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• Arch Pediat Adol Med · Jul 2005

  Comparative Study

  Prehospital and in-hospital mortality: a comparison of intentional and unintentional traumatic brain injuries in Colorado children.

  To describe the incidence and case-fatality rates of traumatic brain injury (TBI) in young children in Colorado, to compare these injuries based on intentionality and outcome (prehospital death, in-hospital death, or survival), and to model the association of intentionality with TBI-related mortality. ⋯ Intentionality--independent of severity--raises the mortality of TBI in young children.

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• Arch Pediat Adol Med · Jul 2005

  Diagnosis, evaluation, and treatment of childhood obesity in pediatric practice.

  To determine rates of diagnosis and treatment, and types of treatment, among overweight children in clinical practice. ⋯ Despite a high burden of overweight, routine screening with BMI was not documented and few children received a formal diagnosis or treatment.

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• Arch Pediat Adol Med · Jul 2005

  Predicting adolescents' longitudinal risk for sexually transmitted infection: results from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health.

  Influencing adolescents' sexual behaviors has the potential to influence trajectories of risk for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among young adults. ⋯ Perceived parental disapproval of sexual intercourse and higher grades in school during adolescence have protective influences on the trajectory of risk for acquiring STIs, primarily among female adolescents. Most factors associated with increased duration of virginity in adolescence do not influence the trajectory of STI risk.

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