediatrics.2012.115
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Joanna Bisgaier, MSW, PhD; Daniel Polsky, PhD; Karin V. Rhodes, MD, MS
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Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2012;166(4):304-310. doi:10.1001/archpediatrics.2011.1158
Bisgaier et al found that while affiliation with academic medical centers in Cook County, Illinois, was associated with fewer discriminatory denials of children covered by Medicaid鈥揅hildren's Health Insurance Program, these children had significantly longer wait times compared with privately insured children.
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Sandy J. Slater, PhD; Lisa Nicholson, PhD; Jamie Chriqui, PhD, MHS; et al.
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Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2012;166(4):311-316. doi:10.1001/archpediatrics.2011.1133
This national study by Slater et al found that state and school district policies mandating the amount of physical education per week and encouraging daily recess were approximately twice as likely to have these activities. However, it appeared that schools may substitute recess for physical education time rather than increasing it overall.
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Eliana M. Perrin, MD, MPH; Asheley Cockrell Skinner, PhD; Michael J. Steiner, MD
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Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2012;166(4):317-322. doi:10.1001/archpediatrics.2011.1135
Perrin and colleagues examine time trends in parental reports of health professional notification of childhood overweight over the last decade and determine the characteristics most associated with such notification.
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Melissa A. Romaire, PhD, MPH; Janice F. Bell, PhD, MPH, MN; David C. Grossman, MD, MPH
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Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2012;166(4):323-330. doi:10.1001/archpediatrics.2011.1154
Romaire and coauthors tested associations between having a medical home and health services use and expenditures among US children with special health care needs (CSHCN).
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Alexandra B. Balaji, PhD; Danice K. Eaton, PhD; Andrew C. Voetsch, PhD; et al.
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Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2012;166(4):331-336. doi:10.1001/archpediatrics.2011.1131
Balaji and colleagues aimed to identify the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)鈥搑elated risk behaviors associated with HIV testing among US high school students who reported ever having sexual intercourse. The secondary analysis of a cross-sectional study included 7591 US high school students who reported ever having sexual intercourse in the 2009 national Youth Risk Behavior Survey.
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Yoko Nomura, PhD, MPH; David J. Marks, PhD; Bella Grossman, MA; et al.
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Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2012;166(4):337-343. doi:10.1001/archpediatrics.2011.784
Nomura and coauthors examine the independent and synergistic effects of gestational diabetes mellitus and low socioeconomic status on neurodevelopment and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder outcomes.
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Tami H. Skoff, MS; Amanda C. Cohn, MD; Thomas A. Clark, MD, MPH; et al.
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Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2012;166(4):344-349. doi:10.1001/archpediatrics.2011.1093
Skoff and coauthors evaluated the impact of the adolescent Tdap (tetanus toxoid, reduced diphtheria toxoid, and acellular pertussis vaccine) vaccination program on pertussis trends in the United States. See the related editorial.
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Florens G. A. Versteegh, MD, PhD; Kathryn M. Edwards, MD
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Joseph S. Zickafoose, MD, MS; Brian D. Benneyworth, MD, MS; Meredith P. Riebschleger, MD; et al.
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Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2012;166(4):350-355. doi:10.1001/archpediatrics.2011.1501
In a serial cross-sectional analysis, Zickafoose et al determine whether hospital discharges for intussusception in children younger than 1 year have changed since the reintroduction of rotavirus vaccine in the United States.