Current Issue: Vol. 163, No. 6, June 2009
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Articles
- Effect of Telephone Calls From Primary Care Practices on Follow-up Visits After Pediatric Emergency Department Visits: Evidence From the Pediatric Emergency Department Links to Primary Care (PEDLPC) Randomized Controlled Trial
Abstract | Full Text - Peace of Mind and Sense of Purpose as Core Existential Issues Among Parents of Children With Cancer
Abstract | Full Text - Sports Practice Among Adolescents With Chronic Health Conditions
Abstract | Full Text - Access to Pediatric Trauma Care in the United States
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Review Article
- Quality Improvement Strategies for Children With Asthma: A Systematic Review
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Editorials
- Approaches to Chlamydia Screening: One Size Does Not Fit All
Extract | Full Text - The Forgotten Victims of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
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Advice for Patients
- Chlamydia Screening: A Routine Test
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Most Viewed Articles
- Order of Vaccine Injection and Infant Pain Response
- Reducing Obesity via a School-Based Interdisciplinary Intervention Among Youth
- Effects of Fast Food Branding on Young Children's Taste Preferences
- Sugary Drinks and Childhood Obesity
- Effect of Honey, Dextromethorphan, and No Treatment on Nocturnal Cough and Sleep Quality for Coughing Children and Their Parents
- Pertussis and the DTaP Vaccine
- Effects of Alcohol Advertising Exposure on Drinking Among Youth
- Attenuating Growth in Children With Profound Developmental Disability
- Short-term and Long-term Effects of Violent Media on Aggression in Children and Adults
- Self-regulation and Rapid Weight Gain in Children From Age 3 to 12 Years
Most Sent Articles
- Prevalence of Obesity Among US Preschool Children in Different Racial and Ethnic Groups
- Internet Prevention Messages
- Reducing Obesity via a School-Based Interdisciplinary Intervention Among Youth
- Body Mass Index and Overweight in Adolescents in 13 European Countries, Israel, and the United States
- Order of Vaccine Injection and Infant Pain Response
- Circumcision and the Risk of Cancer of the Penis
- Pertussis and the DTaP Vaccine
- Prevalence of Risk Factors for Metabolic Syndrome in Adolescents
- The Predictive Value of Symptoms in Diagnosing Childhood Tinea Capitis
- Preventing Adolescent Health-Risk Behaviors by Strengthening Protection During Childhood
Advice for Patients
Chlamydia Screening: A Routine Test
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Picture of the Month Quiz
An 11-year-old Italian boy with type 1 diabetes mellitus with onset in 2004 was brought to the Department of Pediatrics for a routine visit during which a large hemangioma in the left leg was observed.
For a discussion of last month's case, read the Picture of the Month—Quiz Case.
Rolling Theme Issue on Palliative Care, Dying, and Bereavement
Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine is publishing a rolling theme issue on Palliative Care, Dying, and Bereavement. View the articles in the theme issue.
Authors may submit manuscripts for consideration for the rolling theme issue. Authors should indicate in their cover letter that the manuscript is to be considered for this theme.
Media Coverage from the June 2009 Issue
Audible Television and Decreased Adult Words, Infant Vocalizations, and Conversational Turns by Christakis et al.
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Access to Pediatric Trauma Care in the United States by Nance et al.
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Screening for Asymptomatic Chlamydia Infections Among Sexually Active Adolescent Girls During Pediatric Urgent Care by Tebb et al.
Medscape
JAMA Theme Issue on Child and Adolescent Health
The June 3, 2009, issue of JAMA is devoted to Child and Adolescent Health.