Publications by authors named "Eliana Miller Perrin"
Objective: With respect to obesity prevention and treatment, to determine pediatricians' 1) treatment self-efficacy; 2) perceived barriers and relationships to management self-efficacy; 3) desired resources; and 4) willingness to be involved in advocacy.
Methodology: A cross-sectional, self-administered mail survey queried members of the North Carolina Pediatrics Society and the American Academy of Pediatrics who were practicing routine care.
Results: The adjusted response rate was 71% (n = 356).
Objective: To determine whether group A beta-hemolytic streptococcal infections increase the risk of developing symptoms characteristic of the diagnosis pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcal infections (PANDAS).
Design: Prospective cohort study.
Methods: Children (N = 814) aged 4 to 11 years seen for sore throat or well-child care in a large pediatric practice in Rochester, NY, were enrolled from October 2001 to June 2002 (group A beta-hemolytic streptococcal [GAS] infected, n = 411; GAS uninfected, n = 403, of whom 207 had a sore throat of presumed viral etiology and 196 were well children).
Objectives: To determine how frequently pediatricians use body mass index (BMI) and whether pediatricians are more likely to regard a child as "too fat" and manifest greater concern about health sequelae when presented with BMI versus height and weight charting.
Study Design: North Carolina Pediatrics Society members completed a self-administered, quasi-experimental mail survey, using two different case vignette versions. They were given a clinical vignette but systematically received either the same hypothetical overweight child's height and weight data, percentile, and charts (Ht and Wt Group) or her BMI, percentile, and chart (BMI Group).