Association between child behavior problems and frequent physician visits

Article Abstract:

Healthy children with behavior problems appear more likely to make more frequent doctor visits than healthy children free of behavior problems. Researchers analyzed data from a national survey of 11,840 children aged 5 to 17 years. Overall, 23% of children scoring in the top 25% for behavior problems made four or more doctor visits in the previous year compared with 17% in the middle quartile and 14% in the lowest quartile. A similar pattern of increased doctor visits with higher behavior problem scores was found in children rated in excellent, very good, or good health, but not in children rated as in fair or poor health. Among the types of behavior problems, anxiety and depression were the two areas that were associated with increased doctor visits.

Care and treatment, Evaluation, Behavior disorders in children, Childhood mental disorders, Physician services utilization

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Familial aggregation of blood pressure in a rural Chinese community

Article Abstract:

Researchers conducted a study to investigate blood pressure in 1,183 Chinese nuclear families via a cross-sectional survey between 1994 and 1997. They found that the blood pressures of the mother, father, and the first sibling were directly related to the second sibling's blood pressure after adjustment for such factors as sex, age, height, weight, education, smoking, and alcohol consumption. The rate of high systolic blood pressure was low when the parents and the first sibling were in the low blood pressure tertile. However, the rate was higher when these members were in the high blood pressure tertile. Researchers concluded that a strong familial aggregation of blood pressures exist and can be detected from early childhood onward.

Research, Hypertension, Family, Blood pressure, Family health

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Welfare Reform and Children's Health

Article Abstract:

Proposals to reform welfare may have a devastating impact on children. Most of the reforms focus on the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program. Twenty-two percent of American children live below the federal poverty line. Poor children have poorer health than other children. Reforms that reduce benefits will hurt these children even more. Pediatricians must become involved in the discussions about welfare reform.

Statistical Data Included, Economic aspects, Poverty, Welfare reform

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