Diagnosis, microbial epidemiology, and antibiotic treatment of acute otitis media in children: a systematic review.

Context: Acute otitis media (AOM) is the most common condition for which antibiotics are prescribed for US children; however, wide variation exists in diagnosis and treatment.

Objectives: To perform a systematic review on AOM diagnosis, treatment, and the association of heptavalent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7) use with AOM microbiology.

Data Sources: PubMed, Cochrane Databases, and Web of Science, searched to identify articles published from January 1999 through July 2010.

Management of Acute Otitis Media: update.

Context: Acute Otitis Media (AOM), a viral or bacterial infection of the ear, is the most common childhood infection for which antibiotics are prescribed in the United States. In 2001, the Southern California Evidence-based Practice Center conducted a systematic review of the evidence comparing treatments of AOM.

Objectives: This review updates the 2001 review findings on diagnosis and treatment of uncomplicated AOM, assesses the evidence for treatment of recurrent AOM, and assesses the impact of the heptavalent pneumococcal conjugate (PCV7) vaccine on the microbiology of AOM.

Sports injuries to high school athletes with disabilities.

Introduction: Physical activity in sports comes with an inherent risk for injury. For children with disabilities, their injury risk may be complicated by preexisting disability. However, very little research exists on sports injuries to young athletes with disabilities.

Knowledge and behaviors of parents in planning for and dealing with emergencies.

In recent years, a number of large-scale disasters have occurred both locally and internationally, heightening our awareness of potential dangers. If a disaster were to occur at a school, there is the potential for a large number of children to be injured or affected in some way. The school community includes not only the staff and students who are on campus each day, but also students' parents and the surrounding neighborhood.

Predictors of nonfatal assault injury to public school teachers in Los Angeles City.

Background: School violence is a well-recognized concern for student safety, although less recognized as an occupational hazard. This study examines school characteristics that increase the odds of nonfatal teacher assaults and the influence of community crime on these relationships.

Methods: Assaults from California Employers' Reports of Occupational Injury or Illness were linked to California Department of Education data for Los Angeles City public schools.

Does parental physical violence reduce children's standardized test score performance?

Purpose: Many negative cognitive and behavioral outcomes have been identified among children living in households with parental violence, but few studies have examined academic performance. In a rural population-based cohort, we examine the role of parental violence on standardized test score performance.

Methods: The cohort included 306 children ages 6 through 17.

Effectiveness of interventions to prevent youth violence a systematic review.

Objectives: To identify interventions effective in preventing youth violent behavior and commonalities of effective and ineffective interventions.

Methods: A systematic review of the literature on the effectiveness of youth violence interventions was conducted. Interventions were categorized according to the level of the intervention: primary (implemented universally to prevent the onset of violence), secondary (implemented selectively with youth at increased risk for violence), and tertiary (focused on youth who had already engaged in violent behavior).