Implementation of Infant Behavioral Sleep Intervention in a Diverse Sample of Mothers.

Objective/background: Behavioral Sleep Interventions (BSI) is an efficacious class of treatment approaches for infant sleep disturbance. Little is known about BSI implementation in the real world. Objectives were to a) examine the prevalence of BSI implementation and related factors in a diverse sample of US mothers; b) assess racial-ethnic group differences; and c) examine predictors of BSI implementation.

Unexplained Practice Variation in Primary Care Providers' Concern for Pediatric Obstructive Sleep Apnea.

Objective: To examine primary care provider (PCP) screening practice for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and predictive factors for screening habits. A secondary objective was to describe the polysomnography completion proportion and outcome. We hypothesized that both provider and child health factors would predict PCP suspicion of OSA.

Topical Review: Building Competency: Professional Skills for Pediatric Psychologists in Integrated Primary Care Settings.

OBJECTIVES : In the midst of large-scale changes across our nation's health care system, including the Affordable Care Act and Patient-Centered Medical Home initiatives, integrated primary care models afford important opportunities for those in the field of pediatric psychology. Despite the extensive and growing attention, this subspecialty has received in recent years, a comprehensive set of core professional competencies has not been established. METHODS : A subset of an Integrated Primary Care Special Interest Group used two well-established sets of core competencies in integrated primary care and pediatric psychology as a basis to develop a set of integrated pediatric primary care-specific behavioral anchors.

Sleep in pediatric primary care: A review of the literature.

Primary care is a critical setting for screening and management of pediatric sleep difficulties. This review summarizes studies examining the prevalence of sleep problems in primary care settings as well as current practices in screening, diagnosis, and management, including behavioral recommendations and medications. Potential barriers to effectively addressing sleep are also reviewed.

Bedtime problems and night wakings in young children: an update of the evidence.

Bedtime problems and night wakings in infants and young children are prevalent, persistent, and associated with a variety of impairments in youth and their families. Assessment strategies include clinical interview, sleep diaries, actigraphy, and subjective measures. A number of treatment approaches with varying degrees of empirical support are available, and several novel strategies have been evaluated in recent years.

Sleep-disordered breathing and verbal skills in school-aged community children.

Sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) has been repeatedly associated with neurocognitive deficits in children. However, impairments in verbal skills have been inconsistently reported. The effects of SDB on verbal skills of 76 age-, gender, ethnicity, and maternal education matched groups of children with habitual snoring, but normal overnight sleep studies (HS), and children with significant SDB were compared to non-snoring healthy controls.