Effect of an Educational Intervention on Human Papillomavirus Vaccine Hesitancy in a Pediatric Clinic.

Study Objective: Despite numerous accredited health organizations recommending the HPV (human papillomavirus) vaccine in adolescence, an estimated 26% of parents across the US are hesitant to vaccinate their children against HPV. We aim to describe HPV vaccine hesitancy (VH) among parents of children using a previously validated vaccine hesitancy scale (VHS) for the HPV vaccine and to reduce HPV VH among parents through direct HPV vaccine education.

Methods: Our study sampled parents of patients aged 9-18 years who attended an outpatient pediatric clinic.

Parental Leave for Residents and Pediatric Training Programs.

Residency and fellowship are unique occupational time periods for many early career physicians, generally consisting of long duty hours. Many early career physicians have or are in the process of building their families during this time period. The literature suggests many medical and psychosocial benefits of protected parental leave for both parents and children, which necessitates parental leaves of absence.

Care of Adolescent Parents and Their Children.

Teen pregnancy and parenting remain important public health issues in the United States and around the world. A significant proportion of teen parents reside with their families of origin, which may positively or negatively affect the family structure. Teen parents, defined as those 15 to 19 years of age, are at high risk for repeat births.

Four-month-old infant with intussusception presenting as altered mental status.

Objective: To remind pediatric care providers that an altered mental status can be the only presenting symptom for intussusception, a life-threatening diagnosis.

Method: A case report that presents a unique presentation of intussusception: a 4-month old boy with neurological findings after a reported head injury.

Conclusion: Diagnosis of intussusception in the pediatric population is highly dependent on its classical presenting signs and symptoms: sudden severe colicky abdominal pain, vomiting, and an abdominal mass in children between 3 months and 6 years of age.

Mentorship programs for faculty development in academic general pediatric divisions.

Introduction. Mentoring relationships have been shown to support academicians in areas of research, work/life balance, and promotion. Methods.