A5058058078- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Child and Adolescent Health
- Infant Development and Preterm Care
- Early Childhood Education and Development
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues
- Infant Health and Development
- Infant Nutrition and Health
- Child Abuse and Trauma
- Family Dynamics and Relationships
- Birth, Development, and Health
- Child Development and Digital Technology
- Neuroscience of respiration and sleep
- Child Therapy and Development
- Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
- LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy
- Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare
- Reproductive Health and Technologies
- Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Ethics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare
- Migration, Health and Trauma
- Breastfeeding Practices and Influences
- Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
- Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
- Family and Disability Support Research
Harvard University
1990-2023
Cambridge Hospital
2021-2023
Mount Auburn Hospital
2009-2020
Bradley Hospital
2018
Providence College
2018
Thundermist Health Center
2018
Hasbro Children's Hospital
2018
Naval Medical Center San Diego
2018
Boston Children's Museum
2016
American Academy of Pediatrics
2016
Children need to develop a variety of skill sets optimize their development and manage toxic stress. Research demonstrates that developmentally appropriate play with parents peers is singular opportunity promote the social-emotional, cognitive, language, self-regulation skills build executive function prosocial brain. Furthermore, supports formation safe, stable, nurturing relationships all caregivers children thrive. Play not frivolous: it enhances brain structure promotes (ie, process...
The purpose of this clinical report is to provide pediatricians updated research on evidence-based sexual and reproductive health education conducted since the original subject was published by American Academy Pediatrics in 2001. Sexuality defined as teaching about human sexuality, including intimate relationships, anatomy, reproduction, sexually transmitted infections, activity, orientation, gender identity, abstinence, contraception, rights responsibilities. Developmentally appropriate...
By current estimates, at any given time, approximately 11% to 20% of children in the United States have a behavioral or emotional disorder, as defined Diagnostic and Statistical Manual Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition. Between 37% 39% will disorder diagnosed by 16 years age, regardless geographic location States. Behavioral problems concerns adolescents are not being reliably identified treated US health system. This clinical report focuses on need increase screening offers potential changes...
By focusing on the safe, stable, and nurturing relationships (SSNRs) that buffer adversity build resilience, pediatric care is cusp of a paradigm shift could reprioritize clinical activities, rewrite research agendas, realign our collective advocacy. Driving this transformation are advances in developmental sciences as they inform deeper understanding how early life experiences, both adverse, biologically embedded influence outcomes health, education, economic stability across span. This...
This Technical Report was reaffirmed April 2021. The link between poverty and children’s health is well recognized. Even temporary may have an adverse effect on health, data consistently support the observation that in childhood continues to a negative into adulthood. In addition morbidity being related child poverty, epidemiologic studies documented mortality gradient for children aged 1 15 years (and adults), with poor experiencing higher rate than from higher-income families. global great...
To obtain follow-up growth data on a large sample of low birth weight, preterm infants, 985 infants were monitored longitudinally in an eight-site collaborative program until 3 years age, corrected for prematurity. The 608 these was described previously through 1 year age. In the full sample, 149 weighed <-1250 gm at birth, 474 between 1250 and 2000 gm, 362 2500 gm. Thirty-three percent white, 53% black, 11% Hispanic. Weight, length, head circumference measured 40 weeks 4, 8, 12, 18, 24, 30,...
Both fathers and mothers successfully engaged their infants one to six months of age in interactive games a laboratory play situation. parents played almost game per minute with infants. Mother more conventional limb movement distal, visual, attention maintaining while proximal, arousing, idiosyncratic Interactive even during the first infancy provide differential experiences for infant. These may have developmental significance selectively facilitating acquisition social cognitive skills.
To obtain growth data on a large sample of low birth weight preterm infants, we monitored 608 infants longitudinally in an eight-site collaborative program. Ninety-nine weighed ≤1250 gm at birth, 289 between 1250 and 2000 gm, 220 2500 gm. Thirty-four percent were white, 52% black, 14% Hispanic. Weight, height, head circumference measured 40 weeks 4, 8, 12 months gestation-corrected age least 553 each time. Descriptive statistics for all variables body mass index (kilograms per square meter),...
The death of someone close to a child often has profound and lifelong effect on the results in range both short- long-term reactions. Pediatricians, within patient-centered medical home, are an excellent position provide anticipatory guidance caregivers offer assistance support children families who grieving. This clinical report offers practical suggestions how talk with grieving help them better understand what happened its implications address any misinformation, misinterpretations, or...