Arch Pediat Adol Med
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Arch Pediat Adol Med · Apr 1997
Comparative StudyPediatricians' experience with and attitudes toward firearms. Results of a national survey.
In 1992, the American Academy of Pediatrics issued statements calling for aggressive actions to reduce the dangers of firearms to children and adolescents, including removing handguns from homes with children and working toward a ban on the manufacture, sale, and private possession of handguns. ⋯ The data indicate that practicing pediatrician overwhelmingly agree that handguns in the home are hazardous and that steps should be taken to reduce this hazard through legislation and patient counseling. They support the policies on firearms and handguns of the American Academy of Pediatrics; most support even the strongest recommendation, which is a ban on handguns. A substantial lag between attitudes that favor counseling about firearms and reported practices indicates the need for further training in and evaluation of firearm counseling in office settings.
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Arch Pediat Adol Med · Apr 1997
Predictors of recurrent febrile seizures. A prospective cohort study.
To define the risk and identify predictors of single and multiple recurrent febrile seizures. ⋯ In children who have had a first febrile seizure, recurrences are common. The risk for 1 or more recurrences can be meaningfully predicted at the time of the initial febrile seizure with a combination of the 4 factors identified in this study.
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Arch Pediat Adol Med · Apr 1997
The association of weapon carrying and fighting on school property and other health risk and problem behaviors among high school students.
To examine the association between weapon carrying on school property and engaging in health risk and problem behaviors such as fighting and substance use on school property, fear of attending school, and victimization at school. ⋯ Weapon carrying at school was more strongly associated more with use of violence and the use of substances at school than with previous victimization and fear of attending school. However, there is a subgroup of students that seems to have been victimized at school, is afraid to come to school, is using alcohol at school, and is carrying weapons at school.
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Arch Pediat Adol Med · Apr 1997
Residents' self-assessed skills in providing sexuality-related care to teenagers.
To assess pediatric residents' self-reported skills and satisfaction with providing sexuality-related health care to teenagers and to examine differences by resident and patient gender. ⋯ Among female residents, discrepancies were found when comparing self-assessed competencies and, for PGY2 residents, level of satisfaction with providing health care to male vs female patients. If other research confirms these findings, educational interventions related to sexuality-related health care for teenagers should be designed with consideration to gender-specific learner needs.