Creating regional consensus for starting school later: a physician-driven approach in southern Maine.

In April 2016, several contiguous school districts and an independent high school academy in southern Maine voted simultaneously to start school later, beginning with the 2016-17 academic year. They became Maine's first school districts to implement the American Academy of Pediatrics' and the American Medical Association's health policy recommendations that middle and high schools should not start before 8:30 AM. Local physicians' presentations to school staff and parents on the medical evidence of the health benefits of a later start solidified early consensus.

Estimation of population iodine intake from iodized salt consumed through bouillon seasoning in Senegal.

Universal salt iodization (USI) is the main global strategy to eliminate iodine deficiency. Regulation of USI programs often omits salt used in processed foods, despite their increasing contribution to salt intake. In West Africa, bouillon seasoning is a widely consumed source of salt and is therefore relevant to USI effectiveness.

Comparisons of Yupik infant growth measurements with NCHS/CDC reference data.

The National Center for Health Statistics/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention growth reference is routinely used to monitor Yupik infant growth although Yupiks are ethnically different from the population from which the reference was developed. To clarify interpretation of Yupik infant growth data for clinical practice and public health assessment, Yupik infant growth measurements were compared with this reference. From 1990 through 1992 a convenience survey of 555 Yupik infants was completed in pediatric clinics in the Yukon Kuskokwim Delta region of Alaska.

Severe respiratory syncytial virus disease in Alaska native children. RSV Alaska Study Group.

Hospitalization rates for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection range from 1 to 20/1000 infants. To determine the rate and severity of RSV infections requiring hospitalization for infants in the Yukon-Kuskokwim (YK) Delta of Alaska, a 3-year prospective surveillance study was conducted. The annual rate of RSV hospitalization for YK Delta infants <1 year of age was 53-249/1000.