Nearly 1 in 10 resettled refugees are affected by post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and even though we know treatment is helpful and effective for adults with different trauma histories, preferred languages and cultural backgrounds, those in refugee and newcomer communities fac...

In 2014, Buysse published a novel definition of sleep health, raising awareness for the importance of this construct for individuals, populations, clinical care, and research. However, the original definition focused on adults, with the recommendation that it should be adapted for ...

OBJECTIVE: To determine if early literacy promotion, which consisted of board books and reading promotion beginning with newborns, is more effective than standard literacy promotion beginning at 6 months. STUDY DESIGN: Hybrid type 1 randomized controlled implementation trial of Med...

Although initial reports of the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) showed limited and nonsevere manifestations in children, more recent reports have begun to describe more serious illness in children, including patient characteristics associated with hospitalization and deat...

OBJECTIVE: To determine feasibility and explore effects of literacy promotion using e-books vs. board books on the home reading environment, book reading, television use, and child development. METHODS: Randomized controlled trial comparing digital literacy promotion (DLP) using e-...

Mental health follow-up after an emergency department (ED) visit for suicide ideation/attempt is a critical component of suicide prevention for young people. We analyzed 2009-2012 Medicaid Analytic Extract for 62,139 treat-and-release ED visits and 30,312 ED-to-hospital admissions ...

This study aims to describe the use of telehealth in developmental behavioral pediatric (DBP) fellowship-affiliated practices during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) global pandemic. An electronic survey was disseminated to all DBP fellowship-associated practice locations to...

Firearms are one of the leading causes of death for children. Despite calls for gun safety measures, advancing firearm research that could spur action on evidence-based policies to protect youth has proven difficult. In PolicyLab and Center for Violence Prevention (CVP) resources,...

Within their first year, a number of infants present for medical evaluation because of unexplained changes in color, tone, breathing, or level of responsiveness. This broad collection of symptoms has an accordingly large differential diagnosis that includes both brief resolved unex...

Abusive intra-abdominal injuries are less common than other types of injuries, such as fractures and bruises, identified in victims of child physical abuse, but they can be deadly. No single abdominal injury is pathognomonic for abuse, but some types and constellations of intra-abd...