Disparities and Biases in Food Insecurity Screening Among Admitted Children.

Background And Objectives: Food insecurity (FI) has increasingly become a focus for hospitalized patients. The best methods for screening practices, particularly in hospitalized children, are unknown. The purpose of the study was to evaluate results of an electronic medical record (EMR) embedded, brief screening tool for FI among inpatients.

Trends in Anthropometric Measurements of Internationally Adopted Children.

Objective: The objective of this study was to describe anthropometric measures from internationally adopted children. Internationally adopted children are at risk for poor growth and development and there is no standardized growth chart evaluation for internationally adopted children due to variations in growth, genetics, and environmental exposures.

Methods: This is a retrospective chart review of 882 patients seen in an international adoption clinic between 2010 and 2017.

Food Insecurity Screening of Hospitalized Patients: A Descriptive Analysis.

Objectives: The purpose of this study is to describe an advocacy effort to implement a food insecurity (FI) screening during hospital admission and describe characteristics of hospitalized patients with household FI.

Methods: This is a descriptive study after the implementation of FI screening at a quaternary-care children's hospital in the Southeastern United States between August 2020 and April 2021. The Hunger Vital Sign, a 2-question screening tool for FI, was added to the intake questionnaire performed on inpatient admissions.

Viral gastroenteritis in Charleston, West Virginia, in 2007: from birth to 99 years of age.

Objective: To describe factors associated with a rectal swab or stool sample positive for norovirus, rotavirus, or adenovirus.

Design: Retrospective study.

Setting: Charleston Area Medical Center, a regional academic medical center in Charleston, West Virginia.