A5057249890- Child Abuse and Trauma
- Child Abuse and Related Trauma
- Restraint-Related Deaths
- Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse
- Child and Adolescent Health
- Neonatal Respiratory Health Research
- Migration, Health and Trauma
- Intimate Partner and Family Violence
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Healthcare Decision-Making and Restraints
- Neuroscience of respiration and sleep
- Homelessness and Social Issues
- Ethics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare
- Injury Epidemiology and Prevention
- HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk
- Sex work and related issues
- Resilience and Mental Health
Lurie Children's Hospital
2019-2024
Northwestern University
2020-2024
John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County
2014-2017
Over the past decade, there have been widespread efforts to raise awareness about maltreatment of children. Pediatric providers received education factors that make a child more vulnerable being abused and neglected. The purpose this clinical report is ensure children with disabilities are recognized as population at increased risk for maltreatment. This updates 2007 American Academy Pediatrics “Maltreatment Children With Disabilities.” Since 2007, new information has expanded our...
The American Academy of Pediatrics and its members recognize the importance improving physician’s ability to intimate partner violence (IPV) understand effects on child health development role in continuum family violence. Pediatricians are a unique position identify IPV survivors pediatric settings, evaluate treat children exposed IPV, connect families with available local national resources. Children at increased risk being abused neglected more likely develop adverse health, behavioral,...
Pediatricians have always seen the value of preventing health harms; this should be no less true for child maltreatment than disease or unintentional injuries. Research continues to demonstrate that can prevented, underscoring vital roles both family and society in healthy childhood development importance strong, stable, nurturing relationships building child’s resilience adversity. This clinical report elaborates pediatrician’s multitiered role supporting relational from infancy through...
Abusive head trauma (AHT) in infants and children is a complex challenging clinical diagnosis. Because of its clinical, social, legal implications, few pediatric diagnoses evoke as much cognitive difficulty emotional distress AHT. Over the past several decades, considerable literature has been published on various aspects AHT diagnosis including epidemiology, historical features, findings, biomechanics, differential diagnoses, outcomes, prevention. The volume critical analysis can be...
Bruising or bleeding in a child can raise the concern for abuse. Assessing whether findings are result of trauma and/or has disorder is critical. Many disorders rare, and not every with bruising/bleeding that may abuse requires an evaluation disorders. However, some instances, present manner similar to Bleeding cannot be ruled out solely on basis patient family history, no matter how extensive. The history clinical used determine necessity possible disorder, prevalence known presentations...
Exploitation and labor sex trafficking of children adolescents is a major public health problem in the United States throughout world. Significant numbers US non-US–born (including unaccompanied immigrant minors) are affected by this growing concern may experience range serious physical mental problems associated with human exploitation (T/E). Despite these considerations, there limited information available for care providers regarding nature scope T/E how help recognize protect...
After a sudden infant death, parents and caregivers need accurate open communication about why their died. Communicating tragic news child’s death to families is difficult. Shared consistent terminology essential for pediatricians, other physicians, nonphysician clinicians improve with among themselves. When do not have complete information child died, pediatricians will be able support them through the process make appropriate referrals pediatric specialty mental health care. Families can...
The aim of this study was to determine the demographic and associated characteristics abusive burn injuries in children. Understanding may help clinicians differentiate recognize injuries. We conducted a retrospective patients less than 5 years old admitted an urban center from March 1999 July 2013. Per protocol, all with were evaluated by multidisciplinary team (child abuse pediatrician, social worker, nurse clinician). Demographic information, risk factors, clinical presentation, caregiver...
The association between child maltreatment and intimate partner violence (IPV) is well supported. Universal IPV screening has been recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics United States Preventative Task Force, many children's hospitals have established protocols. However, yield best method in families undergoing a physical abuse (PA) evaluation not fully explored. To determine if there discrepancy disclosures universal completed during pediatric emergency department (PED) triage...