Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine
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Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med · Jun 2009
Screening for traumatic exposure and posttraumatic stress symptoms in adolescents in the war-affected eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
To explore adolescent mental health in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, scene of a complex emergency since 1996. ⋯ Adolescents in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo are highly exposed to political violence, putting them at a considerable risk--mediated by living area and sex--to develop posttraumatic stress symptoms.
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Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med · May 2009
Randomized Controlled TrialOrder of vaccine injection and infant pain response.
To determine if acute pain response after administration of the diphtheria, polio, and tetanus toxoids and acellular pertussis and Haemophilus influenzae type b (DPTaP-Hib) vaccine and the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) is affected by the order in which they are given. ⋯ Pain was reduced when the DPTaP-Hib vaccine was administered before the PCV in infants undergoing routine vaccination. We recommend that the order of vaccine injections be the DPTaP-Hib vaccine followed by the PCV.
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Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med · Apr 2009
Prevalence of obesity among US preschool children in different racial and ethnic groups.
To estimate the prevalence of obesity in 5 major racial/ethnic groups in 4-year-old US children. ⋯ Racial/ethnic disparities in obesity are apparent in 4-year-old US children. The highest prevalence is in American Indian/Native Alaskan children, in whom obesity is twice as common as in non-Hispanic white or Asian children.
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Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med · Apr 2009
Editorial CommentSchool-based interventions: where do we go next?