Dual Psychosocial Screening of the Adolescent Patient by Implementing the Safe Environment for Every Kid Teen Questionnaire.

Objective: This study introduces the SEEK Teen Questionnaire, expanding the Safe Environment for Every Kid (SEEK) approach to include adolescent perspectives alongside caregiver responses for dual psychosocial screening. The objective of this study was to triangulate adolescent responses with those of their caregivers to demonstrate the benefits of dual psychosocial screening.

Methods: The SEEK Teen Questionnaire was developed by integrating input from primary care and adolescent medicine professionals, national experts, and adolescent stakeholders.

Cooking with the Community: Addressing Food Insecurity Through Equipment Provision and Professional Instruction.

Introduction: Food insecurity is a common problem with many associated negative downstream health impacts. Despite government sponsored and private supports, many individuals struggle with making healthy, nutritious meals. Penn State's Cooking with the Community program was constructed with the objective of providing cooking equipment and instructions to increase knowledge of healthy cooking techniques and consumption of under-utilized food pantry ingredients.

Do Mindfulness Interventions Improve Obesity Rates in Children and Adolescents: A Review of the Evidence.

Mindfulness interventions have shown promise in improving self-regulation, depression, anxiety, and stress levels across all ages. Obesity rates in children are rising worldwide. It has been postulated that through improvements in self-regulation with mindfulness interventions, obesity rates can be improved in children and adolescents.

Faculty and Resident Perspectives on Teaching Pediatric Evidence-Based Medicine in the Clinical Setting: A Qualitative Study.

Purpose: To describe how pediatric educators effectively teach evidence-based medicine (EBM) in the clinical setting. Secondarily, to identify barriers hindering effective practice and teaching of EBM and strategies to overcome these barriers.

Methods: The authors conducted a cross-sectional multi-institutional qualitative study from July 2016 to December 2017 in which they interviewed pediatric educators across many subspecialties who were identified as exemplary teachers of EBM at 3 academic pediatric residency programs.