Pediatrics
Pediatrics (also spelled paediatrics or pædiatrics) is the branch of medicine that involves the medical care of infants, children, and adolescents. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends people be under pediatric care through the age of 21 (though usually only minors are cared for by pediatricians). In the United Kingdom, pediatrics covers patients until age 18. Worldwide age limits of pediatrics have been trending up year over year. A medical doctor who specializes in this area is known as a pediatrician, or paediatrician. The word pediatrics and its cognates mean "healer of children"; they derive from two Greek words: παῖς …
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CHLPI: Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation · 7 January 2025 English
The time it takes to obtain a prescription—and sometimes, the total lack of clinic availability on weekends—can materially reduce the efficacy of covering this form of contraception.14 Due to these …
Activity, 146 PEDIATRICS, at 8 (Aug. 1, 2020), https://publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article/146/2 … gov/articles/PMC1508904/ https://publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article/146/2/e2020007245/36891/Barrier-Prot … autologincheck=redirected https://publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article/146/2/e2020007245/36891/Barrier-Prot …
Schuyler Center for Analysis and Advocacy · 3 January 2025 English
Nearly 35% of children in Bronx County and more than 25% in Oswego County live in poverty.2 Child poverty rates in many New York cities far exceed the state average …
Can Help. Child Trends. 5 American Academy of Pediatrics. (2021). Poverty and Child Health. 6 Feeding … Health of Young Children. American Academy of Pediatrics. 4 NIH. (2021). Oral Health in America: Advances … ildren-of-color https://publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article/151/1/e2022060417/190307/Maintaining …
Schuyler Center for Analysis and Advocacy · 3 January 2025 English
Leveraging Medicaid Investments for Child and Family Wellbeing The Promise New York State Medicaid, along with Child Health Plus (CHP), helps ensure children have the health coverage and care they …
Can Help. Child Trends. 5 American Academy of Pediatrics. (2021). Poverty and Child Health. 6 Feeding …
NBER: National Bureau of Economic Research · 3 January 2025 English
In this study, we investigate whether reproductive rights affect migration. We do so using a synthetic difference-in-differences design that leverages variation from the 2022 Dobbs decision, which allowed states to …
After Pregnancies Subsequent to an Abortion. JAMA Pediatrics 172(11), 1053–1060. Foster, D. G., M. A. Biggs …
Schuyler Center for Analysis and Advocacy · 3 January 2025 English
Expanding Access to Oral Health Care The Promise All children deserve to be free from the pain and lasting impacts of dental disease. [...] Oral health disparities relate to many …
Health of Young Children. American Academy of Pediatrics. 4 NIH. (2021). Oral Health in America: Advances … ildren-of-color https://publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article/151/1/e2022060417/190307/Maintaining …
WHO: World Health Organization · 1 January 2025 English
The development of antibiotic resistance can be reduced by the use of narrow-spectrum antibiotics that target specific bacteria, meaning that fewer non-harmful bacteria are killed and other harmful bacteria are …
Carrasco-Sanz A, Somekh E, et al. Drug shortages in pediatrics in Europe: the position of the European pediatric …
World Bank Group · 1 January 2025 English
By 2030, an estimated two-thirds of the world's extremely poor could be concentrated in countries and contexts characterized by fragility, conflict, and violence (FCV) (World Bank Group, 2020). FCV contexts, …
Early Childhood Adversity and Toxic Stress. Pediatrics, 129(1), e232–e246. Tratto da https://doi.org/10 …
Cato Institute · 30 December 2024 English
ProPublica has released a detailed report about the controversy surrounding the shaken baby syndrome hypothesis. Reporter Pamela Colloff chronicles the travails of Nick Flannery, an IT specialist on paternity leave …
notes that, since 2009, the American Academy of Pediatrics has endorsed changing the name of the shaken …
Brookings Institution · 27 December 2024 English
This policy brief analyzes the effects of insecurity on education in the Sahel, highlighting how attacks against schools and forced displacement disrupt learning. With over 9,000 schools closed because of …
Impact on Children’s Health and Mental Health.” Pediatrics 110 (4). http://www.pediatrics. org/cgi/content/full/110/4/ …
NBER: National Bureau of Economic Research · 27 December 2024 English
While investments in schooling generate large private and external returns, negative peer interactions in school may generate substantial social costs. Using data from four national sources (Uniform Crime Reports, National …
Gay, Bisexual, and Questioning Youth. JAMA pediatrics, 177(5), 534-536. Lopes, G., Krohn, M. D. …
