Tobacco prevention education in a pediatric residency program

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Pediatric health care professionals may play a more active role in counseling patients about their smoking habits after related education. Thirty-one health care professionals completed workshops and discussion groups, received presentations, pamphlets, other written materials, and had access to a bulletin board. The 21 residents and 10 faculty members completed two surveys, one after the education program and one six months later. After tobacco education, physicians and medical students reported more patient interaction and counseling about tobacco abuse than before. Specifically, health care professionals discussed smoking patterns, informed patients about consequences, actively encouraged them to quit, and referred them to treatment services. Three barriers to counseling, namely lack of time, lack of expertise, and uncertainty about the effectiveness of counseling, were much lower than before. This education effect remained even after a period of six months.

Prevention, Training, Smoking and youth, Youth smoking, Health counseling

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Intentional injury surveillance in a primary care pediatric setting

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It appears that pediatricians can reliably identify most instances of intentional injury. Intentional injuries are the result of a deliberate conflict between the child and another person. Researchers evaluated the reporting patterns of pediatricians asked to complete a report on each child aged 3 to 18 years treated for an intentional injury. Pediatricians reported 211 intentional injuries over a 20-month period from a population of 31,003 children. A comparison with the medical records of the participating clinics showed that these reports represented 67% of the number of intentional injuries occurring during this time period. The most commonly reported injury was surface wounds (35%). Most injuries (53%) were the result of arguments. Older children were more likely to have injuries from weapons. Nearly half (45%) of the injury reports on girls that identified the gender of the attacker indicated that the attacker was also a girl.

Injuries, Children, Surveys, Pediatric injuries, Violence in children, Child violence

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Pediatricians' Experience With and Attitudes Toward Complementary/Alternative Medicine

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Most pediatricians believe a small percentage of their patients use complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), and many would refer patients to nontraditional practitioners. Researchers surveyed 348 pediatricians, and found that 84% believed their patients used CAM, but 55% thought less than 10% of their patients did so. About half of physicians would refer patients for biofeedback, hypnosis, self-help groups, relaxation, acupuncture, or acupressure. Most pediatricians expressed interest in continuing medical education courses on CAM.

United States, Alternative medicine

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